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FREE Access to Aus Immigration Records & UK Census/Military @ Ancestry.com.au & Ancestry.co.uk

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FREE Access to Aus Immigration Records & UK Census/Military @ Ancestry.com.au & Ancestry.co.uk
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tightarse on 18/04/2014 - 08:19 ancestry.com.au (3965 clicks)
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Discover the story behind your family’s journey to Australia with FREE access to all our Australian Immigration records until Monday 21st April. Featuring 3.5 million new records that include the Ten Pound Poms, you can search all Australian immigration from 1780 right up to 1963 for FREE during the Easter long weekend.

For Aus:
Access to the records in the featured Australian Immigration collections will be free until 11:59pm 21 April 2014 AEST. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.com.au with your name and email address. We will then send you a user name and password to access the records. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured Australian Immigration collections using an Ancestry.com.au paid membership, apart from the Fremantle passenger records which will still be free to view for people who have registered with Ancestry.com.au.

For UK:
Access to the records in the featured collections will be free from 00:00 on 18 April until 23:59 on 21 April 2014, BST. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.co.uk with your name and email address. We will then send you a user name and password to access the records. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using an Ancestry.co.uk paid membership.

NOTE
Some members are saying, after the free trial, you will be subscriped to a paying service. Please check for yourself, if you are joining up.

NOTE 2
Some members are reporting this is more for British migrants and/or more for people who arrived via Perth

NOTE 3
You may find this government site, which is always free, to be helpful, especially if the above site does not cover your family (or even if the above site can find your family details)

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx

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  • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 18/04/2014 - 10:24

    Thanks TA- Happy Easter :-)

    • tightarse on 18/04/2014 - 10:28
      +4

      And a Happy Easter to you as well 4NTiNWOW4RRiOR.

  • hashtagbargain on 18/04/2014 - 10:57

    I'm honestly impressed by all your recent posts, TA! Great job!

    • cmdwedge on 18/04/2014 - 11:06
      +9

      'ITveteran' indeed. :(

  • jackthefrost on 18/04/2014 - 11:05
    -8

    How on Earth can these information be allowed to be exposed to the public (potential criminals)??

  • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 11:20
    +6

    Ancestry.com use a combination of historical data, public records and info from user's family trees. They're strongly associated with the LDS church, which is very keen on genealogy, partially due to their historical practice of baptising the deceased by proxy.

    They've spent a lot of time digitizing and transcribing lots of records such as historical census details, ships manifests, electoral rolls and the like. It's all publicly available material, just collated and made searchable (usually for a fee).

    Some people may find the religious background of the company distasteful, but it's not a scam.

    • StewBalls on 18/04/2014 - 11:24
      +9

      We all rip on the Mormons a lot for comedic purposes, but truth be told I'm yet to meet a nasty or unpleasant one; plenty of worse people out there than LDS…live & let live IMHO. :)

      • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 11:28
        +1

        live & let live IMHO. :)

        Same here. :)

        I think the point I'm clumsily trying to make is that they take the genealogy thing fairly seriously, so the records are as complete, accurate and wide-ranging as possible. When it comes to genealogy resources, they're the 800lb gorilla. :D

      • subywagon on 18/04/2014 - 22:44

        my original post was off topic… so I censored myself

  • Wallyt99 on 18/04/2014 - 12:08
    -7

    Stop the boats?

    • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 12:17

      huh?

  • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 12:16
    +1

    Is EVERYONE who migrated to Australia in the 20th century included in their database? Or will it be a hit and miss?

    • highdealer on 18/04/2014 - 12:26
      +4

      No this stupid stuff only apply to people with British back ground. Pretty much useless for more than half the Australian population.

      • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 12:36
        +4

        Thanks for saving my time then :), not gonna try.

      • SteveOh on 18/04/2014 - 17:38
        -3

        What's stupid about that?! You're just jealous that you aren't British!

        LOL-none of my ancestors are British. I'm half European and half African but I do love Britain an find British history and culture fscinating. Guess I'm a w0g Anglophile!

      • twocsies on 19/04/2014 - 01:39

        Also it seems not guaranteed that British migrant rellies turn up on the list either. Maybe I'm searching wrong but I got 0/2.

  • cheaphor on 18/04/2014 - 12:29
    +2

    This is great for us UK origin peaps

    • UFO on 18/04/2014 - 13:32

      … and not so great for those not of UK origin.

      Only records available to us is the fremantle records (ie the most useless one).
      If you want access to Melbourne or Sydney records, you got to give payment information and ensure you cancel before they charge you… if you want to take advantage of this offer.

      • PleasureMe on 18/04/2014 - 14:46
        +1

        "Only records available to us is the Fremantle records (ie the most useless one)"

        This is not true about Fremantle being the most useless of records. As a matter of fact, Fremantle was actually where just about every single ship that arrived from Europe in the 50's and 60's was sent. Anyone who is of Italian or Greek origin can be 99% sure that their parents or grandparents first stepped on Australian soil in Fremantle. However not a lot of them decided to stay because there was nothing in Fremantle so most went to Sydney and Melbourne.

        This is a good link, I used it to find the date my grandparents arrived in Australia.
        http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/Sea…

  • Davo1111 on 18/04/2014 - 12:38
    +1

    Isnt this the one where they have a sketchy subscription service?

    • UFO on 18/04/2014 - 13:29
      +1

      yep!

      Instructions above state you can register for free…. which is true (for 14 days), but

      you must provide payment information to sign up (even though they dont charge you until after the 14 days).

      This should be included in OP's post above.

      • stemcell on 18/04/2014 - 14:10

        ↑ Agreed

      • qwerty on 18/04/2014 - 16:11
        +1

        You dont need to pay anything to search for free for imigration records

  • dummydumdum07 on 18/04/2014 - 15:50
    +1

    Bugga! looks like my family came on the wrong boat, cant find any records. same, same.. Big boat, small boat.. Same

  • No ONE on 18/04/2014 - 22:09

    Lets find out which boat Tony Abbott took

    • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2014 - 23:47
      -2

      The one where the trip ticket wasn't bought as an intended, ("illegal") direct route to opportunity/advantage.

    • [Deactivated] on 19/04/2014 - 02:26
      -1

      No boat. The whole family floated over on grandpa's ears.

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