Find My Past
Find My Past*
A family history website with access to billions of historical records from Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
* In-library use only
Discover your ancestors' arrival, survival and success stories with FindMyPast. Invaluable for both family history beginners and genealogy experts alike.
FEATURES
- Exclusive online access to the 1921 England and Wales Census.
- The most complete census collection for England and Wales available online, with complete 1841 – 1921 census coverage.
- The largest online collection of British & Irish newspapers. Millions of digitised local, regional and national newspaper pages.
- New releases every week on Findmypast Friday.
- Discover the history of UK addresses. You can find who lived in properties across Britain generations ago.
- More British Army records than anywhere else online. Detail-rich regimental, service and pension records.
- The ground-breaking Catholic Heritage Archive. The Catholic Church holds some of the oldest family records in the world.
- Australian electoral rolls.
- Births, deaths and marriages. Explore millions of milestone records from Australia and beyond.
- Passenger lists. Discover your ancestors’ movements to, from and around the country.
- Connect with Find My Past from one of our 9 library branches.
- Enter your library card number and PIN or password when prompted.
- Watch this short video Why family history? to get you started with FindMyPast.
- Detailed step by step instructions on how to 'get started' with FindMyPast.
- View the FAQ's
- Check out this list of video tutorials.
- Or, read the FindMyPast Blog.