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For St Patrick's Day, with some new records since last year's freebie. I can't see an end time, but usually 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I think is 6:59a.m. GMT on Wednesday.

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All Irish Collections. New ones marked.

Some of this may be free on MyHeritage or elsewhere at all times, so check before spending too much time on a particular set.

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As always with free periods, save anything you find on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

Caveat: I haven't done extensive investigations. Reply here if you find unexpected restrictions or goodies, need help, or just to report successes -- a few posts bumps up the announcement so more people may see it.

It's going to be down to what you understand by the word download. When you zoom in on a page it's downloaded to your computer. I suspect that's what BNA means.

I was drawn to the same conclusion during FindMyPast's free newspapers week recently. They now have a fair use limit of 200 "records" per day. "Record" = page, it seems. As the articles I was looking for were rarely found by the Search, I had to browse page by page, which used up my quota rapidly, mitigated only by a shortcut of knowing which page they were usually on.

If you're talking about paper records (BMDs etc.) and can wait patiently, MyHeritage does free weekends at intervals during the year, often country- or event-specific but sometimes more general. They are usually announced on The Common Room forum here, albeit with short notice.

Petersham doesn't seem to have been open for burials in the 1950s, so perhaps there was a mistake somewhere.

I don't know about the meaning of the wording in NSW, but in the UK "not open for burials" doesn't preclude re-opening of existing (family) graves if there's still space, and ashes can be placed anywhere within reason.

Newspapers only. Stated closing time is 23:59 GMT on Monday 16th February. Sometimes in the past it has not actually gone off until 10am on the following day but don't rely on this.

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Note the Terms and Conditions for Free Access Offers and a Fair Usage Limit of 200 records per 24 hours, which I found previously was actually reset by 1am the following day regardless of when I started or when I hit it. 200 should be enough for most purposes, but I was having to scan for a section not always found by the search. I can't see any counter to tell you how close you are to the limit or a statement of what counts as a "record"; I'm sure I browsed well over 200 newspaper pages before being stopped.

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.

Some of these newspapers are free at all times on FindMyPast or elsewhere, so check before using up too much midnight oil or your record quota. To see, click on Free to View under Filter your search/Access type on the advanced search page.

I haven't done extensive checks. Reply here if you find any restrictions, extra goodies, need help with quirks in the sometimes complex Search, or just to report successes -- a few posts bumps the announcement up so more people may see it.