Today marks the launch of the British Newspaper Archive, where you can search up to 4 million pages of historical newspapers online. The British Library and brightsolid are working in partnership on this ground-breaking project, which will transform the way that historical newspaper...Read More

We're very pleased to announce the winner of our October newsletter competition in which we asked you this question: 'Which three events from WWII does our Honour our heroes photo collection focus on?' Congratulations to Sue Redfern who cor...Read More

We've been chatting to Adam Donneky, producer and director of two episodes of Find My Past the TV show, to find out the view from behind the camera. FMP: What was your role in the series? How did you do this? Adam: I was one of five producer/directors involved in this series of Find My Past the T...Read More

We've been chatting exclusively to Chris Hollins about what it was like to present Find My Past the TV show. Chris tells us about his favourite moments and how presenting the series has encouraged him to research his own family tree. FMP: Are you interested in history? Chris: Very much. It was my...Read More

One of our customers was inspired to write a book after researching his family tree on findmypast.co.uk Kenny O’Connell took inspiration from his own ancestry to write The Hoodie & the High Rip Gang. Kenny told us, ‘I just started typing away using real life characters that I had researched when tr...Read More

Robin Clarke was one of the participants in D-Day, the fourth episode of Find My Past the TV show. Robin's grandfather, Oliver Boland, was the pilot of Glider 92 during D-Day. Here we ask Robin about her experiences of appearing on the show. ...Read More

We have just published the Cheshire Collection on findmypast.co.uk, a fantastic resource for anyone with Cheshire ancestors. This remarkable collection comprises 10 million records, which span the period 1538-1910. The following records are contained in this exciting collection: ...Read More

Jamie Naden took part in Battle of Britain, the third episode of Find My Past the TV show. Jamie's great-great-aunt worked as a plotter with the WAAF during the Battle of Britain. Here we talk exclusively to Jamie to find out his e...Read More

We ask you to complete our customer feedback surveys because your opinions are important to us. Your responses to our surveys provide us with crucial feedback about how we can improve our service. As a thank you for taking part in these surveys, we have awarded a 12 month Full subscription to the following people: ...Read More

You can now search for your ancestors in 4,000 records for military nurses on findmypast.co.uk The records cover the vast period of 1856 to 1940 and comprise five main record sets:

• Army Nursing Service: a small but significant set of 238 nurses of often quite genteel origin, born in the ...Read More