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FREE Access to All 117 Million Australian Records @ Ancestry.com.au (3 Days Only)

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tightarse on 12/07/2014 - 08:26 ancestry.com.au (3970 clicks)
Last edited 12/07/2014 - 09:36

I think this may be the first time they've opened all their records, rather than just some. Anyway, it's free and worth browsing through. Just create an account with any (fake) email address & any password and you're logged in to browse at will. No CC details required. Enjoy.

Discover your story now. From convicts and bushrangers to Ten Pound Poms, our Australian stories all start somewhere. Start your journey today with free access to all our Australian records until Monday 14th July. With more than 117 million records, from passenger lists from the First Fleet to electoral rolls up to 1980, Ancestry.com.au can help you discover your story.

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    • tightarse on 12/07/2014 - 09:27
      +4

      CC details are NOT required. Please read things carefully before posting.

      Once you've created an account by entering your email address and password, you're logged in and can search all AUSTRALIAN records at will. Ignore any email link they send you - even better, use a fake email address.

      What you've done is click on the email link they send upon registering at which time you're redirected to this page to access all records from Australia, the UK, New Zealand & Ireland.

      That is the UK Heritage Plus offer which is NOT the same offer as this.

      This FREE offer is for AUSTRALIAN records ONLY!

    • bonky on 12/07/2014 - 10:31
      +2

      if you are to click on the UK version (as pointed out by TA)

      • tightarse on 12/07/2014 - 10:34

        Thanks bonky :)

  • Twinkletoes Terry on 12/07/2014 - 10:25

    Time to update my tree again.

  • DeWalt on 12/07/2014 - 10:35

    Thanks TA - wanted to look at that for a long time :)
    1 in 15 - not sure if that's good or bad.

    • tightarse on 12/07/2014 - 10:53
      +5

      You obviously neglected to actually read the post. No CC details required.

    • StewBalls on 12/07/2014 - 11:22
      +9

      How's about using that CC for a new keyboard then…perhaps ONE WITHOUT A BUSTED CAPS LOCK!!!

    • Snoop on 12/07/2014 - 23:23
      +1

      ALSO AUSTRALIAN RECORDS ONLY. BIT USELESS.

      Not as useless to me as having… let's say, Libyan, Jamaican, Mongolian or Nigerian!!!
      Although some records on Nigerians could come in handy for a few people!!!

  • tonka on 12/07/2014 - 11:00
    +1

    No records for anyone in my family. I expected a bit more.

  • fezzo on 12/07/2014 - 11:33
    +1

    No results for me :( (27% of Australians were born overseas, like my parents).

  • Food on 12/07/2014 - 12:50
    +9

    the email address [email protected] is already in use. If this is your account, please log in

    :'(

  • noise36 on 12/07/2014 - 13:20
    +3

    keeps forcing me to start a free trial and enter my CC details if I want to access any info it finds.

    • Dumax on 12/07/2014 - 13:22
      +2

      You need to search something, then click on a record - then "Register for free account"

  • KiLLUMiN4Ti on 12/07/2014 - 16:40

    Thanks TA :-)

  • johninmelb on 12/07/2014 - 17:05
    +3

    I am endlessly fascinated by OzBargain.

    Every time this deal comes up, people have problems. Why is it so? I often ponder that question.

    I would have thought that one of the prime qualifications a good OzBargainer needed was the ability to READ and FOLLOW simple instructions.

    But no, I am always wrong on that point. Maybe the word FREE addles people's brains, and renders them incapable of doing anything logical.

    I have an account already set up with Ancestry UK, and Ancestry Au. I am NOT a paid member. I just have an email and password registered, and wait for the freebie weekends like this one.

    It costs nothing to be registered, and you can search and look at lists of results etc, you just can't look at actual records unless you pay. To qualify that, the indexes that come up may be totally useless as they don't contain enough information. But that's fine. It can still give you a starting point sometimes.

    The trick is to learn how to use these things effectively. By way of a disclaimer, I will say that I have been researching family history for 30 years, so maybe I have a slightly better idea of how to use these things to my advantage.

    • R3alist on 12/07/2014 - 20:17
      +2

      The problem is you're assuming that common sense is common….

      • SlickMick on 13/07/2014 - 19:24
        -1

        Well I reckon all you people with all the sense should work harder at making stuff easier to use for us block-heads. I've been at this all night - hitting stumbling blocks, rereading all the info here, trying again, and I am still yet to get free access. Every time I try to view anything (Australian records), it asks for credit card to start a 14 day trial.

        The "just log in approach" certainly hasn't worked for me.

        I'm just waiting now for the email for my new account where I tried the "you have to search for something first" approach, which so far hasn't worked because I haven't received an email.

        Unless the free access is limited to "here's what we found but aren't going to show you unless you sign up"?? That's working.

        They might just have sucked me into signing up though. Somebody I've never heard of has private photos of my relatives, but the only way to contact her is to sign up, or wait for the this mysterious email to arrive.Unless somebody who got access can contact her for me?? :)

        My first sign up email arrived immediately, so I'm concerned the "search first" one is never going to come.

        Simple? Me thinketh not.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/07/2014 - 17:28
    +2

    Amazing, went back about 10 generations to the 1500s to family in Ireland. Few little towns in country Victoria are named after my family.

    Thanks OP

  • Snoop on 12/07/2014 - 23:26
    +3

    I just had a look at my family tree… and it was a cactus!

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