London, UK, 20^th January 2015Findmypast has announced that this weekend, they will be opening up their archives and giving unlimited free access to billions of records and newspaper pages from all over the world. From 7am on Friday, January 22^nd to 7am on Monday, January 25^st (EST), absolutely everyone will have access to Findmypast’s comprehensive collections of historical records and innovative research tools, including:

•  Millions of records you won’t find anywhere else, including fascinating WW2 Prisoner of War records, millions of England & Wales Crime records and the incredible British in India collection
• The largest online collection of England & Wales Electoral registers, containing over 220 million names
• Birth, marriage and death records dating back to the 18th century
• The largest online collection of UK parish records, dating back to 1538
• Historical newspapers from across the world, including nearly 13 million British newspaper dating all…