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Genealogy discounts and offers come in all shapes and sizes and are announced to coincide with traditional festivals (St Patrick's Day/Christmas, for example), newer commercially inspired events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and at steady intervals throughout the year.
This page of Irish Genealogy Toolkit is updated regularly, so be sure to bookmark it if you want to be certain of picking up a bargain and keeping the cost of your ancestral search under control.
Here are the current special offers and discounts likely to be of interest to Irish genealogists:
Last update: 18 October 2024
Free access to FindMyPast military records
For Remembrance Day 2024, FindMyPast is opening up a selection of its WW1 military collections to free access.
They will remain free to access until 11:59pm (British/Irish Summer Time) on Monday 21st October. Select your preferred flag below.
25% Ancestry DNA test kits for UK-based researchers
Ancestry UK has a 25% discount available for researchers resident in the UK.
Click the image, right, to find out more about the world's best-selling consumer DNA test.
The reduced price of £59 will be on offer until Monday 28 October at 11:59pm GMT when the discount expires. Shipping is extra.
25% Ancestry DNA test kits for UK-based researchers
Ancestry UK has a 25% discount available for researchers resident in the UK.
Click the image, below, to find out more about the world's best-selling consumer DNA test.
The reduced price of £59 will be on offer until Monday 28 October at 11:59pm GMT when the discount expires. Shipping is extra.
25% Ancestry DNA test kits for Irish researchers
This sale of Ancestry DNA kits offers researchers resident in Ireland the opportunity to buy a DNA test kit for just €69, reduced from €95. Shipping is extra.
Take advantage of the discount before it expires on Monday 28 October at 11:59pm GMT.
25% Ancestry DNA test kits for Irish researchers
This sale of Ancestry DNA kits offers researchers based in Ireland the opportunity to buy a DNA test kit for just €69, reduced from €95.
Shipping is extra.
The offer expires on Monday 28 October at 11:59pm GMT.
Click the image right to find out more.
50% discounts across the Ancestry.com site
Ancestry.com has a number of 50% discounts available across its site. Among the best for family historians are the half price savings on 6-month memberships and half price DNA test kits. You can even choose a 'bundle' deal where you make the same saving on the DNA kit and add a three-month membership for just $1!
The best bit is that the discount on digital products is available to any researcher - no matter where they live.
The DNA kit offers apply only to USA based researchers.
The site-wide sale will end on Monday 21 October at 10am ET.
USA researchers: 50% discounts across the Ancestry.com site
Ancestry.com has a number of 50% discounts available across its site. Among the best for family historians are the half price savings on 6-month memberships and half price DNA test kits. You can even choose a 'bundle' deal where you make the same saving on the DNA kit and add a three-month membership for just $1!
The best bit is that the discount on digital products is available to any researcher - no matter where they live.
The DNA kit offers apply only to USA based researchers.
The site-wide sale will end on Monday 21 October at 10am ET.
Gift packs of Irish Roots magazines
Irish Roots, Ireland's only independent genealogy magazine, has a great gift idea for the genealogist in your life (or treat yourself... go on, you deserve it).
The quarterly magazine is published in County Wicklow and brings you advice on traditional family history research as well as genetic genealogy; guidance on finding resources for specific areas of Ireland, and on themed collections in North America and Australia; details of newly released or enhanced record-sets; news and comment from Irish genealogy and local history groups; plus Q&As and news of developments relating to Irish genealogy.
The quarterly magazine is published in County Wicklow and brings you advice on traditional family history research as well as genetic genealogy; guidance on finding resources for specific areas of Ireland, and on themed collections in North America and Australia; details of newly released or enhanced record-sets; news and comment from Irish genealogy and local history groups; plus Q&As and news of developments relating to Irish genealogy.
In other words, it's a useful and informative read for Irish genealogists of all levels of experience.
Gift Pack of 4 recent editions, including postage: €35 (IE); £35 (UK); US$45 (USA); $50 CAD (Canada); $55 AUD (Australia).
One-year subscription, including postage: €35 (IE); £35 (UK); US$49 (USA); $54 CAD (Canada); $54 AUD (Australia).
One-year Digital subscription: €15.99 (IE); £19.99 (UK); US$ 18.91 (USA); $ 23.96 (Canada); $25.64 AUD (Australia)
On the order page, select your preference under Product Categories. You can click 'switch currency' to find your preferred local currency price.
MyHeritage DNA usually has a sale running
At almost any time of the year, you should be able to find a discount offer on MyHeritage DNA test kits. The amount of saving varies, with the lowest prices for Black Friday, Christmas and other major events in the calendar, but I think it's fair to say that if you can't find an offer, just wait a few days and another one will come around.
As MyHeritage prefer not to advertise the closing dates of their sales, and I have only a limited amount of time to keep updating this page, I rarely include any specific sale details. The images below are from Black Friday 2023, and were the lowest price of the year.
Whenever you buy, you should be able to take advantage of free shipping for two or more kits. There has in recent times been a Best Value option, too, where you can buy a kit and receive a 30-day trial to MyHeritage's growing record collection database. This is a great option, and one I would take up if I were buying another kit from the company.
Prices above are in Sterling (£) but if you click the Order now buttons you should be offered the current price in the currency of your MyHeritage 'geographical territory'.
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Did all the Irish records burn??
The short answer is No, but the truth is a bit more complicated, because much of Ireland's genealogical heritage did, indeed, go up in flames at the Public Records Office in 1922.
Discover which Irish records burned, and which survived, and how this may impact your Irish family history research.
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It's read by professional genealogists, individual family historians and pretty much everyone who wants to keep up to date with all the latest resources and developments in Irish family history.
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After more than 16 years online, Irish Genealogy Toolkit is undergoing a facelift.
The process is taking some time. I started with 224 pages to convert. There are 10 left (May 2024), so the end is now in sight. Please bear with me during the ongoing transition.
I hope you like the fresh new design and have become accustomed to the revised layout.