Findmypast.co.uk

London-based genealogy company, a "brightsolid venture", which offers free searching and sometimes allows totally free access to most of its data.

It began in 2003. In 2007 it won the Queen’s Award for Innovation. By mid-2010 it claimed to have over 650 million family history records.

Mid-June 2010 offer
Our second World Cup Widows offer: when England play, you still don't pay*
 * Dear .....,

With the next England match just around the corner, we’re warming up to provide further entertainment for any non-football fans in the form of our second World Cup widows offer:

90 minutes free access to findmypast.co.uk, at a time of your choice, on the day that England play – when England play, you still don’t pay!

How to get free access for the next match, this Friday:

Make sure you are registered on the website before midnight (UK time) on the day before the match. As you have already registered, you do not need to do this again. Return to findmypast.co.uk at a time of your choosing between 9am (UK time) on the day of the match and 9am the day afterwards. Once you have signed in, you will have 90 minutes to search and view the records for free. You can view our original images and transcriptions of all our records for free including birth, marriage and death records 1538-2006, census records including the 1911 census and our Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 - to name just a few