How will GDPR impact historical records?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on the 25th of May 2018. Designed to augment existing Data Protection rules, the principles as set out in Article 5…
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on the 25th of May 2018. Designed to augment existing Data Protection rules, the principles as set out in Article 5…
Archives Unlocked, the vision for Archives in England Archives Unlocked was launched by the National Archives yesterday, 29th March. This is a compact, but important document: “IN SHORT: ARCHIVES MATTER.…
Free UK Genealogy is becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. We will shortly be opening a new organisation: Free UK Genealogy CIO. CIO is the abbreviation for Charitable Incorporated Organisation (its…
Watch the Free UK Genealogy Conference 2018 here: Conference 2019 - Free UK Genealogy Free UK Genealogy Conference slides Pat Reynolds' Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/... Eric Dickens' Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/... Oliver Duke-WIlliams' Presentation: …
In the first of six guest posts on Researching your Irish Family History, Nicola Morris describes how to go about tracing your Irish ancestry. ***************************************************************************************** The fallacy that I frequently…
Welcome to the second instalment on Researching Your Irish Family History. Here, Nicola Morris explains how you can access Irish Civil Registration records online to help trace your ancestors. NB:…
Free UK Genealogy couldn't have made over 400 Million records available without our wonderful volunteers. They give their time and energy so generously to make our websites what they are.…
We have appointed Richard Light to the position of chair at Free UK Genealogy. We are incredibly thankful to the outgoing chair Camilla von Massenbach for her great work. Camilla…
Free UK Genealogy Has Been Awarded a Grant to Link-Up Places in the Past Free UK Genealogy has been awarded a grant by Pelagios Commons which will enable us -…
Welcome to Billy Davis, a new trustee We are delighted to welcome Billy as a new Free UK Genealogy trustee. Billy brings with him significant experience in public affairs -…