FREE WEEKEND ON ANCESTRY

[antiquesam]

Ancestry sent me an email telling me that free access was available from the the 6th to the 9th of July. I've just tried to look at a few things but keep getting sent to the subscription page. Anyone else having better luck?

[BenRalph]

Is that UK records or worldwide? I'll have a look later today and let you know if it works.

[antiquesam]

UK and Ireland, including the 1939 Register.

[tonepad]

Look at the small print at the bottom of the Ancestry email.
It was free access 6 June to 9 June 2018!

Tony

[StanleysChesterton]

The devil's in the detail.  It says "from 6 July to 23.59 on 9 July"

So, the sneaky devils actually mean: "from 11.59 6 July ..." I bet.

[aghadowey]

UK and Ireland, including the 1939 Register.

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

[farmeroman]

Look at the small print at the bottom of the Ancestry email.
It was free access 6 June to 9 June 2018!

Tony

Not on yesterday's email it wasn't:

Access to the records in the featured collections will start on 6 July and be free until 9 July 2018 at 23:59 BST

[farmeroman]

The devil's in the detail.  It says "from 6 July to 23.59 on 9 July"

So, the sneaky devils actually mean: "from 11.59 6 July ..." I bet.

That would be very odd; if that is the case then it could also be from 23:59:59 on 6 July.

I would have thought that they actually want people to use it rather than trick them; I suspect that some people will have given up already and won't try again all weekend.

[StanleysChesterton]

The devil's in the detail.  It says "from 6 July to 23.59 on 9 July"

So, the sneaky devils actually mean: "from 11.59 6 July ..." I bet.

That would be very odd; if that is the case then it could also be from 23:59:59 on 6 July.

I would have thought that they actually want people to use it rather than trick them; I suspect that some people will have given up already and won't try again all weekend.

It is very annoying; maybe they do it to avoid having to work out all the various world time-zones, especially as they are based in the US who have many time zones... so they decided at an early stage to not say the start time, for fear of the backlash as people in different locations moaned