Ancestry.com Australia is offering free access to New Zealand and Australian records now through 7:59 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 (Eastern Standard Time).
Some of the collections available include:
New Zealand
*Birth, marriage and death indexes
*Military records
*Naturalization records
*City directories
Australia
*Convict Transportation Registers
*Birth, marriage and death indexes
*Record collections for each of the six states: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria.
To view these records, you will need to register for free with Ancestry.com.au with your name and email address. You will then be sent a username and password to access the records. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view records with a paid subscription.
To get started researching, go to: www.ancestry.com.au and click on the “Search Free” button.