Following activities 1-5   of this post, here are the last 5 things you can do to research your family tree at this time of being physically distant. We hope…

As many of us around the world are in quarantine, self-isolating, or reducing our social contacts due to Covid-19, it seems a good time to research your family tree as…

We have been inundated with responses from potential Volunteer Genealogy Researchers for Open Data Day this year. Discover our other volunteering opportunities here.  ___________________________________________________ Can you spend some time on…

Good news for those who want to share their family history discoveries online. The GRO has permitted  sharing FreeBMD so that users can take screenshots of entries and share them…

Volunteers' Week 2018It's Volunteers' Week 2018, and we're celebrating the fantastic achievement of our dedicated transcribers and FreeREG Volunteers! Married couple Maureen and Stuart Tokely, who live in Australia, have been transcribing for…

The FreeBMD website will be undergoing a revamp over the next few months. The new website, which will run alongside the current one, will be in line with the design…

A tip each day up to Christmas Eve, helping you get more out of searches on our websites. Enjoy searching Free UK Genealogy! Season's Greetings!

www.freecen.org.uk   now takes you to the new-look website (AKA FreeCEN2). You can still visit FreeCEN1, at https://freecen1.freecen.org.uk  (there is a link to this site on the home page). This…

Did you miss the FreeBMD conference? You can watch it on YouTube here. FreeBMD is one of the first ever crowdsourcing projects, and 2018 marks 20 years since its inception.…

A few people have contacted us, concerned that the free availability of indexes to births compromises their identity security. The widespread use of mothers’ maiden names and dates of birth…