The Yorkshire Genealogist

09/10/2026

The new Ancestry estimates have finally hit (estimates being the operative word). Both me and my wife have always had some Nordic DNA. As of today we are both 100% British. It's a strange world 😆

01/08/2026

I haven't had chance to post in the last few months as I have a lot on however I can't miss today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1204028634861221&set=a.477614500835975

It's that time of year again!

04/04/2026

Latest offer from FindMyPast for this Easter. Available to 13th April 2026. With up to 30% 0ff.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe

08/03/2026

Ancestry is giving free access to large number of records for International Women's day. This also includes free access to newspapers.com. The free access runs from 8th to the 18th March. Further details can be found below on the Who Do You Think You Are website.

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-free-records-international-womens-day

Family history website Ancestry is offering free access to four billion of its records to help the public research female ancestors

11/02/2026

Seeing as everyone else is having a go, this is mine 🤣

10/02/2026

Free access to FindMyPast newspapers from 9th to the 16th February. Details below.

Don't miss free access to Findmypast's newspaper collection

31/01/2026

4 months Premium Access to Ancestry is currently on offer for £20.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/features

01/01/2026

Latest offer from Ancestry. Better than half price (just). Available until 12 Jan 2026. Worldwide £88 and Premium for £58, both for 12 months

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/features?o_xid=141099&o_lid=141099&o_sch=Email+Campaigns&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaign&utm_campaign=UKNewYear2026

26/12/2025

Latest flash DNA sale on Ancestry and the cheapest it's been. £29.00 plus postage. Bargain. If only I could convince my father-in-law to take one 🧐. Be quick it ends on the 29th December.

*Price excludes shipping costs. Sold as a set but only DNA kit can be gifted. Some DNA features require an Ancestry® subscription.

04/11/2025

The fee charged for the Government Find a Will service will increase from £1.50 to £16.00 from 17th November. Rather a dramatic increase to say the least at over ten-fold. I don't think I'll be ordering many of these in the future!

The UK government has announced that the cost of ordering civil probate records for England and Wales will increase from £1.50 to £16