CANADA DAY
CELEBRATION - 150 YEARS
Save $30 on DNA tests at Ancestry.ca ENDS TUESDAY
Over 4 million people who are interested
in their family history have tested with Ancestry DNA, so it's not surprising
that I got over 6000 matches when my results came through a month ago (it's
nearly 7000 now) - and as you'll know from my newsletter articles I'm well on
the way to knocking down some of my oldest 'brick walls'.
Of course, DNA testing isn't an 'easy'
answer. Sure, all you have to do is spit in a cup and
pay the money, but that's only the start of the process - it's when we combine
conventional research with the DNA findings, primarily the cousin matches, that
we're able to make deductions and fill in some of the gaps in the paper
records.
This year Ancestry have a Canada Day
offer for Canadian residents: until Tuesday July 4th you can save $30 on DNA
tests purchased from Ancestry.ca - and you can also support LostCousins when
you use the following link to take up the offer:
Note:
some people who have bought Ancestry DNA tests in the past have been offered
half-price Ancestry subscriptions after purchasing the test - and already one
member has told me that he received a similar offer when using the link above to
buy his DNA test. Unfortunately if you already have a subscription - as he did - you won't be
able to take up the offer.
For more information about DNA testing
see my DNA
Special Newsletter.
Free subscriptions for new Canadian members
of LostCousins ENDS JULY 10
There are over 5,000 LostCousins members
who live in Canada (and thousands more who have Canadian relatives, including
me), but it's not very many for a country with a population of over 35 million.
So far only 55,000 of the more than 4 million Canadians recorded on the 1881
Census have been claimed!
So to encourage more family historians to join I'm offering
6 MONTHS FREE to new members in Canada who have ancestors recorded on the 1881
Canada census or any of the other censuses we use at LostCousins. To take
advantage of this offer the new member should enter the code CANADADAY in the offer codes box at the
bottom of the registration page. This offer is not open to existing members,
but I do have a complementary offer for them - see below.
For the benefit of potential new members
reading this page the address of the LostCousins website is:
(You can also get to the website by clicking
the logo at the top of this page)
There's no catch - you won't be asked to
provide credit card or bank details, and after your 6 months is up you'll still
have access to all the information you've entered, and all the connections you
have made with cousins around the world. Of course, you'll receive an
invitation to renew your subscription, but you will be under absolutely no obligation
to do so. Most people who buy a LostCousins subscription do so because they
want to support the LostCousins project, and help LostCousins stay independent.
Half-price subscriptions for existing
members who live in Canada ENDS JULY 10
If you're already a LostCousins member
you won't be able to take advantage of the offer for new members, but I have an
equally good offer for you. When you enter the code HALFPRICECANADA on the Subscribe
(or Renew Subscription) page you'll
be able to buy a 12 month subscription for half-price,
which means that you too will be getting 6 months free. You can do this even if
you have an existing subscription, just so long as it doesn't have more than a
year to run.
This offer is to thank you for telling
potential new members about the LostCousins site - which you can do using your My Referrals page or by posting on blogs
or forums. Remember to tell them about the 6 months free and give them the code
(or else provide a link to this page).
Final reminder: Save on World
subscriptions to Findmypast ENDS SUNDAY
A reminder that the 10% saving on 12 month World subscriptions to Findmypast ends at midnight
(London time) on Sunday July 2. There is no Findmypast site in Canada so I
recommend you subscribe to the Australian site, since at current exchange rates
this will offer you further savings compared to either the UK site
or the US site:
You can use your World subscription at ANY
of Findmypast's sites around the world - you won't be limited to using the
Australian site.
For more details of the offer and other
family history news check out the most recent LostCousins newsletter, which
you'll find here.
Any more Canada Day offers?
If I hear of any more offers I'll add
them here, as Canada Day will be long gone by the time my next regular
newsletter is issued.
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Calver