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JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 28 Mar 2016 18:02

bump for the last day of the free access

these are the records included - all of UK and other Commonwealth records

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/commonwealth_records


note also that you can access them through any portal -- .co.uk, .ca, .com.au ...

Researching:
You remember me. :)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Mar 2016 20:27

it's working fine now :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Gai

Gai Report 25 Mar 2016 10:38


Ancestry in Australia had site maintenance today and I couldn't attached any records to my tree.

Seem's to be back up tonight

Researching:
Moreman's of Mangotsfield, Matchett's of Ireland & Essex, Craddock's of Scotland & Manchester

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 25 Mar 2016 09:39

MBSG, that's even better then :-D

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MBSG

MBSG Report 25 Mar 2016 08:33

Thank you for this. Have just looked on the net and seems to include UK as well 25-28 March 2016.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 25 Mar 2016 08:15

Email from Ancestry this morning




Bring your family closer together this Easter
Bring your overseas family closer together this Easter with our bumper free access*. For four full days, until 28 March, you can hunt through billions of Commonwealth records from Australia to Canada and more—including migration and war graves records—and uncover even more of your unique family story.

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