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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Chris Doran on Saturday 08 November 25 11:47 GMT (UK)
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Different country-specific links but each says it covers worldwide records and has new data (including for WW2) since last year:-
Ancestry UK (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/remembrance-day?) until 11:59pm GMT on 12th November
Ancestry CA (https://www.ancestry.ca/c/remembrance) until 11:59pm ET on 12th November
Ancestry AU (https://www.ancestry.com.au/) until 11:59pm AEDT on 12th November
You need a separate account for each country-specific site (free with no card details taken on registration). You do not need to click on the Start Free Trial box at top right.
Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/go/free-access?) until 11:59pm MT on 16th November, which I make to be 6:59am GMT on Monday 17th.
You can sign in with an Ancestry account or create a free Fold3 one. If it detects you're in the UK, redirects you to Forces War Records, which I'm told has the same data. However, at the time of writing they didn't seem to have got this set up and FWR wasn't free.
As always with free periods, save anything of interest on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it online after the offer closes.
Many of these records are available on other sites, sometimes always free, so check before using up too much midnight oil.
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Fold 3 does not appear to be free. It says it's free, but then demands card details, just as normal, when I try to view anything.
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Yes I've been trying fold3 this morning, even though it says free records they're not.
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I have the same problem even though I am logged in to Ancestry and Fold3.
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Fold 3 does not appear to be free. It says it's free, but then demands card details, just as normal, when I try to view anything.
I don't think Fold3 was free last year either. They did have a free weekend this year around Memorial Day (USA) in May, I think.