Ancestry has released a new collection of World War 2 records which contains index cards for German military personnel killed-in-action. The records come from the German Federal Archives and its newly established Department PA (Information on Personal Data related to World Wars I and II) located in Berlin. They are pre-printed, double-sided index cards which generally include: Name; Date and place of Birth; Rank, Unit and Military ID number; Time, date and place of death; Typ

The National Library of Australia (NLA) is the latest public library to provide free remote access to the commercial genealogy database giant Ancestry. The access period will last while the NLA is closed to the public. The remote access is open to people who have a current NLA library card. If you don't already have one (or it has time expired) you can register online at https://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/ (Sorry, Australian citizens and Australian residents only.) Once