Further to my Blog post yesterday, Ancestry is also giving free access to its entire Irish records collection over the St Patrick’s Day weekend. This doesn't happen every day. So drop everything, get over there and get searching. This freebie finishes on Monday, 18 March, so you don’t have a lot of time. Click here for the right page to easily access the records. Ancestry's Irish collection has over 14 million records and there are no restrictions on them this weekend until

In honour of International Women's Day I thought readers might enjoy reading the following article I initially wrote for the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra back in 2017 about the historic Victorian Women's Suffrage Petition. Read on to discover how to search for your ancestors' names in the petition. And it's good to know the data is online and free! Women’s Suffrage Petition, 1891. PROV VPRS 3253/PO, Unit 851. Photographer: Laura Daniele, Public Records of Vic

RootsTech 2019 is over and that just leaves those of us not lucky enough to attend the conference to pore over the (online and free) videos from selected sessions. Today I'm recommending you watch a RootsTech video by Amy Johnson Crow titled The Research Road Map, Your Path to Success wherein she discusses the value of using a Research Plan. Now I know some people would rather stick a needle in their eye than do a research plan before jumping into the fun part of family hist