{"id":34351,"date":"2024-06-06T10:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/86ba073e-6d9e-48e2-bade-620729226f3b"},"modified":"2024-06-06T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T08:53:13","slug":"findmypast-offers-free-access-to-records-for-d-day-80th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/findmypast-offers-free-access-to-records-for-d-day-80th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Findmypast offers free access to records for D-Day 80th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 06 June 2024 at 08:41 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Leading family history website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findmypast.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Findmypast<\/a> is offering free access to millions of its family history records to mark the 80<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/military\/d-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D-Day<\/a> on 6 June 2024.<\/p><p>Family historians will be able to search all Findmypast\u2019s records for free, apart from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/feature\/when-will-the-1921-census-be-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1921 census<\/a>.<\/p><p>The free records include military records, parish records, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/getting-started\/tracing-your-ancestors-using-the-census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">census records<\/a> before 1921 and Findmypast\u2019s complete collection of over 79 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/old-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">old newspaper<\/a> pages.<\/p><p>The offer will run from 10am on Thursday 6 June 2024 to 10am on Monday 10 June 2024.<\/p><p>Jen Baldwin, Research Specialist at Findmypast said: &#8220;80 years on from D-Day and the stories of service and sacrifice remain extremely poignant and relevant to us today. We invite everyone to discover their own family\u2019s wartime stories with free access to Findmypast\u2019s records this weekend and preserve them for future generations.\u201d<\/p><p>Family historians can share their findings in the free records on social media with the hashtag #FindMyFamilyHero.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Thursday, 06 June 2024 at 08:41 AM Leading family history website Findmypast is offering free access to millions of its family history records to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2024. Family historians will be able to search all Findmypast\u2019s records for free, apart from the 1921 census. 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