Family Historian User Group

Seen on the blog of 'The Ancestry Insider' (who reports on the doings of FamilySearch.com and Ancestry.com).

FamilySearch affiliate, WorldVitalRecords.com has announced a free, 3-day promotion for all its historical and genealogical records beginning Tuesday, 11 August 2009 through Thursday, 13 August 2009. The promotion celebrates the largest single-day release of records since the site launched in 2006.

http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/200 ... cords.html

Jan

ID:3921

wow..... thanks to that I now know a lot more about a relative who married into an old Stamford family whilst living in Yokohama!!!!!    thanks

Glad you found something!

When I first signed up with WVR, I thought it was a neat idea -- I mean, an alternative to Ancestry, what's not to like? [wink]

I do like the fact that they offer access to all the new data free for the first 10 days. And for a while, the International collection was a nice deal for me, since I could get access to (some) of the UK Census records via their deal with Find My Past.

However, I still think their user interface is awful.

The free days are very useful, however -- you don't have to sign up first, and then find out afterwards that their records don't cover anything you need.

Jan

I registered and used the site with some success before the free days expired.  I've now had two emails from them:

Dear Peter,
Welcome to WorldVitalRecords.com! As a registered member, you're now eligible to receive 50% OFF a World or U.S. Membership.
                  and
Hello Peter,
We had such a good response to our 'FREE Site Access' promotion that we decided to extend it through August 18th.

I guess some users may find this useful?

Another email from World Vital Records today:

Our Gift to You - FREE ACCESS to WorldVitalRecords.com
with No Credit Card Required!
December 23rd through December 28th

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/email/ ... mail2.html