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Ancestry has announced they are offering half off of their 6-month subscriptions to celebrate the 2024 New Year. The promotion can be used by anyone who does not currently have a paid membership. This includes new subscribers as well as those who have let their subscriptions expire. Read on to get all the details.
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Get 50% Off Ancestry for the New Year
If you’ve even considered researching your ancestors online, you’ve heard of Ancestry. With more than than 30 billion records from across the globe, they’re the largest paid record subscription site available.
They’re also quite expensive – especially since they don’t offer sales and coupons very often. That’s why it’s always great news when they announce a discount as large as this one – which applies to the U.S. Discovery, World Explorer and All Access Plans.
Ancestry is only offering this discount on their 6-month subscriptions and the offer is only available for those who do not currently have a paid membership. New subscribers, and those with memberships that have ended, qualify. If you currently have a subscription you will, unfortunately, not be able to use it.
Here’s how to get 50% off right now.
The half-off discount can be applied to these memberships:
This sale ends Jan 10th, so if you’ve been hoping to gain access to Ancestry’s records, take advantage of it while you can.
U.S. Discovery – discounted to $59
This membership level includes access to all of Ancestry’s U.S. records, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Normal price is $119 for 6 months, paid at one time. The current sale price is $59.
World Explorer – discounted to $84
The World Explorer subscription includes access to all international records on Ancestry, as well as the U.S. records included in the Discovery membership. The normal price for this 6-month membership is $169 but it’s discounted to $84 during the promotion.
All Access – discounted to $129
Ancestry’s All Access level includes all US and international records, as well as full access to Fold3’s military records and the vast holdings of Newspapers.com. Fold3 and Newspapers.com records can be found on their own respective sites, as well as (in limited form) on Ancestry itself.
This membership level also allows you to share your subscription with up to four family members at no additional cost. Invited members will receive full access to all records using their own account (new or current as long as they don’t have their own subscription), and will not have access to your tree unless you choose to share it with them separately. Price for this plan is typically $259 every 6 months, but it is currently $129.
All levels of membership also include Ancestry’s free tools: such as their popular family tree, record hints, photo scanning and editing tools, audio recording and more. You’ll also get access to advanced DNA tools if you’ve taken a DNA test with the company.
It’s important to keep in mind that the New Year’s sale only discounts your membership for the first 6 months. It will renew automatically at full price once this period ends.
To stop the subscription from renewing you can visit your account and cancel at any time. You will continue to receive your benefits until the membership ends, but it will not auto renew.
For more help using Ancestry check out the Ancestry Crash Course. This course was designed to help you make the most of everything this massive site has to offer so you don’t miss out on important records or tools.
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By Melanie Mayo, Family History Daily Editor