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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Zaphod99 on Friday 11 April 25 13:24 BST (UK)
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There are currently 50% off deals on Findmypast.
Click on "Latest newsletter" at https://www.lostcousins.com
Or use https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr25news.htm
Zaph
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Thank you :D
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Brilliant thank you, I have been waiting for a decent reduction for a couple of years now. ::) Just to say for others that if you have an email address registered with them already then it doesn't seem to let you use that for the reduction. I have had to use a secondary email and it went through with no problem. ;D ;D
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You can get the deals here:
12months £99.99
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe?duration=12
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You can get the deals here:
12months £99.99
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe?duration=12
I clicked the link and it came up with £199.99 not £99.99
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This link (if you're not already a subscriber)
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
says the 50% discount expires on 22 April but when you click to subscribe the discount offered is only 30% ???
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This link (if you're not already a subscriber)
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
says the 50% discount expires on 22 April but when you click to subscribe the discount offered is only 30% ???
the link you quote just goes to the home page. Not to any discount
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If I go incognito the discount page shows
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All those links work for me.
Have you recently cleared cookies and history cache? Are you still logged in?
The discount won't appear otherwise
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Does this link work?
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe?duration=12
I think the 30% discount is on shorter subscriptions.
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Thanks for the heads up.
I've been busy harvesting 1939 census information, currently free till 8 May 2025. I'm liking the presentation style of FindMyPast and pondering a subscription.
Wondering if I'd get value for money from a 50% off 12 month sub or perhaps a shorter more focussed sub would have me 'do the work'. What have others found works?
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Ah, I see, this offer is only for new subscribers
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sprintexec, if you live near enough you may also want to consider whether your local library has free access to Ancestry or FindmyPast or both before jumping into a subscription. It will give you the option to try before you buy if you like. Our local library has access to both on a library edition which is sort of an edited version of the paid for subscriptions but does cover all the 1939 register and also the Censuses and Parish records of both sites. ;)
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Ah, I see, this offer is only for new subscribers
My membership had recently expired but I was able to resubscribe at 50% discount.
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LizzieL, yes it seems to be for new users but as I said in my earlier post if you set up another account using a different email address then it will let you get the 50% deal. The only irritating factor is that of course the records you have already sourced are not in your saved searches but as your old account should still be accessible then this isn't much of a problem. Certainly the link here in the newsletter that Zaphod99 posted worked for me
https://www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2/apr25news.htm
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sprintexec, if you live near enough you may also want to consider whether your local library has free access to Ancestry or FindmyPast or both before jumping into a subscription. It will give you the option to try before you buy if you like. Our local library has access to both on a library edition which is sort of an edited version of the paid for subscriptions but does cover all the 1939 register and also the Censuses and Parish records of both sites. ;)
Thank you for this excellent idea. Where I currently live there is CLS Family Centre and a branch of the County library relatively close by. So the idea of checking out what they have to offer really appeals!
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I just went to 'My Account" then "subscription" and the offer to renew at 50% discount was there.
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Ah, I see, this offer is only for new subscribers
I have subscribed for many years.
I emailed them a few days ago and asked why my years of loyalty were only rewarded by a 15% discount when new subscribers were being given 50%.
I was informed that this offer was not only for new subscribers and they have applied a 50% discount to my forthcoming renewal.
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sprintexec, if you live near enough you may also want to consider whether your local library has free access to Ancestry or FindmyPast or both before jumping into a subscription. It will give you the option to try before you buy if you like. Our local library has access to both on a library edition which is sort of an edited version of the paid for subscriptions but does cover all the 1939 register and also the Censuses and Parish records of both sites. ;)
Thank you for this excellent idea. Where I currently live there is CLS Family Centre and a branch of the County library relatively close by. So the idea of checking out what they have to offer really appeals!
Sadly my local county libraries have recently stopped access to FindMyPast & the newspaper archive.
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Yes Bearkat that is true especially if people havent been using the sites, its an easy place to make cutbacks but I am surprised that they havent got Ancestry at the very least in your area as this site seems to be the preferred option for County library services. We are fortunate here in Oxfordshire to have both still.
Sprintex if you find you can get access locally then I would take a USB stick with me and download the images or alternatively take your email address and login and then you can either save the images to the library computer and email them back to yourself or I believe that the Ancestry Library edition allows you to just email direct from the website. Good luck ;)
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sprintexec, if you live near enough you may also want to consider whether your local library has free access to Ancestry or FindmyPast or both before jumping into a subscription. It will give you the option to try before you buy if you like. Our local library has access to both on a library edition which is sort of an edited version of the paid for subscriptions but does cover all the 1939 register and also the Censuses and Parish records of both sites. ;)
Thank you for this excellent idea. Where I currently live there is CLS Family Centre and a branch of the County library relatively close by. So the idea of checking out what they have to offer really appeals!
Sadly my local county libraries have recently stopped access to FindMyPast & the newspaper archive.
I've just looked at the Cornwall library webpage - this is what they have to say about Find My Past - "The first time you use Find My Past you will be prompted to register an account. You can access Find My Past at home but accessing it in using a library computer will give you greater access to some of the records and documents".
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Yes Sprintex it looks like they have access at the library. In Oxfordshire you dont need to register for a FindMyPast account when you use the library edition, normally you can just go straight in from their computers. In Oxfordshire we cannot access FindMyPast from home without paying for a subscription. Best thing to do is to book a computer if you need to and then ask the staff how to access Findmypast when you get there :)
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Yes Bearkat that is true especially if people havent been using the sites, its an easy place to make cutbacks but I am surprised that they havent got Ancestry at the very least in your area as this site seems to be the preferred option for County library services. We are fortunate here in Oxfordshire to have both still.
We do still have access to Ancestry which we are grateful for.
To lose the newspaper archive plus FindMyPast which also has newspapers is a blow.
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Yes Bearkat that is true especially if people havent been using the sites, its an easy place to make cutbacks but I am surprised that they havent got Ancestry at the very least in your area as this site seems to be the preferred option for County library services. We are fortunate here in Oxfordshire to have both still.
We do still have access to Ancestry which we are grateful for.
To lose the newspaper archive plus FindMyPast which also has newspapers is a blow.
Yes I agree FindMyPast for me is the preferred option as I am now back into the Parish records and find most of them are on FindMyPast and not Ancestry. I also love the newspapers too. Sorry for your loss :'(