Follow the OnGenealogy blog for fee and free genealogy deals.

 

Fee items that are still on sale include:

 

DNA tests:

• AncestryDNA, now through August 15th, AncestryDNA tests are $69, marked down $30 from their regular price of $99, not including taxes, shipping is free if mailed in the United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

• FamilyTree DNA, now through August 31st, FamilyTree DNA is offering 20% or more off  various DNA tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• MyHeritage DNA, now through August 20th, MyHeritage DNA tests are $69, marked down $30 from their regular price of $99, not including taxes or shipping, order two kits for half price shipping, order three or more kits for free shipping

 

 

 

 

 

Printable family trees:

• GedTree is celebrating their recent launch with 25% off any order of a single printable family tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free genealogy stuff online includes:

 

New free, online Records and Databases:

• MyHeritage is offering free access to census records from the United States, Canada, UK & Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland from August 14th to August 20th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Free UK Genealogy records including:

  • FreeBMD (free access to birth, marriage, and death records in the UK for 1837-1983)

  • FreeCEN (free database of UK census returns for 19th-century censuses)

  • FreeREG (free parish and nonconformist registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths-not civil registrations as at FreeBMD)

 

 

• US News Map, a new site developed by Georgia Tech Research Institute for searching and mapping topics from the Chronicling of America newspapers series at the Library of Congress (more than 11 million US newspapers for years between 1789 and 1922)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• FamilySearch Historical Record Collections from around the world are always free, and new databases and updates to existing databases are added regularly; it’s worth checking to see if a record set you’re interested in has been updated with images or indexed records; this week updated indexes have been added to North and South American record sets and the Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

 

• OntarioGenealogy.com, “The Ontario Genealogy and Upper Canada Pioneer settler indexes site is now completed. Search out your ancestors, tens of thousands names and locations listed, another absolutely free to use how you wish site with no obligations…”

 

 

 

 

 

• IndianaAncestors.org, the website for the Indiana Genealogical Society, has new free databases online for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, and Washington County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• OpenArchives in the Netherlands has added 1921 Indexes to population registers by the Dutch government in Suriname and records of Indigenous East Indian Officers of the Dutch-Indian government

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Genealogy Webinars:

 

 

• Legacy Family Tree Webinars Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors, by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, Tuesday, August 15th, pre-register

• Legacy Family Tree Webinars Finding Your Ancestors in German Directories, by Luana Darby, Wednesday, August 16th, pre-register

 

 

 

 

• FamilySearch Webinar Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner), Monday, August 14th, 10 am, MDT

• Starting Family Tree: Preserving Memories Using Photos and Documents (Intermediate), Tuesday, August 15th, 11 am, MDT

• Tracing Ancestry in English Census Records (Beginner), Thursday, August 17th, 1 pm, MDT

• La tecnología de Ancestry (para miembros SUD) (Intermediate), Saturday, August 19th, 1 pm, MDT

 

• BYU Family History Library Webinar, Duplicates in Family Tree, Part 1: Why They’re There, by Kathryn Grant, Wednesday, August 16th at 3 pm

• BYU Family History Library Webinar, Duplicates in Family Tree, Part 2: How to Resolve Them, by Kathryn Grant, Wednesday, August 16th at 4 pm

 

 

 

• Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) Free Webinar, Ports Of Entry by Kim von Aspern-Parker (ports other than Ellis Island and Castle Garden)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• New South Wales State Archives and Records Webinar Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Genealogy YouTube videos:

• The British Newspaper Archive on YouTube

• Journeys Through Time: Discovering Travel & Migration in Old Newspapers

• Making the Most of The British Newspaper Archive

• How to Search The British Newspaper Archive for a person’s name

• How to save newspaper articles to your computer

 

 

 

 

• Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Family Tree Magazine’s YouTube Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printable trees:

• GedTree is celebrating their recent launch with free downloads of male and female xDNA inheritance charts. These charts will show which lines the xDNA can be inherited through-it’s not necessary to have done any DNA test prior to downloading this chart. Also, Ancestry and MyHeritage currently sell only the autosomal DNA tests (atDNA), which test inheritance from all lines. If you’ve tested autosomal DNA (atDNA) only, this is still a worthwhile chart to download as a reference if later you test to trace certain family lines. This chart links to a blog from Blaine Bettinger, explaining xDNA inheritance.

 

 

 

• TreeSeek offers free downloads of printable family trees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books:

• Free Genealogy DNA book download, “Intro to DNA Crash Course” by Blaine T. Bettinger, author at www.thegeneticgenealogist.com (from @Heirs2U in the UK)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Handouts:

• 10 Clever Ways to Find More Ancestor Articles While Searching Old Newspapers, by Kenneth Marks at theancestorhunt.com

• TIP: Register for free webinars that interest you, they’ll often send you a link to free class handouts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best in your research, whether it’s fee or free!