MyHeritage 24 hour webinar marathon - 13-14 April 2023

MyHeritage's 4th annual 24 hour webinar marathon will be held on 13-14 April 2023 (Eastern US time). The event is free to register and attend. There are 25 webinars in total.

MyHeritage's blog has all the details.

MyHeritage's Irish collection free to use until 19 March 2023

In celebration of St Patrick's Day, MyHeritage is allowing free access to its Irish collection of records until 19 March 2023.

Go here to start searching.

Online course from the Genealogical Society of Queensland - 25 March 2023

The Genealogical Society of Queensland is holding an online course which looks interesting. Entitled The Hidden Web: Digging Deeper, it will be held on Saturday, 25 March 2023 and will be presented by Cyndi Ingle.

All the details, and to book a place, can be found here.

MyHeritage offer of DNA tests for adoptees

As part of its RootsTech 2023 offerings, MyHeritage is donating 5000 DNA kits to adoptees and family members searching for people who were adopted. Anyone who is over the age of 18 and meets that criteria is welcome to apply from now until 17 March 2023.

Here you will find all the details.

Newspapers.com free access until 20 February 2023 (US time)

Access to newspapers on Newspapers.com is free until 20 February 2023 - 11.59 pm US Mountain Time - which is 5.59 pm 21 February for us in NSW.

You will need to register to use Newspapers.com however registration is free.

Petition to help save Trove

Members may remember an item in the January 2023 issue of Trails about the threat to Trove's budget as from 1 July 2023. If the Federal Government does not fully fund this most important resource, Trove may disappear entirely.

There is an e-petition on the Parliament of Australia website - here - to request that the Government fully fund Trove. The petition closes for signatures on 22 February 2023. Please consider adding your name to it. Please also pass on word of the petition to your friends and family - not just those in the family history community. Thanks.

Ancestry.com special (50% discount) until 9 January 2023

Ancestry.com has a 50% discount on its UK Heritage Plus and Worldwide 12 month subscriptions. The special is only on for a short time - it expires 11.59 AEDT, 9 January 2023.

Here are the details.