Pledge to Remember: Search your family’s military story for free today 🎖️ Search for your parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or your family name. Each search is a pledge to ensure their service & sacrifice are never forgotten. Free access until 13th November. T&Cs apply https://bit.ly/3LmtWa3

This Findmypast Friday, we’re commemorating 220 years since the Battle of Trafalgar with two new record sets. Plus, we've bolstered our Photo Collection, added new Australian records, and updated our newspaper collection. https://bit.ly/49fyuJ6

Remember 'Jackie' magazine? Explore our archive. https://bit.ly/3KCdTVg Purchase 'Jackie - Best of the 70s', a beautifully crafted bookazine packed with music, beauty, romance & style. https://bit.ly/3IERE0l Listen to the ultimate Jackie playlist https://bit.ly/47i2pil

After spending the day diving into the @tvtimes.bsky.social archive, available now on Findmypast, we're curious - which decade do you think had the best TV?

Registration for RootsTech 2026 is now open 🌳 Sign up for over 200 free online classes and more here 👉 bit.ly/4pzYEMl

Did you know we have a historical true crime podcast? 🔎 Tune in today at 4pm (UK Time) to hear all about it from Findmypast's Research Specialist, Jen Baldwin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeX...

💥 Find your family story for half price – offer extended! 💥 50% off our access-all-areas 12-month Everything subscription has been extended – but only until 30 September. Subscribe today to access millions of records you won't find anywhere else. 🔗 https://bit.ly/46csRrZ T&Cs apply.

📣 Stop scrolling - find your family story for half price 📣 Hurry, 50% off our access-all-areas 12-month Everything subscription ends 15 September. Subscribe today to access millions of records you won't find anywhere else. 🔗 bit.ly/47kWDda T&Cs apply.

'Was Justice Served?', series 2 has been spotted in the media. 👀 Listen wherever you get your podcasts or learn more ➡️ bit.ly/46RCw9A #WasJusticeServed

This week's new records include over 6,000 brand new photographs and updates to our collection of monumental inscriptions 👇 Passenger Ship Photographs Findmypast Photo Collection Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions Eight new newspapers Head to the blog for more info

🗽 To celebrate 4 July, we've added records from across the United States, plus over 160,000 brand new newspaper pages. 👉 Indiana births & baptisms 👉 Maine baptisms 👉 Eight new newspaper titles Head to the blog for the full scoop!

What's the biggest mistake you can make as a family historian?

And just like that, Who Do You Think You Are? is over for another year 😢 Which was your favourite episode from the series, and why?

The legacies of 68 million women, including your ancestors, could go unrecognised in history, with census records labelling them as ‘unoccupied’. But what does this mean for the women in your family? Delve deeper ⬇️

This week, we've added a brand new collection of Scottish records and updated another 👇 - Scotland, People of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty - Scotland, Poor Law & Poor Lists - Eight brand new newspaper titles Head to the link below for all the details.

Who makes your guest list? 🗒️ 🤔

This week we've added an exciting new collection which spans over 350 years, plus updates to our Anglo-Boer War records 👇 City of London, Goldsmiths Apprentices and Freemen Anglo-Boer War Records, 1899-1902 Newspapers from Belfast to Berwick Head to the blog for a full list of what's been added!

Win your very own Who Do You Think You Are? style experience. For your chance to win a 12-month Everything subscription (RRP £199.99) plus a research consultation with a Findmypast expert, head to the link below and register. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3YVsRdk

This week's new records take us on a tour of the South West of England👇 - Salisbury Infirmary Hospital Records - Wiltshire, Trowbridge St James Bell Book - South-West England Contagious Diseases, Farm Animals - Wiltshire, Marlborough Apprentice Books - New newspaper pages from Somerset to Salford

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we've added three new record sets to help you research your military ancestors 👇 🗒️The War Office List 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 Italy and Poland, Commonwealth War Graves and Monumental Inscriptions 🛩️ Royal Air Force Lists 1919-1945 🗞️ New titles from Barrow to Bolton

We've added a trio of Commonwealth War Graves records this week, with additions from: 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🗞️ Plus six new titles added to the newspaper archive, with over 55,000 new pages to explore

Research question: Which of your ancestors had the most children?

It's not every day you discover your great-great-grandfather was a surgeon to a maharaja 😮 But that's what happened to Mishal Husain on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre last night. What did you think? It's your turn to explore your family tree buff.ly/yKcZx6n 📷 Wall to Wall

What family heirlooms have you inherited? Whether it's jewelry, the family bible, or something that might surprise us - let us know in the comments 👇

Celebrating Suffolk this week with over half a million new #FamilyHistory records... 👶 Baptisms 💒 Marriages ⚰️ Burials & Memorial Inscriptions 📰 East Suffolk Gazette 🗞️ Four other new titles and updates to 18 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/suf...

The new series of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' is live on BBC One now and first up is actor Andrew Garfield! Are you watching? Let us know your thoughts as the episode goes on 👇 📷 P. Lovell/Wikipedia

We're delighted to bring you 1.7m Guernsey records, online for the very first time, offering an unprecedented glimpse into British life under Nazi rule - in collaboration with the Bailiwick of Guernsey Digitisation Partnership. Find out more about this groundbreaking project ⤵️ bit.ly/4j8KAFV

👑 Today we're celebrating the much-missed late Queen Elizabeth II, who was born on this day in 1926. Take a scroll through these wonderful photos from our newspaper collection to catch a rare glimpse of her through the years. 🔗 bit.ly/3G6c2pi

🤔 Thinking caps on... Where in the UK was this photo taken? Hint: If you're there at 1pm, you might hear those cannons fire💥

Our brand new collection of Guernsey records grew by over 390,000 this week... - Poor Relief - Identity Registration Forms 1940-1945 - Hospital and Asylum Records - Evacuee Wish to Return Forms Plus, we've added 280,000 newspaper pages

Amazing - thank you for sharing, Natalie 🥰

1.3 million #FamilyHistory records for #Guernsey added this week... ⛪ Parish records 👶 Civil records 📍 Land records ⚰️ Cemetery records 📋 1827 Guernsey Census 📰 259,482 newspaper pages www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/gue...

From rationing and air raids to heart-wrenching evacuations, delve deeper into the everyday realities of wartime Britain with up to 50% off subscriptions. Don’t miss out—offer ends 22 April. Save now ➡️ bit.ly/3aXchnf

We had a bit of fun creating our own family historian action figure, following a recent trend 😅 Which accessories are we missing?

If your relatives hail from Wiltshire in South West England, you'll want to explore our latest releases 👇 👮 Wiltshire Police Officers Appointed 1839-1926 🏥 Wiltshire Great Western Railway Hospital Records 1883-1916 📰 Swindon Advertiser Newspaper Notices 1854-1899 Plus more! Get the full list here:

We're live for the next hour, come join us 😀 www.facebook.com/findmypast/v...

By Royal Decree 👑 Findmypast presents… 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝑅𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝒶𝓁𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇™ Simply enter your name, and we'll instantly reveal your official position in the royal pecking order. 🔖 *Royal Warrant pending - His Majesty’s Office of Lineage

It’s time – the six books that make up the 2025 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction shortlist are here! In different ways, this shortlist exemplifies the irrepressible spirit of humanity and nature, and the capacity of both to reinvent in the face of adversity. Learn more here: youtu.be/ON6V0qaktkg

Thinking back to this post and I'm struck that here - in a single page from the 1921 census - are the real stories behind the BBC's #DopeGirls series. #20s30s

🇮🇪 Did you know these are some of the most common Irish surnames? But what about the least common? 🤔 Reply with some of the Irish surnames in your family tree and let's see how rare they are!

I’m very happy to announce that the brilliant @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and I are hosting a new podcast produced by Goalhanger: Journey Through Time Join us as we explore the human experience behind the events that changed our world and shaped our present. First episode coming 20th March…

Celebrate St Patrick's Day with unique new Irish records ☘️ 👉 Ireland Huguenot Histories 👉 Irish cemetery records 👉 Newspaper pages from Dublin to County Clare Plus England Directories www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/eng...

Thinking caps on: which famous singer is pictured here with his mother? 🤔

Good to see Cardiff Roman Catholic records being made available by FindMyPast. Worth noting that these record sets aren’t limited to the city of Cardiff - they also include some Catholic parishes in Herefordshire, and the historic county of Monmouthshire. #Genealogy #Cardiff #FamilyHistory #Catholic

If you have Welsh ancestors, this is a great weekend to get stuck into family history, with three exciting new additions from Cymru. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We have 100,000 new Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for you to explore. 📰 Plus, 380,000 new newspaper pages from Banffshire to Bournemouth

Attending #RootsTech this year? Come and see us at booth 1219 for some fascinating talks from the Findmypast team. And if Salt Lake City is too far away, fear not - some of the sessions will also be available online, wherever you are. Full details below 👇

To celebrate the launch of our new famous faces quiz, on the free Findmypast app, here's your chance to win a 3-month Everything subscription. To enter, name these famous faces and let us know which historical figure you would like to see featured in the quiz next. #competition #genealogy

To our ancestors, it was a stately home occupied by Britain's elite - but to us, it's the scene of a much-loved period drama. The question is; which television programme was filmed here? 🤔 📷 The Sphere, 3 March 1951 - https://buff.ly/3Xdcxng

Have you ever found a surprise message from the past? Whether it's a hidden letter in your home, a message in a bottle, an old diary, or a stack of vintage photos, we'd love to know your story.

Have been searching through historic newspapers and it is so tricky not to get distracted by interesting stories, advertisements, and so many stories from the past! #househistory #househistories #history @findmypast.bsky.social