Free Access at a Variety of Websites this Veteran's Day Weekend and More

There are a variety of websites offering free access to a variety of records. The free access periods vary so pay attention so you do not miss out.

Fold3.com
Fold3 is offering free access to its Native American Collection from November 1 - 15. 

Just register for the basic Fold3 membership which is free with no credit card required. If you already have a free Fold3 basic membership, just sign into the website. (You do not need to sign up for a 7-day free trial which requires a credit card.) The easiest way to do this is to just start a search from the Native American Collection page and then click to view an image (marked free) and then the correct registration link to a free basic membership option will come up.

Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com is giving free access to its U.S. Military record collections until 11:59 p.m. ET, Monday, November 17, 2019.

Participation requires registration for a free Ancestry account. An easy way to do so is perform a search and in the pop-up window that appears provide your email and create a password for your free access account, and ancestry will send you a username to use with that password.

After the free access time is over, you will need a subscription to see those records online. But remember you can download found record images too. Ancestry.com has put together a list of the included record collections.

Ancestry's Canadian website and its United Kingdom website are having a similar free access weekend to the respective military collections but only until November 11.

FindMyPast.com
From Friday, Nov. 8 to Monday, Nov. 11 at noon (GMT), FindMyPast.com is giving free access for Veterans and Remembrance Day.

This year's free access offer includes everything EXCLUDING newspapers, electorial rolls, and the Periodical Source Index. So this year you get much more to search than military records.

To participate in the free access period you must register for free or sign into your existing account. The easiest way is to perform a search and then create an account or sign into your existing free account when asked to do so.

Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com is also having a 20 percent sale on its Gift Subscription Memberships until Monday, November 27, 2019. While supplies last these Gift Subscriptions will come with a free family conversation game called TableTopics via a redemption code.

Gift memberships are one-time, non-renewing memberships. You pick the start date of the gift membership and it arrives to via recipient's email. See the Questions and Answers towards the bottom of the gift membership page.

U.S. Discovery GIFT Membership
Access to U.S. records
6-months reg. $99.99 ... sale $79.99 ... save $20

12-months reg. $189 ... sale $151 ... save $38

World Explorer GIFT Membership
Access to records across the globe.
6-months reg. $149 ... sale $119 ... save $30
12-months reg. $299 ... sale $239 ... save $60



We will cover the various DNA sales soon. There is a lot of new news regarding DNA tests to tell you about.

See you soon at Mt. Clemens Public Library!
LE