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L1011 · 17-02-2021 4:09pm

FMP logins - free, but rate limited it seems - for Dublin City Libraries members until such time as Pearse Street reopens

https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/free-access-find-my-past-home

Jellybaby_1 · 17-02-2021 8:16pm

L1011 wrote: »

FMP logins - free, but rate limited it seems - for Dublin City Libraries members until such time as Pearse Street reopens

https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/free-access-find-my-past-home

SDCC are doing the same offer. Contact your local SDCC library by email with your name and membership offer.

mindhorn · 18-02-2021 9:02pm

L1011 wrote: »

FMP logins - free, but rate limited it seems - for Dublin City Libraries members until such time as Pearse Street reopens

https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/free-access-find-my-past-home

Didn't take long to hit my fair usage limit! I need to be a little bit more selective in what I look at but it's too tempting not to have a look at each potential relevant record.

VirginiaB · 06-03-2021 5:04pm

Ancestry is offering its DNA test--at least in the US--for $59 from now thru St Patrick's Day. Maybe they have promotions elsewhere as well. A good price for this.

L1011 · 08-03-2021 8:08pm

25% off IFHF/rootsireland.ie annuals. Not sure there's any value there these days, but some people still do.

OU812 · 10-03-2021 9:35am

My heritage has all Irish records for free 11-18 March

https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/02/search-all-irish-records-for-free-this-st-patricks-day/?utm_source=organic_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=web&tr_funnel=web&tr_country=US&tr_creative=irish_records&utm_content=irish_records&fbclid=IwAR0y3HdM9zhF0GVjI1abpE_N4IppfmTAlek4OgDessHz2oOpJr4Z_v45SGI

Garlinge · 10-03-2021 2:16pm

Being lazy here but what does MyHeritage offer that we cant already get for free?

p15574 · 10-03-2021 2:20pm

Garlinge wrote: »

Being lazy here but what does MyHeritage offer that we cant already get for free?

I'm planning to look up stuff like births/marriages/deaths after 1920/1945/1960.

Garlinge · 10-03-2021 2:34pm

Sorry yes I see a lot of extra stuff there now like Slater's Directories.... will have a look. I have access to site as handling a DNA kit for a relative. I am not sure if that means he has access to wider data. And I think the year is up around now so I suppose an annual sub is required even for the DNA matches?

p15574 · 10-03-2021 2:40pm

Garlinge wrote: »

And I think the year is up around now so I suppose an annual sub is required even for the DNA matches?

Not really. You still get notified of matches and can list them. If you want to drill down a lot into matches then perhaps - for example, to see the full list of common matches - but I can generally find a way to access matches' trees without a sub (if they're public)

Hermy · 10-03-2021 2:55pm

p15574 wrote: »

I'm planning to look up stuff like births/marriages/deaths after 1920/1945/1960.

Irish births, marriages and deaths?

p15574 · 10-03-2021 3:39pm

Hermy wrote: »

Irish births, marriages and deaths?

Well, I was going to look anyway, I haven't looked in a while at what they have, but they should at least show matches for baptisms and newspaper notices, I would imagine

Hermy · 10-03-2021 3:47pm

So far as I can see the only Irish records for the 1900's at My Heritage are the census returns, burials and deaths from World War I.

pinkypinky · 10-03-2021 5:52pm

Here's the full Irish collection at MyHeritage. I don't think there's anything unique to it.

OU812 · 10-03-2021 10:17pm

pinkypinky wrote: »

Here's the full Irish collection at MyHeritage. I don't think there's anything unique to it.

It's strange, Couldn't find some of the people I Searched for even though I knew their dates.

Garlinge · 10-03-2021 10:57pm

Yes same here!:)

Mick Tator · 10-03-2021 11:52pm

OU812 wrote: »

It's strange, Couldn't find some of the people I Searched for even though I knew their dates.

It's free. Expect nothing, feel happy if you find something, but DO NOT give up looking elsewhere if you find nothing on MyHeritage - I've written before about that site being rubbish

Mick Tator wrote: »

........... My search results were so ‘off’ I thought I was doing something wrong, so I tried using details I knew. I input details for my grandfather born 1895, Co. Tipp. The results numbered 1,499 but despite the data input he did not appear in the first 40 ‘hits’ – most are in UK/US/Australia and after no.40 it goes into spelling variations of my surname. I then searched more precisely, for a Cork (born, married, lived & died) great grandmother using her name and year of birth, place of birth, place of residence and father’s name – that produced 842 results. The first is a woman of her name & y.o.b. but in New York. The second is a marriage for a woman of her name but the marriage is seven years before her birth. The next two are for Cork marriages when she would have been aged 9 and 13 years respectively and the fathers’ names are incorrect. By no.10 I’ve hit those in Massachusetts and Australia. After that the results are just names with ill-matched dates, taken apparently from CLDS etc., and the records have no images.

In my opinion if you want a cheap (when on special offer) DNA test for use on Gedmatch buying one from MyHeritage is OK, but for Irish genealogical research it has very poor results and has been very disappointing for me.

Jellybaby_1 · 11-03-2021 8:43pm

OU812 wrote: »

It's strange, Couldn't find some of the people I Searched for even though I knew their dates.

Me too!

homewardbound11 · 16-03-2021 10:26pm

I think with my heritage the benefits are discoveries from US based data and other people’s trees.
My fortunate or unfortunate outcome in this case was ancestors back to grace O’Malley and Burke’s tribe . ( half of mayo have links back so nothing special ) but my discoveries are ridiculous ( thousands) . However I did get links to my great grandfathers origin through other people trees .
So the more information you put in ( accurate or even vaguely approximate ) seems to generate more probabilities.
I’m doing the dna test but am only hopefull .
You would need ancestory or Irish ancestor database linked to really make it worth while.

Boscod · 17-03-2021 1:21pm

Happy St Patrick's Day 2021
Nations small and big celebrate St Patrick's Day, buildings and monuments turn green and people smile a little broader thinking of a small island that has helped to shape a large World. Silver Membership Offer SAVE 40% with code: PatSilver40

Hasn't worked for me yet, anyone else have more success?

Update..... discount code now working.

spurious · 18-03-2021 12:15am

Boscod wrote: »

Happy St Patrick's Day 2021
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Update..... discount code now working.

A tip for the INA is that if they have another offer during the year, say at Christmas, they will allow you add it on to your existing subscription. They are very decent like that, unlike some (much bigger) other sites.

Jellybaby_1 · 18-03-2021 1:07am

spurious wrote: »

A tip for the INA is that if they have another offer during the year, say at Christmas, they will allow you add it on to your existing subscription. They are very decent like that, unlike some (much bigger) other sites.

Wonder if they'll remind us of that at the time. I know I'll forget!

Wyldwood · 02-04-2021 11:01pm

Ancestry has free access for the weekend.

Mick Tator · 28-04-2021 4:31pm

From Findmypast:-
Clear your diary for the weekend because we’re making all British census records (1841-1911) completely free to access from 10:00 on Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May.*

*Excludes the 1939 Register. Free access to English, Scottish and Welsh Census Records from 10:00 (BST) on 30 April to 10:00 (BST) on 3 May. Terms and conditions apply.

mindhorn · 28-05-2021 12:30pm

Free access to Fold3 this weekend.

Fraoch333 · 28-05-2021 1:47pm

That's great thanks Mindhorn 😁

pinkypinky · 28-05-2021 2:46pm

Oh great spot!

mindhorn · 04-07-2021 7:45am

Irish News Archives have an offer on at the moment until July 11th - 40% off the Gold Membership (Code: July40) and 35% off the Silver Membership (Code: Silver35).

pinkypinky · 04-07-2021 1:27pm

That's a great deal.

I've got access through my university at the moment so let my sub lapse.

spurious · 04-07-2021 7:04pm

They (INA) also treat existing subscribers well where offers are concerned. Worth supporting even just for that.

Rmulvany · 23-07-2021 9:29am

The above discount codes for Irish Newspaper Archives are now expired.

The code 'Gold40' is however currently active! AFAIK this is only applicable to Annual Gold subscriptions.

Mick Tator · 24-07-2021 9:53am

I tried to subscribe at the beginning of the month (+/- date of Spurious' post) but the site would not apply the discount (non-gold membership). That has happened before on a previous attempt.. This time I sent them an email but never received a response.

pinkypinky · 24-07-2021 10:44am

Surprised at that - they're normally very responsive. Have you tried them on any social media?

Mick Tator · 25-07-2021 10:09am

I've sent them a reminder. I don't 'do' social media, I've (reluctantly) got a FB account to access certain sites and family gedmatch groups.

Hermy · 25-07-2021 11:35am

When I was having issues with INA a while back and got no joy from emails I phoned them and got speaking to the boss whose name escapes me just now.

He was very helpful then and has been on one or two occasions since.

pinkypinky · 25-07-2021 11:36am

Andrew

Rmulvany · 26-07-2021 3:48pm

I found that if you are trying to apply a discount you need to select the box for the applicable subscription first.

So for 'Gold40' you should have selected the years gold subscription and then apply the code.

pinkypinky · 02-08-2021 2:31pm

Self-promotion klaxon

I'm teaching a new online Irish genealogy class starting at the end of August.

Full details & booking here: https://cbgenealogy.ie/irish-genealogy-101/

Rmulvany · 03-08-2021 3:14pm

Family Tree DNA: Summer Sale now on until 31st August.

Y-DNA (Male Only)

Y-37 - $109 (Was $119)
Y-111 - $219 (Was $249)
Y700 - $399 (Was $449)

Family Ancestry (Male & Female)

$59 (Was $79)

MtDNA Maternal Ancestry (Male & Female)

$139 (Was $159)

Prices are shown in USD, most likely to be the same price in Euro.

Hermy · 25-09-2021 8:11am

Anyone know of any current or upcoming subscription offers on Ancestry?

BowWow · 29-09-2021 9:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117936337#Comment_117936337

Hi, any joy with this?

With the nights drawing in, it's time to start researching again. Last January I got a six month deal for £5 per month - current pricing on that term is €75.99 😲

Hermy · 30-09-2021 9:07am

No - nothing yet.

I remember availing of a similar €5 offer at the start of the year but it only covered UK & Ireland.

pinkypinky · 30-09-2021 10:32am

The nonsense that is Black Friday is a few weeks away from being marketed so I'd expect something then.

Fraoch333 · 02-10-2021 3:03pm

I'm looking into DNA testing and see My Heritage is having an Autumn DNA Sale - test usually €79 reduced to €59 (sale ends in 2 days) with free shipping on 2+ kits. Sorry I still can't post links.

VirginiaB · 03-10-2021 9:28pm

If you haven't already, you might consider doing the Ancestry DNA test as it has by far the largest number of people who have tested. That leads to more shared matches and info and perhaps more reliable results. They do have regular sales so just keep an eye out here and on Ancestry itself.

Fraoch333 · 04-10-2021 3:23pm

@VirginiaB Thanks for that info. After posting the offer I read a lot of reviews of My Heritage and quite a few weren't great. So I think I'll do as you suggest and keep an eye out for Ancestry offers.

pinkypinky · 04-10-2021 3:29pm

Ancestry will have an offer in the next week or two.

You can transfer your kit to MyHeritage after you are installed on the Ancestry database anyway.

Fraoch333 · 04-10-2021 5:54pm

@pinkypinky Thanks for that info, that's good to know.

Fraoch333 · 07-10-2021 7:28am

I saw on Claire Santry's blog that there is 25% off Ancestry DNA testing until 12th October. €69 + shipping for Ireland or £59 + shipping for UK. I have to be around a bit longer to link.

I'm so excited to do the testing - hopefully I'll find some matches!

VirginiaB · 07-10-2021 12:50pm

I just saw that too. Good luck in your search. Here are the links, if I did it right.

Ireland: AncestryDNA test kit €69 + shipping, reduced from €95+

UK: AncestryDNA test kit £59 + shipping, reduced from £79+

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