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PERSI Digitized Collections Gaining Ground
Just over a year ago, we shared the news that the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) was migrating to FindMyPast.com. The...
WWI 100 Year Anniversary: 5 Ways to Discover Your Family History in World War I
This summer, the world is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1. It's hard to imagine...
Who Do You Think You Are? Story Website Coming Soon
Findmypast in conjunction with Wall to Wall, the makers of the popular television series Who Do You Think You Are? in...
240K New Pages Now Online at the British Newspaper Archive
Here's a headline-worthy announcement! In the past month, 240,000 extra pages from 1790-1954 were made searchable at...
Findmypast + Origins.net = More British and Irish Records!
Findmypast.co.uk announced recently that it has bought Origins.net, an early pioneer of online records. "Origins.net...
Genealogy Game ‘Family House’ now an iPad / iPhone App
Do you play online games? Do members of your family? I'm guessing someone in your house does! Well, an online...
The British Newspaper Archive Reaches 8 Million Online Pages
The British Newspaper Archive has reached a new major milestone: 8 million newspaper pages now online! The counter on...
13 Million Newly Published Genealogical Records from U.S., Australia and Ireland
More than 13 million new records recently appeared on findmypast.com, thanks to a new agreement between findmypast...