Search FreeREG and FreeCEN with new features
Free UK Genealogy is proud to announce two new features to assist our users to search FreeREG and FreeCEN. FreeCEN (with free access to high quality transcriptions of nineteenth century…
Using Parish Registers – Poison Panic!
We're pleased to host another guest post by author and FreeREG transcriber Helen Barrell, who will feature on BBC One's Murder, Mystery and My Family this Wednesday (3rd April) at 09.15am. Here, Helen…
Found in a Marriage Record: Arthur H. Bird
Here, FreeREG volunteer Ian Slater gives some background to a notable marriage record he transcribed; that of American composer Arthur H. Bird. Arthur Homer Bird was an American composer, for many years resident in…
Guest Post – George Sargent: The Forgotten Golfing Innovator
Idly flipping through the pages of a golf collectables book at Gloucester antiques centre recently, I paused and looked again. There in black and white was the signature of my great-great-uncle George Sargent…
How FreeCEN is changing…
FreeCEN is changing. Here, we outline how this affects volunteers and genealogists, both amateur and expert, using the FreeCEN research service. The changes we're making at the moment will improve…
Work underway on the new FreeBMD website
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…
12 Days of Searching Free UK Genealogy
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!
FreeCEN is Changing to FreeCEN2
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…
FreeBMD Conference 2018: 20 Years of FreeBMD
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.…
Keeping mum?
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…
