If you haven't done your NZ research yet, now is the time. We have a long weekend here, starting today (Waitangi Day), and the indexes are available from now until midnight on Monday (NZ time) One of the problems we have noticed, particularly with the BDM index, is that the place names in many cases are wrong. I haven't heard of too many issues with the cemetery index yet, so fingers crossed. If there is anything that you aren't sure of, please email me direct and I will check it out. Cheers, Anne 5083 Ancestry.com.au thanks the NZSG with free access to the online Ancestry cemetery collection Ben Mercer from Ancestry.com.au thanked the volunteers at the launch on Monday, for their contribution over 40 years, that has culminated in making this information available to researchers worldwide. To acknowledge the NZSG members and New Zealand there will be free access to the online Ancestry cemetery collection [actually ALL NZ collections, see below], this Waitangi weekend. The Waitangi Day open database includes all of the Ancestry NZ collection - over 35 million records - from midnight Thursday, Feb 5 to midnight Monday, Feb 9. Click here for access. Here are the campaign Terms and Conditions: The open Ancestry databases are available to anyone who can access Ancestry.com.au on a browser and it doesn't require a code, voucher or coupon of any sort. The user, if they're not already an Ancestry member, will be asked to register to view the objects related to the NZ collections and to subscribe if they move outside of the NZ collections records made free for the weekend. You don't have to have a subscription to view the New Zealand records but you will have to register if you're not already an Ancestry member. To register, you will be asked for your name and email address. We will then send you a user name and password to access the records. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured New Zealand collections using an Ancestry paid membership. All NZ records - over 35 million records - are free to view this weekend from Friday morning 12am NZ time until Monday 11.59pm NZ Time

All we got for the URL was "Click here for access" - the actual URL was lost in the transfer to plain text. If you click on your view of it and then copy the URL from your browser's address bar and paste it directly into a message it should work. I do have an Ancestry World Subscription, but I always find it useful to have their links to a complete collection. Many thanks Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Brady via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 6:16 PM Subject: [G] NZ indexes FREE online this weekend If you haven't done your NZ research yet, now is the time. We have a long weekend here, starting today (Waitangi Day), and the indexes are available from now until midnight on Monday (NZ time) One of the problems we have noticed, particularly with the BDM index, is that the place names in many cases are wrong. I haven't heard of too many issues with the cemetery index yet, so fingers crossed. If there is anything that you aren't sure of, please email me direct and I will check it out. Cheers, Anne 5083 Ancestry.com.au thanks the NZSG with free access to the online Ancestry cemetery collection Ben Mercer from Ancestry.com.au thanked the volunteers at the launch on Monday, for their contribution over 40 years, that has culminated in making this information available to researchers worldwide. To acknowledge the NZSG members and New Zealand there will be free access to the online Ancestry cemetery collection [actually ALL NZ collections, see below], this Waitangi weekend. The Waitangi Day open database includes all of the Ancestry NZ collection - over 35 million records - from midnight Thursday, Feb 5 to midnight Monday, Feb 9. Click here for access. Here are the campaign Terms and Conditions: The open Ancestry databases are available to anyone who can access Ancestry.com.au on a browser and it doesn't require a code, voucher or coupon of any sort. The user, if they're not already an Ancestry member, will be asked to register to view the objects related to the NZ collections and to subscribe if they move outside of the NZ collections records made free for the weekend. You don't have to have a subscription to view the New Zealand records but you will have to register if you're not already an Ancestry member. To register, you will be asked for your name and email address. We will then send you a user name and password to access the records. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured New Zealand collections using an Ancestry paid membership. All NZ records - over 35 million records - are free to view this weekend from Friday morning 12am NZ time until Monday 11.59pm NZ Time