Free Access to 1 Billion Census Records this week

I normally don't mind who gets credit, but when there's a billion free records on the line, I don't mind giving myself a little public pat on the back. For the first time ever, MyHeritage is opening their entire collection of census records – 94 different databases containing more than 1 billion records, many of which are only available at MyHeritage – for free for a week – as part of their 8 billion historical records milestone celebration.

In the brief time we've been under new ownership, I've passed along many of your suggestions to MyHeritage management, including one of my own – "why don't we show off your census records for free for a time?" I knew they had lots of records that weren't available anywhere else, and this might be a nice way to introduce these exclusive databases to the public. Well…they listened, and between now and August 20, anyone can search these databases without the usually-required Data subscription.

You all know that much of our Legacy software's success comes as a direct result of your suggestions. It looks like MyHeritage is anxious to continue this tradition. Of course, time will tell, but this is a great start!

Which records are free on MyHeritage?

Countries	US	U.K. & Ireland	Canada	Sweden	Finland	Denmark
Number of census records	700,465,273	213,519,384	28,167,687	46,583,546	33,428,981	62,057,547
Years covered	1790 – 1940	1801 – 1911	1825 – 1911	1880 – 1920	1657 – 1915	1850 – 1930
Exclusive to MyHeritage				Sweden Household Examination Books, 1880-1920	Finland Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1657-1915	Many of the Danish Censuses
Link to search	Search U.S. Census Records for Free	Search U.K. and Ireland Census Records for Free	Search Canada Census Records for Free	Search Sweden Census Records for Free	Search Finland Census Records for Free	Search Denmark Census Records for Free

Click on the links above to search the records, or click here to read their full announcement.