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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: 8 May 2025
60% off Ancestry DNA test kits for US researchers
US researchers only. Click image to order your kit.US-based reserchers can take advantage of an Ancestry DNA sale which has reduced the price of a test kit by 60%.
The offer, ostensibly for Mothers' Day, sees the kit on sale for just $39 until 10am ET on Monday 12 May. Shipping is extra.
Last chance for free access to Ancestry UK's wartime records
Last call for free access to Ancestry UK's wartime records! Collections included in the VE Day 80 offer are: WW1 Medal Roll index cards; WW1 War Diaries; Royal Navy registers of seamen; Incoming Passenger Lists; the 1939 Register for England & Wales: WW2 Civil Defence Gallantry Awards: and National Probate Calendars for 1858-1995.
The free access ended 13 May.
Last call for free access to Ancestry UK's wartime records! Collections included in the VE Day 80 offer are: WW1 Medal Roll index cards; WW1 War Diaries; Royal Navy registers of seamen; Incoming Passenger Lists; the 1939 Register for England & Wales: WW2 Civil Defence Gallantry Awards: and National Probate Calendars for 1858-1995.
The free access doors will close on Sunday 11 May at 11:59pm. Click the logo above to find out more.
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'.
Keen to start researching your Irish heritage and genealogy? Jump straight in at the Get Started page.
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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.
How to keep up-to-date with Irish Genealogy News
Staying up to date with the latest Irish family history releases and other developments of interest to genealogists can be tricky.
The following sources of information may help you:
1. Join an Irish family history society;
2. Subscribe to Irish Roots magazine. Each quarterly edition carries my What's New? review;
3. Follow a good online forum such as Boards.ie or RootsChat.com;
4. Make regular visits to Irish-Genealogy-Toolkit's Latest News page, which is updated at least weekly.
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.