Free Access this weekend on Ancestry 28th-31st August

[Chris 71]

You have to register though and input your bank details. Remember to cancel it afterwards or you will be charged £119. 

[KGarrad]

Certainly in England, most libraries have access to Ancestry - probably .co.uk. so limited to British Isles (predominantly England and Wales).  I'm not definitely sure about the coverage of the Library edition, so I could be wrong and it's worldwide.

Ancestry Library Edition is .com, and is worldwide, with some functionality missing!

[goldsy19]

I've been offered free access on other occasions and have not had to sign up for a free trial first.
This weekend it seems that is the only way to get into the records, or am I missing something???
Please help if you can
Cheers
Kerry

[dawnsh]

The differences between home and Library edition (ALE) are here

http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5237/kw/institutional%20version

Since the demise of Mundia, Ancestry have put public trees on Library Edition but without the 'contact' aspect. Not so long ago, there weren't any trees on 'Library'

However, as Ancestry tends to be US biased, finding the UK records can be bothersome. But my top tip for ALE would be to 'begin searching' (button on home page) and then go to the 'card catalogue' at the top right of the screen and search for a dataset there eg '1891' for 1891 census, 'england deaths', 'electoral' for registers, 'probate' for the national calendars etc

[silvery]

I've been offered free access on other occasions and have not had to sign up for a free trial first.
This weekend it seems that is the only way to get into the records, or am I missing something???
Please help if you can
Cheers
Kerry

Same for me, and I was wondering if I was missing something as well.   I'm not signing up for the free trial.   Free access for the weekend 28th - 31st August isn't the same as signing up for a free trial.

[andycand]

Hi

It is definitely free access not a free trial. The link below has some information including a link to the record sets accessable. Is it possible you are trying to access record sets not included in the free offer?

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/free-access

Andy

[goldsy19]

Thanks for responding Andy.  No I wasn't trying to access records not available for the weekend, I couldn't even get that far.
I sent them an email on Saturday, and just got a reply now (Monday in Australia).  I had to sign in
first apparently, but the email I received originally just directed me to 'Start Searching', so that is what I tried to do.  I've never had a subscription to Ancestry, I just receive these occasional free weekends.
Anyway, they've given me a password to use now, so I had better make good use of my remaining 15 hours.
Thanks to all who responded
Cheers
Kerry

[goldsy19]

I take it all  back - I still can't get into Ancestry without signing up.
I give up
Kerry

[andycand]

I take it all  back - I still can't get into Ancestry without signing up.
I give up
Kerry

This seems to work

From the link below you enter a First and Last name (could be your own but does not really matter) then select the Search Free button. A pop up window asks you to register, complete this and an email is sent to the email address you gave with a login and password.

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/free-access
 
It sounds like you have got to this stage so now you login (sign in) to Ancestry.co.uk. You can use the link on the email, it takes you to a page with subscription information, ignore this just look at the black strip across the top and select search and go for it.

You can also sign in by going to http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ and signing in.

Any images of interest you find use the green button (top right) and select 'save to your computer' If a pop up asks about starting a tree, just delete the pop-up.

Andy