04/04/2026
Latest offer from FindMyPast for this Easter. Available to 13th April 2026. With up to 30% 0ff.
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe
08/03/2026
Ancestry is giving free access to large number of records for International Women's day. This also includes free access to newspapers.com. The free access runs from 8th to the 18th March. Further details can be found below on the Who Do You Think You Are website.
https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-free-records-international-womens-day
Four billion historic records are free to access for International Women’s Day | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
Family history website Ancestry is offering free access to four billion of its records to help the public research female ancestors
11/02/2026
Seeing as everyone else is having a go, this is mine 🤣
10/02/2026
Free access to FindMyPast newspapers from 9th to the 16th February. Details below.
Don't miss free access to over seven million online historic newspapers | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
Don't miss free access to Findmypast's newspaper collection
31/01/2026
4 months Premium Access to Ancestry is currently on offer for £20.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/features
01/01/2026
Latest offer from Ancestry. Better than half price (just). Available until 12 Jan 2026. Worldwide £88 and Premium for £58, both for 12 months
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/features?o_xid=141099&o_lid=141099&o_sch=Email+Campaigns&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaign&utm_campaign=UKNewYear2026
26/12/2025
Latest flash DNA sale on Ancestry and the cheapest it's been. £29.00 plus postage. Bargain. If only I could convince my father-in-law to take one 🧐. Be quick it ends on the 29th December.
AncestryDNA® | DNA Tests for Ethnicity & Genealogy DNA
*Price excludes shipping costs. Sold as a set but only DNA kit can be gifted. Some DNA features require an Ancestry® subscription.
04/11/2025
The fee charged for the Government Find a Will service will increase from £1.50 to £16.00 from 17th November. Rather a dramatic increase to say the least at over ten-fold. I don't think I'll be ordering many of these in the future!
Cost of probate records to increase by over 10% | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
The UK government has announced that the cost of ordering civil probate records for England and Wales will increase from £1.50 to £16
12/10/2025
Hmm controversial, the latest Ancestry ethnicity update now places Yorkshire in the East Midlands Region. Not only that Yorkshire isn't even mentioned in their description of the East Midlands Region. How dare they! 🤬