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

[goldsy19]

Thanks again Andy. I got in, partly by your instruction, and the rest was a fluke.
Now I've just found another email from them with a username and password to use   
Oh well, I just keep searching now till they kick me out.  Last time I was still retrieving information 15 hours after the cutoff time.
Cheers and thanks again
Kerry

[andycand]

Hi Kerry

I'm glad you finally got in. I had a bit of a difficulty trying to work out how to access the free weekend as I have a subscription and when setting up a separate registration I had to check it hadn't defaulted to my subscription during the process.

You have got until 9.00am Australian Eastern Standard time tomorrow so you could get up early and do some more searching.

Just make sure that any images you have downloaded can be opened ok on your computer. If you use the green Save button and Save to Computer it should be fine but right-clicking on the image and selecting Save As may not work (it doesn't for me)

Andy

[goldsy19]

Thanks again
Kerry

[Thornwood]

Used the free weekend on Ancestry and I don't want to be ungrateful as I did manage to find things I needed free of charge.  BUT.  Each time I went into the site I seemed to get a different home screen, sometimes letting me in to the free weekend immediately, other times trying to get me to sign up for a free trial. I got an message telling me that some census screen views were blurred, meaning the the bit of information I wanted was illegible, I also got another message saying that part of the site would be down between certain hours. I tried to view BDM but wasn't allowed to free of charge and neither were the family trees. I tried to find a list of what the limitations were for the free weekend but couldn't see it,  maybe just me.  Yes they are running a buisness but surely a free weekend should be exactly what it says on the tin!

[nkbauer]

Thank you for telling us about this free weekend, Jess5athome. I was able to find records for a few members of my family in both Scotland and England. I was about to buy a new subscription to ancestry when I read news of the freebie. I will still subscribe to ancestry but not until I have sorted the new records I found.
Regards, Nan

[dawnsh]

If funds are limited, check out your local library to see if they offer free access at the library to Ancestry Library Edition

[Pheno]

I already have UK and Irish sub to Anc. But I wait with bated breath for another free access weekend to immigration records or Aus, NZ or US Canada records due to the several ancestor siblings and cousins who emigrated.

How do you get notified of free weekends to other Ancestry collections/  I have a UK sub but could do with some searching in Australia but never seem to be informed about free access.

Pheno

[Ruskie]

How do you get notified of free weekends to other Ancestry collections/  I have a UK sub but could do with some searching in Australia but never seem to be informed about free access.

Pheno

If you would like any specific lookups just ask for help on the Australian board. There are some wonderful helpers there and many have access to records that are not online.

The Ancestry free access weekends I have seen advertised on TV. The FindMyPast £1 for a month membership I generally find out about via newsletters.

[msr]

I received an email declaring 'FREE ACCESS to New and Exclusive U.S. Wills and Probate Records'

http://www.ancestry.com/will-probate-records?o_xid=67096&o_lid=67096&o_sch=Email+-+Campaigns+

Or rather it was directed to my husband, who doesn't have a sub

Not sure if it open to everyone, but worth a try.