Why choose findmypast.co.uk?
We're family historians too
Like you, the findmypast.co.uk team has a real passion for family history. We have over 45 years' experience of family history and were the first company in the world to publish the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for England & Wales online in 2003. This earned us the Queen's Award for Innovation.
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January 2011
A leading online genealogy resource
View around 750 million records on findmypast.co.uk which we add to every month, including:
- Easy to find birth, marriage and death records. Search our BMD records now and your results will appear as a list of individual names. Finding your ancestors has never been easier
- The complete census collection, including the official 1911 census
- Millions of parish records (baptisms, marriages and burials) dating back as far as 1538 which we add to every month
- A vast military records collection spanning 1656-1994, including the fantastic Chelsea Pensioner British Army Service Records 1760-1913
- Migration records, including exclusive passenger lists leaving the UK 1890-1960
- Rare and unrivalled specialist records- perfect for adding fine detail to your ancestors' lives
Best value in history
Findmypast.co.uk is committed to offering you the best possible value in history. We have reduced the prices of our Full and Foundation subscriptions to ensure you can continue to grow your family tree at a great new price. Find out more about our prices now
We're the experts' choice
We work with a range of expert partners to provide you with the best records. See a list of the organisations we work with
Our records are the most accurate
We have the most accurate transcriptions of any family history website - our accuracy is well over 98%. See the table below for why you're more likely to find your ancestors with findmypast.co.uk:
We use leading-edge technology and are skilled in scanning and hand-filming the original historical records to produce high resolution scans that can be viewed online. Our minimum standard is 200 dpi grey scale. We have pioneered the use of colour scanning in online genealogy.
Our search features are the best you'll find
We transcribe more of the details from original historical documents than anyone else, which means you can search against more fields and different combinations of fields to find the results you want more easily.
Thanks to our recent re-indexing of over 100 million birth records by named individual, findmypast.co.uk is now the only website where you can search the complete 1837 - 2006 birth records in one go, search by mother's and father's name at the same time and search any combination of counties at one time. We've given our death records the same treatment – try searching them now.
We've also drastically improved your chances of finding marriage records with our intelligent search. Even if you do not know both spouses' full names, enter the information you do know and we'll provide you with a list of all the possible spouse matches. Let us match your ancestors for you - finding marriages has never been easier.
We're the only website to offer address searching for all our censuses - ideal for local and house historians, but also for anyone searching for ancestors with a very common name.