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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Archives Unlocked – Trust : Enrichment : Openness
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.…
Making Free UK Genealogy Accessible is everything
Read about our work to make Free UK Genealogy Accessible. We want all internet users to be able to research their family history. Early in August, I sat beside someone…
A New Start For FreeREG
As part of our work to overhaul all of the Free UK Genealogy websites we're very pleased to announce that we are able to give people access to our new…
The Results of our Volunteer Survey
Over 300 Free UK Genealogy volunteers responded to a survey about communication in July, 2015. The outcomes of the Volunteer Survey are outlined below. This volunteer survey - and resulting…
Free UK Genealogy becomes a CIO
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
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: …
Irish Family History: Getting Started
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…
Using Irish Civil Registration Records
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:…
Frank Rogers – Being a FreeREG Volunteer
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.…
