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Help honour the Pals battalions of WWI

22 October 2025

Findmypast are calling on genealogists to work with them to help to create a single roll of honour…

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The Thames Tunnel under construction showing the innovative shield in use
A World first: 200th anniversary of Brunel's underwater tunnel

17 September 2025

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Image from Archive.org: Read the 1875 50th anniversary publication of the Stockton and Darlington Railway at https://archive.org/details/jubileememorialo00jeanuoft/page/n7/mode/2up
Celebrating Railway200 & the 200th anniversary of the modern railway

05 September 2025

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Major sale! Save £99 on a Findmypast subscription

01 September 2025

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Volunteer for the family history community and help with the MyHeritage wikis
MyHeritage wiki volunteers needed: can you help?

29 August 2025

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Use the filters to drill down to find collections of interest in TheGenealogist
Trace nearly 200,000 19th-20th century medical ancestors

22 August 2025

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John Constable baptism register entry 1776 East Bergholt Ancestry
Nearly 9 million parish registers records for Suffolk - now on Ancestry

12 August 2025

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Irish Workhouse Centre
Babies in workhouses in Ireland, 1872-1874

04 August 2025

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Seaside stories: celebrating historic coastline landmarks and seaside heritage

17 July 2025

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Renewed: British Library & Findmypast partnership - 70 million further pages to…

11 June 2025

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