AncestryDNA on sale until 2 December 2025

AncestryDNA is again on sale. This sale ends at 11.59 pm (AEDT) on 2 December 2025. Details are here. Very attractive pricing this time.

MyHeritage subscription special until 7 December 2025

MyHeritage has a subscription special, for members of family history societies. The special represents a 50% discount on the usual fee. It is only available until 7 December 2025. Here you will find the details.

TheGenealogist Diamond Package subscription on sale until 30 November 2025

TheGenealogist has another subscription special - its Diamond Package for GBP114.95. The special expires on 30 November 2025. Go here for details.

FindMyPast Everything subscription special

The latest LostCousins newsletter has news of another FindMyPast subscription special. The special is only available for a 'limited time', no end date was included.

All the details are in the LostCousins newsletter.

FindMyPast free access to military records until 13 November

FindMyPast has free access to all of its military records until 13 November 2025. Read about it in the latest newsletter from LostCousins - it's the second item.

Cost of UK post-1858 wills to increase as from 17 November 2025

Lost Cousins' Peter Calver has just sent this urgent email: 

Cost of wills to increase by 966% BREAKING NEWS

When the cost of post-1858 wills dropped by 85% from £10 to £1.50 in July 2019 it was a very pleasant surprise – and I suspect that, like me, you’ve ordered all the wills you want. At least, I hope you have….

From Monday 17th November the cost is going up by 966%, from £1.50 to £16, a price that – according to paragraph 5.16 of the explanatory memorandum published by the government – is closer to the actual cost. Frankly, whether it is or whether it isn’t will depend entirely on whether someone else has ordered the will in the past 6 years, ie since the service went digital – if they have, then I doubt it costs more than £1.50 to process the order but, if they haven’t and the document(s) need to be located and digitized, then £16 is a much more realistic figure.

Some people will see this swingeing increase as a response to the almost universal rejection of the Ministry of Justice’s plans to digitize all of the wills and destroy the originals. Whether or not this is the case, the best thing we can do right now is fill any gaps in our collection of post-1858 wills.

TheGenealogist subscription is on sale until 14 November 2025

TheGenealogist website has discounted its Diamond subscription to GBP129.95 until 14 November 2025. Go here if you're interested.