Free Websites for the Fourth

Family Search Magazine's newsletter lists three subscription websites that are providing free access for different time periods surrounding the Fourth of July holiday. 


1. In honor of Independence Day, the New England Historic Genealogical Society is offering a week of free access to its Great Migration online databases at americanancestors.org starting July 1. You will need to set up a free guest registration with the site. This project traces the 20,000 Europeans who crossed the Atlantic from 1620 to 1640.


2. Ancestry.com is giving free access to its 160 million birth, marriage, death and divorce records from the original 13 colonies. The included databases extend beyond the Colonial era. Use this collection through Sunday, July 5.


3. Fold3 is allowing free searches of its Revolutionary War Collection through July 15.