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The Common Room / Free Access to Ancestry Canada until 16th March
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 17:41 GMT (UK)  »
https://www.ancestry.ca/c/canada-free-access?
Ends 12:59 pm ET, which I make to be 3:59 am GMT on Sunday 17th.

I was able to sign in at the above .ca URL with an Ancestry UK account. Not all collections were marked as FREE, e.g. I couldn't access some of the censuses, but my browser counted 489 FREEs, which should be enough to keep most people quiet. Creating an Ancestry Canada account (free, but I needed a different e-mail address) only gave one more.

As always with free periods, save anything of interest on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it online after the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to Ancestry UK Wartime Records, ends Monday 13th
« on: Wednesday 08 November 23 11:41 GMT (UK)  »
Includes some things not obviously war-related, e.g. I found some Select Cemetery Registers accessible. Despite being provided by Ancestry UK, it says you get access to records from around the world.

See https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/remembrance-day?

You need an Ancestry UK registration (free), even if you have one for another country, and may have to enter via the above link.

It's unclear whether it finishes at the start or end of Monday, so don't leave it too late.

As always with free periods, save anything of interest on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to MyHeritage Death-Related Records, 27-Oct until 1-Nov
« on: Thursday 26 October 23 23:59 BST (UK)  »
For Halloween: worldwide death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records. Exact times not stated, but in the UK will probably begin mid-to-late afternoon on Friday and end before breakfast on Thursday.

Introduction
Collection Catalogue

You need an account (free) but don't need to sign up for a free trial of the whole site. No payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything of interest on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to MyHeritage German Records, Last Day
« on: Thursday 05 October 23 16:23 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, I missed the announcement earlier this week. It runs until 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I make to be 7:59a.m. BST tomorrow.

Introduction
Collection Catalogue

You need an account (free) but don't have to sign up for a free trial of the whole site. No payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything you find on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to MyHeritage US & Canadian Censuses until 5th September
« on: Monday 04 September 23 03:45 BST (UK)  »
For Labor Day. Runs until Tuesday, presumably 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I make to be 7:59a.m. BST on Wednesday.

Introduction
US Census
Canadian Census

You need an account (free) but don't need to sign up for a free trial of the whole site. No payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything you find on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to My Heritage French Records until 16th July
« on: Friday 14 July 23 00:02 BST (UK)  »
For Bastille Day. Runs until 16th July, presumably 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I make to be 7:59a.m. BST on Monday 17th.

Introduction here
Collecction catalogue here

It says it includes former French Colonies.  You need a free account. No payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything you find locally, as it won't be free when the offer closes.

Bon chance!

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The Common Room / Free Access to newspapers.com this Weekend
« on: Saturday 17 June 23 04:54 BST (UK)  »
For Fathers' Day, until 18th June at 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I make to be 7:59a.m. BST on Modday 19th. You have go in through  https://go.newspapers.com/dads/? otherwise you get asked to pay.  You need an account (an Ancestry one will do), but no payment details are taken if you register. You do not need to click on the Free Trial link.

UK newspapers are included. Click on the Newspapers logo at top left to get to the full Search page. For options like Browsing selected newspapera, scroll down to nearly the end of the page.

As always with free periods, save anything you find locally, as it won't be free when the offer closes.

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The Common Room / Free Access to Military Records on MyHeritage, May 25-30
« on: Thursday 25 May 23 17:40 BST (UK)  »
This includes collections from around the world.   

Introduction, Site map at bottom.

List of the available collections. They can be filtered by country and also searched by individual collections.

Search all of the collections at once based on your search terms.

If you haven't got one already, you need to create a free account (no payment info required).

As always, save any records you find you want to keep as they won't be available without a subscription once the free access period ends.  You can use methods such as the print button on the page, print to pdf via the print button or screenshot the information. 

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The Common Room / Free Access to newspapers.com this Weekend
« on: Friday 12 May 23 15:16 BST (UK)  »
Until 14th May at 11:59p.m. Mountain Time. You have go in through https://go.newspapers.com/moms? Without the "go." you get asked to pay. UK newspapers are included. Click on the Newspapers logo at top left to get to the full Search page. You need an account (an Ancestry one will do), but no payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything you find locally, as it won't be free when the offer closes.


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