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Findmypast (previously DC Thomas Family History) is a British-owned world leader in online genealogy. It has an unrivaled record of online innovation in the field of family history and 18 million registered users across its family of online brands, which includes Mocavo, Genes Reunited, The British Newspaper Archive, ScotlandsPeople, and Lives of the First World War.

Findmypast has almost 1 billion records that are free to view. Those records include US Census records, Parish records, and Military records from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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