Findmypast Makes Entire Collection of Military Records Free Access June 27th Through July 4th

[Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net]

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To commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Findmypast is
making its entire collection of 65 million world military records of
their "Military, Armed Forces and Conflict" category

search.findmypast.com/search-world-records-in-military-service-and-conflict

free for eight days-from June 27th 04:00 ET - July 4th -06:59ET. This
includes all UK, Irish, Australian and US Military records in their
collection. Free access to all UK and Irish census records are also
included in this free access offer. Findmypast's newspaper collection is
not included in the free access offer.

To access the free military records go to:
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/battle-of-the-somme
You are required to register with name and email address and password to
search the site. No credit card information is required. If you try to
search other than the collection that is included in the free access offer
you will be prompted to pay "pay as you go credits" or to subscribe. The
Honour Our Heroes free access is *not* the 14 day free trial.

On June 29th 4:00 PM British Standard Time Findmypast is offering a free
webinar on "Slaughter on the Somme" about finding and interpreting WWl
records on their website. The lecturer is Paul Nixon a military expert.
This webinar will focus on the Somme campaign in 1916 and the information
that survives today. You need to register for the webinar at:
http://tinyurl.com/zeyqkhj
Original url:
https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2Fbattle-of-the-somme&eventid=1214125&sessionid=1&key=8CC7BD99192E7A5F95148BCA379F7DCD&regTag=&sourcepage=register

Remember the free access does not start until June 27th 04:00 ET.

Findmypast (previously DC Thomson Family History) is a British-owned leader
in online family history.

I have not affiliation with Findmypast and am posting this solely for the
reader's information.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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