Findmypast offers new 12-month Starter Subscription for $34.95 in the US market
• Low cost starter subscription offered for the first time
• 12 months’ access to over 2.9 billion UK & US records for less than $35 a year
• Over 830 million records available to search and explore for FREE
Springfield, Illinois: 02 September 2016
Leading family history website Findmypast
has announced a new subscription package for U.S. customers. The new
Starter Package will create a more competitive and accessible service
while providing even better value to customers.
For only $34.95 a year budding family historians can begin their journey with access to over 2.9 billion records. This includes a variety of core US collections, as well as a taste of the sites British offerings including US birth, marriage and death records, US immigration and travel records, US newspapers and Findmypast’s entire collection of UK census records.
The package offers a unique price point in the family history market and is over 50% cheaper than similar subscriptions available on other family history websites.
This
is the first time that Findmypast has offered a subscription aimed
solely at beginners, giving new users the opportunity to get started
with 2.9 billion US & World records and get to grips with online
research at the lowest possible cost.
Findmypast is also home to a FREE
collection of over 830 million records from around the world including
the largest online collection of Irish Catholic parish registers, all US
censuses between 1790 and 1940, and a whole host of US and Canadian
records.
A
premium package is also available at an annual price of $239.50. Aimed
at the more expert user, this option provides access to best in British,
Irish and US collections. The signature datasets include the largest
online collection of UK parish records, over 187 million historic
British Newspaper articles and over 23 million Irish newspaper articles.
Also included is Findmypast’s landmark United States Marriages
collection which, on completion, will cover 360 years of marriages from
1650 to 2010, contain at least 100 million records and more than 450
million names from 2,800 counties across America. A variety of other
valuable UK and Irish resources are also included.
Findmypast
aims to make subscription options simpler, offering consistently better
value while maintaining a premium quality service. Customers will see a
variety of new records published every week, constantly increasing the
value of all Findmypast subscriptions.
Ben Bennett, Executive Vice-President North America and International for Findmtpast said: “At
Findmypast we believe everyone should have the opportunity to
understand their place in history through their ancestors’ stories. By
offering these new subscription packages, we are making family history
more affordable and accessible, enabling more people to share magical
moments of discovery.”
About Findmypast
Findmypast
(previously DC Thomson Family History) is a British-owned world leader
in online family history. It has an unrivalled record of online
innovation in the field and 18 million registered users across its
family of online brands, which includes Lives of the First World War,
The British Newspaper Archive and Genes Reunited, amongst others.
Its
lead brand, also called Findmypast, is a searchable online archive of
over eight billion family history records, ranging from parish records
and censuses to migration records, military collections, historical
newspapers and lots more. For members around the world, the site is a
crucial resource for building family trees and conducting detailed
historical research.
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