Christmas Sale on Archion.de Passes and Vouchers (Gift Certificates): Save 20%

If you have ancestors from Germany who were Evangelische in religion, you may have heard of the Archion.de website. It was founded in 2016 by the Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland with eleven regional Evangelische churches. The website has continued to grow through the years and currently has over 175,000 church books digitized and now 25 partner archives which include primarily protestant archives as well as archives of dioceses, states, towns and associations.

From Friday December 6, 2024, through Friday, December 13, 2024, Archion.de is having its annual Special Christmas Offers -- a 20 percent off sale on 3-month or 1-year passes and vouchers/gutschein.

Passes -- Paid-Access starting from time of purchase.

3-Month Pass is regularly €52.20 now on sale for €41.75 including VAT
This pass allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for three months (90 days) starting from the date of subscription, as well as up to 150 image (PDF) downloads.

1-Year Pass is regularly €178.80 now on sale for €143 including VAT
This pass allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for one year (365 days) starting from the date of subscription, as well as up to 600 image (PDF) downloads.

Vouchers/Gutschein -- Pre-paid Coupons/Vouchers/Gift Certificates

3-Month Voucher is regularly €52.20 now on sale for €41.75 including VAT
This voucher allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for three months (90 days) starting from the date of redemption by the recipient, as well as up to 150 image (PDF) downloads. Vouchers expire two years after their issue date. Except in legally specified cases, vouchers cannot be recharged, re-sold, transferred, or paid out in cash value.

1-Year Voucher is regularly €178.80 now on sale for €143 including VAT
This voucher allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for one year (365 days) starting from the date of redemption by the recipient, as well as up to 600 image (PDF) downloads. Vouchers expire two years after their issue date. Except in legally specified cases, vouchers cannot be recharged, re-sold, transferred, or paid out in cash value

You must create an account prior to making a purchase. Or be logged in with an existing account. When making your purchase, if you want a pass (which starts immediately) select "Book # Pass Now" but if you want a voucher be sure to scroll down and select "Buy as a Gift Voucher." Purchases can be made using a credit card or PayPal. Passes and Vouchers do not automatically renew.

The Archion website is in German with some English translated website pages. You are able to browse the contents of the website for free meaning to see what is available. Uploaded digitized church books are shaded in green. If a location or book is not shaded in green than it is not yet uploaded. The forum boards are also free but you must be logged into the website and have the site in German (DE.)

The church books are organized first by the regional holding archive and the regional division and the parish location where you can then see what records types and time periods are available. At this time the digitized church records are mostly NOT electronically indexed so this is a browse and manually search like you would have done in the days of microfilm. And yes, the record images are in German in that old Schrift handwriting for the most part.

If you know the name of the parish you seek you can search that parish name to see if it comes up. But sometimes spelling matters so a manual search for the parish is suggested on the Archion.de website. Church books are added daily. Generally, in batches from three or so different archives each month. The almost monthly email newsletter usually informs what was recently added, what is currently being added, and what will be added next.

Remember, in Germany records are not centralized so you really need to know your origin village and determine its parish location before jumping across the water to the old country.

Also, remember German time is 6 hours ahead from Eastern Time so take that into account and don't wait for the last minute -- you might be 6 hours late.

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LE

Legacy Family Tree Webinar Extends Happy Holiday Sale Until Sunday, Dec. 8

Legacy Family Tree Webinars is having a Happy Holiday Sale. It began December 1 and has now been extended through Sunday, December 8, 2024. It is offering a one-year membership to the webinar subscription service (regularly $49.95 per year) for first-time members aka new subscribers for $24.98 -- that is 50 percent off! (Note: This sale can not be combined with other discounts.) 

Family Tree Webinars Membership gets you 24/7 access to over 1,000 full-length webinars/classes covering a very wide variety of genealogy-related subjects and the handouts/syllabus to those webinars/classes.

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LE 

 

 

MCGG December Meetings -- Join Us!

A reminder about our Macomb County Genealogy Group December 2024 meetings.

MCGG Let's Talk...Genealogy discussion group meets in-person (hybrid) Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m.

in the Local History & Genealogy Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... A Genealogy Genie Grants You ONE Wish, What Would It Be and Why?

What would you wish for? Everyone gets a turn!

MCGG Friday group meets in-person (only) Friday, December 13, 2024, at 12 p.m. (Noon)
in the Auditorium B/C of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... MCGG and Let's Talk...Genealogy Groups Annual Potluck Holiday Party bring a dish (homemade or store bought) to share and join the fun.

Our plan is that our meetings will be hybrid meaning the meeting will be in-person with a virtual Zoom option. The Zoom meeting link (or registration link) will now be found on our Southeast Michigan Genealogy Events Calendar and our Facebook page. The link will usually be added the night before or morning of the meeting. Members will receive a reminder email with the Zoom invite or a reminder that registration is required for a meeting.

 

New attendees are always welcome.

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LE

Cyber Monday Deals Today -- Check Out Those Organizations of Interest

Note: Originally posted Monday, December 2, 2024, at at 5:12 PM
Update: The NEHGS Cyber Monday Sale has been extended through December 7, 2024.

Just a late reminder that today is Cyber Monday.

If you have been putting off joining an organization because of costs, today is the day to check those organization out again. Many may be holding Cyber Monday Sales on their memberships. For example:

Individual Memberships to the New England Historic Genealogical Society are on sale for $69.95* instead of the regular price of $99.95, a savings of $30. *Use promocode CM24 during checkout and $30 savings will appear. Offer valid until 12/2/24 by 11:59 PM ET. Not valid on active current membership renewals.

 

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is having a sale on a variety of things. See the 2024 NYG&B Holiday Gifts page. The includes a Gift Membership of an Individual Annual Membership that is currently $10 off making it $79 rather than $89. This membership must be gifted to an individual and cannot be used by the purchaser or for renewal of membership.

Looking for a new membership for yourself? Today's NYG&B eNews highlighted not only the gift membership option but also the coupon code MEMBER10 to get $10 off new membership for yourself. Generally, this can't be used for renewal of a current membership.

So take a look at those other organizations out there and see what they are offering.

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LE

MyHeritage DNA Cyber Monday Sale -- Still at Lowest Price Ever $29

MyHeritage is running its Cyber Monday DNA Sale. MyHeritageDNA (autosomal) tests now regularly $89 each are still on sale for the new lowest price ever  just $29 each (plus taxes and shipping.) Orders of two or more DNA kits receive free shipping. This sale ends, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. We don't see a specific time listed, we are guessing the usual 11:59 p.m.

There are two options for this sale. Just the MyHeritage DNA kit or the MyHeritage DNA kit and a 30-day Complete free trial* of the MyHeritage website subscription.

The trial subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel it before the renewal date. Here are the * details: *After 30 days, you'll enjoy a 50% discount and be charged $299 $149 for the first year. The Complete subscription renews annually. You can cancel anytime. So, you get a 50 percent discount the first year of renewal but additional renewals will be charged at the current regular price.

MyHeritageDNA is becoming a "must be at" for its DNA tools. Its customer base is more international. MyHeritage has chromosome browser feature and made its internal member messaging feature free. It also offers an ethnicity/admixture report and a list of DNA matches. No data subscription is needed to see/use all the DNA matching features including its AutoCluster feature. A few additional features were added earlier this year and last year -- like an update to its ethnicity estimates and genetic groups including viewing the genetic groups of your match and seeing what you have in common.

 

As a reminder, MyHeritageDNA also sells its test kits on Amazon.com and often at sale prices when it is having a sale. However, for this sale though the MyHeritageDNA test is on sale on Amazon it is NOT at the same sale price rather it is $45. If you do find a sale as good as from the website at some point in the future, make sure the seller shown is MyHeritage fulfilled by Amazon and not sold by a third-party unauthorized seller. Non-Amazon Prime members usually get free shipping due to the total cost and because it is fulfilled by Amazon; prime members just get quicker 2-day shipping for free. But it looks like this sale on the MyHeritage website is not to be beat.

 

Look for this before adding your item to your cart.

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LE

AncestryDNA Sale Price $39 Extended until Tues., December 3, 2024, at 10 am

Ancestry has extended its lowest price on AncestryDNA until Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. Remember taxes and shipping are extra. The regular price of an AncestryDNA test is $99.

There are three options with this before Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.

Just the AncestryDNA test is on sale for $39.

For new subscribers or those without a current active subscription:

The AncestryDNA test and a World Explorer Membership for $1 has a total sale price of $40.

The AncestryDNA test and an All-Access Membership for $10 has a total sale price of $49.

These subscription memberships will renew at regular prices every three months until you cancel.

*Offers end 3 Dec 2024 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Excludes shipping. Package offers are for new and returning subscribers only and not for renewal of current subscriptions. Limit one $1 subscription per user. Your World Explorer subscription will automatically renew at $99.95 or your All Access subscription will automatically renew at $149 every 3 months until you cancel by visiting your Account Settings or by contacting us. See our Renewal and Cancellation Terms for further details.

See our prior posts on AncestryDNA for the changes in what you can access for your DNA test without an Ancestry member subscription and what you can not. You can see past sale trends by selecting the topic label in the left column of this blog (for example, AncestryDNA) to see all past posts regarding AncestryDNA.

Good luck finding the sales you need!

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LE

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale for Ancestry Gift Subscriptions Get 50% Off Ends Tues., Dec. 3, 2024, at 10 am ET

The Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale is Here! Get 50% Off! This is usually the best sale of the year.

We will try to highlight what we have found but may not write a post about all we have seen. Our best advice is if you are interested in a website or product, check on that website/product frequently just in case they hold a flash sale.

Please take note, wondering minds can always click the labels/tags in our blog's left-hand column to see the sales in past years to get an idea of the sales trends for prior years. Click on the desired topic or the Savings tag/label.

This Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale at Ancestry.com is usually the lowest price on Gift Subscriptions each year! Ancestry.com is having a its 50 percent sale on its Gift Subscription Memberships from today through Tuesday, December 3, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET. Gift memberships are one-time, non-renewing memberships. You pick the start date of the gift membership and it arrives in the recipient's email on that date. Recipients are not supposed to have active, paid subscription. See the Questions and Answers towards the bottom of the gift membership page.

There are the options.

U.S. Discovery GIFT Membership
Access to U.S. records
6-months reg. $119 ... sale $59
12-months reg. $229 ... sale $114

World Explorer GIFT Membership
Access to records across the globe.
6-months reg. $169 ... sale $84
12-months reg. $319 ... sale $159

All-Access GIFT Membership
Access to records across the globe; plus military records on Fold3.com; and articles on Newspapers.com Basic.
6-months reg. $259 ... sale $129
12-months reg. $479 ... sale $239

Just be sure you read and understand the terms of the purchase so you and your gift recipient (which could even be yourself or your spouse if you do not already have an Ancestry subscription) understand when the gift subscription starts.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

Family Tree DNA Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale Now until Dec. 4

The Holiday Season is here! 

We will try to highlight what we have found but may not write a post about all we have seen. Our best advice is if you are interested in a website or product, check on that website/product frequently just in case they hold a flash sale.

Please take note, wondering minds can always click the labels/tags in our blog's left-hand column to see the sales in past years to get an idea of the sales trends for prior years. Click on the desired topic or the Savings tag/label.

Family Tree DNA
The Family Tree DNA's Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale is underway and goes until December 4, 2024, 11:59 p.m Pacific Time. Shipping and taxes are extra which vary depending on where the test is shipped. There is a lot on sale for this sale. Here are some of the highlights, see the chart below for pricing of additional tests, bundles and upgrades.

 

For the products highlighted here, if this sales' pricing is lower than the Pre-Black Friday Sale pricing we have put the new sale price in red. [Except in the case of the FTDNA created sale chart, in that case you have to compare the prices between this post and the prior Family Tree DNA post. Oh, what do you think the odds are of Flash sale on Black Friday? I guess we will find out.
 

FamilyFinder (autosomal for male or female) regular price $79 ... now $49

Autosomal Transfer Unlock (autosomal for male or female) regular price $19 ... now $10 Upload your autosomal DNA data from another testing company for free, and for this sale get almost half off the unlock fee to get more features. Have you previously uploaded your DNA data but did not unlock it? Now is the time to do so.

mtDNA full-sequence Test (female or male, mother's direct female line) 

mtDNA Full Sequence test is now $119, regularly $159

 
Y-DNA Test (male-only, father's direct male line) 

Y37 test is now $79, regularly $119

 

Y111 test is now $199, regularly $249

Big Y-700 test is now $379, regularly $449
Expert Level. Note: formerly the Big Y-500 now the Big Y-700 includes the Y111 test which gets added to your cart as part of buying the Big Y-700.

 

Bundles (multiple tests for one person) 

Family Finder + mtFull Sequence test is now $159, regularly $238
(male or female test bundle)

 
Family Finder + Y37 test is now $119, regularly $198
(male-only test bundle)

 

Family Finder + Y111 test is now $239, regularly $328
(male-only test bundle) 

Family Finder + Big Y-700 test is now $409, regularly $528
(male-only test bundle) 

Family Finder + Y37 + mtFull Sequence test is now $219, regularly $357
(male-only test bundle)

Family Finder + Y111 + mtFull Sequence test is now $349, regularly $487
(male-only test bundle)

 

Family Finder + BigY700 + mtFull Sequence test is now $497, regularly $687
(male-only test bundle) Expert Level. 

 

mtFull Sequence + Y37 test is now $189, regularly $278
(male-only test bundle)

mtFull Sequence + Y11 test is now $309, regularly $408
(male-only test bundle)

mtFull Sequence + BigY700 test is now $479, regularly $608
(male-only test bundle)

 

There are some upgrades on sale too. Remember, the upgrades available to your DNA tests depends on what you have already tested.  We have added the standard Family Tree DNA Sales Chart for this sale which provides a clearer list of what tests/upgrades are included with a particular sale. Did you do an early mtDNA test that was not the mtFull Sequence? These are the two upgrades available:

mtDNA to mtFull Sequence is now $49, regularly $119

mtPlus to mtFull Sequence is now $49, regularly $119

 

Family Tree DNA provides an ethnicity (admixture) report, list of DNA matches, chromosome browser and allows DNA matches to contact a match directly if that match allows it. Once tested, DNA samples are stored so that additional test types (upgrades) can be added if desired. So if you have already have a tested person that you want to add another test type that is on sale, sign into that test's account before adding the sale test to the cart. Family Tree DNA is the only genealogy DNA testing company that offers all three DNA test types: autosomal, Y-DNA and mtDNA. No subscription is needed to see/use all the DNA matching features. See our previous post containing some Reminders and Cautions regarding changes with Family Tree DNA.

As a reminder, Family Tree DNA sometimes sells its autosomal DNAtest kits (called FamilyFinder) on Amazon.com and often at sale prices when it is having a sale. For this sale the price at Amazon matches is $48.98 at the Family Tree DNA's website so buying from Amazon eliminates the shipping costs. (Make sure the seller shown is FamilyTreeDNA fulfilled by Amazon and not sold by a third-party unauthorized seller.) But be careful, when selecting the visit the Family Tree DNA store, you need to select either the FamilyFinder or FamilyFinder + MyDNA (currently out of stock on Amazon) from the store's menu bar under the store's logo. Non-Amazon Prime members get free shipping due to the total cost and because it is fulfilled by Amazon; prime members just get quicker 2-day shipping for free.

 

Look for this before adding your item to your cart.

 

If you need a test upgrade or another test type, you have to use the Family Tree DNA website.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

 

MyHeritageDNA Just $29 -- New Lowest Price Ever; Black Friday Sale Until Nov. 29

MyHeritage started its Black Friday DNA Sale ... early and knocked it out of the park.  MyHeritageDNA (autosomal) tests now regularly $89 each are on sale for the new lowest price ever  just $29 each (plus taxes and shipping.) Orders of two or more DNA kits receive free shipping. This sale ends, November 29, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

MyHeritageDNA is becoming a "must be at" for its DNA tools. Its customer base is more international. MyHeritage has chromosome browser feature and made its internal member messaging feature free. It also offers an ethnicity/admixture report and a list of DNA matches. No data subscription is needed to see/use all the DNA matching features including its AutoCluster feature. A few additional features were added earlier this year and last year -- like an update to its ethnicity estimates and genetic groups including viewing the genetic groups of your match and seeing what you have in common.

 

As a reminder, MyHeritageDNA also sells its test kits on Amazon.com and often at sale prices when it is having a sale. However, for this sale though the MyHeritageDNA test is on sale on Amazon it is NOT at the same sale price rather it is $45. If you do find a sale as good as from the website at some point in the future, make sure the seller shown is MyHeritage fulfilled by Amazon and not sold by a third-party unauthorized seller. Non-Amazon Prime members usually get free shipping due to the total cost and because it is fulfilled by Amazon; prime members just get quicker 2-day shipping for free. But it looks like this sale on the MyHeritage website is not to be beat.

 

Look for this before adding your item to your cart.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

Vivid-Pix Software and Bundles Pre-Black Friday Sale and Giving Tueday Sale (Use that Coupon Code to Save More!)

During our meetings we sometimes refer to the easy color-editing features of the MyHeritage website or the computer software of a company called Vivid-Pix.

Vivid-Pix is advertising it's Pre-Black Friday Sale and a Giving Tuesday Sale. The company has grown a bit since we first talked about it and now offers a bit more than its two photo correction software applications. Vivid-Pix has bundles for institutions and the home-user.

Not sure if the Restore software is for you or a loved one? Come into our favorite library's Local History and Genealogy Room and try the Restore software in-person on the new scanning station that replaced the BookScan station. Or, some of Vivid-Pix's software have free trial periods.

First a caution. Make sure you are seeing the sale pricing you are expecting. There seems to be two different sales going on at the same time with different pricing. But there is a trick.

The website's Pre-Black Friday Sale is on its Gift Guide page. The sale is a little confusing because it starts with a focus on institutions, then caregivers then home-users. All three levels have bundles with scanning equipment and then just the software packages to add to your existing computer/scanner system. So Tip #1 is look to the bottom for the home-user level. We'll note the mostly likely items on sale that may be of interest to our genealogy members.

The Giving Tuesday Sale came via email. It says, now through December 3 (Giving Tuesday), Vivid-Pix is discounting its most popular products. Purchase for yourself or as a gift. And from November 1 through December 3, Vivid-Pix is donating 5% of sales to the Alzheimer's Association. The trick is to use the coupon code: Turkey2024 to get the Giving Tuesday Sale prices. Discounts end December 3, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET.

What is on sale?

Both sales have the Vivid-Pix Restore (this is the software) which provides one-click correction that can be fine tuned with sliders for scanned prints, slides, documents and digital camera images focusing on general photography and restoring faded pictures and documents. The regular price is $49.99 but the Pre-Black Friday and Giving Tuesday sale price is $29.99 -- the lowest sale price ever. Make sure to use that coupon code Turkey2024. To learn more about the software, check out the company's website and view the overview or tutorial videos.

Vivid-Pix Land and Sea Scuba which provides one-click correction that can be fine tuned with sliders for scanned prints, slides, and digital camera images focusing on general photography and underwater photography. The regular price is $49.99 (this is what the Pre-Black Friday gift guide page shows) but the Giving Tuesday sale price when you use the coupon code is $29.99.

Also for the home-user is: 

Photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) For Families and Loved Ones – Joshua Freitas, PhD [No Certification] Designed for paid and unpaid caregivers, this course provides instruction to implement pRT – as described by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Reminiscence Therapy (RT) involves the discussion of past activities, events and experiences with another person or group of people, usually with the aid of tangible prompts such as photographs, household,and other familiar items…” Regular price $79.00.

Memory Station Software Patent-pending software, with intuitive interface and large buttons, makes it easy to scan, restore photos and documents, record memories and combine to create stories. Reminiscing about life pulls memories from shoeboxes and memory banks. Individual and Multigenerational re-living of yesterday and yesteryear provides connection and understanding through photo-based activities that are fun – and provide social and health benefits. Rather than buying the computer and the software bundle, this is the software only to install on your existing computer/scanner system. Regular price $199.99

But get the Photo Reminiscence Therapy (pRT) For Families and Loved Ones course and the Memory Station Software bundled together for the Pre-Black Friday sale price of $199.99 (save $79.00) BUT SAVE MORE WITH THE GIVING TUESDAY COUPON CODE TURKEY2024 and get the course/software bundle for just $99.99 to save an additional $100.

If you don't have a scanner and are interested in the Vivid-Pix Memory Station (bundle includes: one ScanSnap SV600 Scanner / Software; one Home Edition Memory Station Software; one Vivid-Pix RESTORE Software; and one ABBY® OCR software) the Giving Tuesday Sale Coupon Code provide sale pricing on that also. Memory Station Home Edition Bundle (Scanner/MS Software) regular price is $799.95 with the coupon code the sale price is $699.95 for this sale.

We are not sure if the Giving Tuesday Sale Coupon Code works with any of the accessories or other items. We do know that it will work with some of the professional level items/bundles.

See you soon at our favorite library!
LE