Findmypast

General information

Findmypast.co.uk is a family history website, with an ever-growing collection of records that can help you find ancestors and long-lost family members.

Or you could just browse our records to brush up on your social history, or check out mugshots of Victorian inmates, or read the heroic exploits of soldiers in wartime.

With more than 8 billion records to search, the possibilities are practically endless.

House Rules

This is a community page for professional genealogists and family history researchers to discuss, share stories, and inspire each other. It’s an inclusive family, so we hope that both experienced historians and those just starting to build their tree will enjoy participating in our many conversations.

On Facebook, as in everyday life, we expect our community to treat each other with respect and courtesy. In order to maintain a vibrant and healthy Facebook community, and to make sure everybody gets to have a say, we’ve established a few house rules.

Unfortunately, we can’t respond to every single comment or query (although we’ll do our best to). We are confident that members of our community will not post any comments that fall into any of the following categories, but we reserve the right to remove any materials that are:

• Defamatory, abusive, threatening, condescending or obscene, or that violate the rights (including rights of privacy) of others.
• Fraudulent, misleading, spam, or promoting competitors.
• Protected by intellectual property laws, (or any other laws or regulations) unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consents.
• Offensive to our brand, our staff or members of our community.
• Advertising third party services or products.

We also reserve the right to ban users from our page and report users to Facebook should they contravene the rules above or Facebook’s own Terms and Policies. Please note that content posted on our Facebook page does not necessarily represent the views of Findmypast.

Remember, everyone who posts on this page (including members of the Findmypast team) is a real person and, probably, a passionate family historian. We hope you enjoy joining the discussion and helping others discover their ancestors.