Month: May 2020

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of June to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just…

In honor of Memorial Day, MyHeritage.com is offering free access to all military records from May 20–26, 2020.  The MyHeritage collection consists of 57 million records and includes draft, enlistment,…

A new genealogy show will be aired on ABC beginning Tuesday, May 26 at 10 p.m. Eastern time, not June 2 as previously reported. The show, “The Genetic Detective,” will…

Ancestry.com is allowing free access to nearly 500 million records and images from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from now until June 1. Some of the types of…

Scott Fisher, host of the Extreme Genes podcast, is hosting a week of half hour genealogy webinars on the Extreme Genes Facebook page at 6 p.m. Eastern Time each day…

Ontario Ancestors, the website of The Ontario Genealogical Society, will be offering many of its webinar presentations in the Ontario Ancestors library free to non-members from now until Aug. 31,…

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering several free webinars during the month of May. Monday, May 11 – 3 p.m. – To America and Back:…

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Ancestry UK is allowing free access to its United Kingdom World War II collection from now until 7:59 p.m. on May 10….

The National Genealogical Society is offering non-members free access to five years of the “NGS Monthly” now through July 31, 2020. “NGS Monthly” articles help researchers of all levels. The…

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will continue to offer one webinar from its membership library for free each day in May. The webinars will be rotated by theme each week: Sundays…