Although Thanksgiving is not widely celebrated outside North America, the associated shopping frenzy of Black Friday has become an annual global event thanks to online shopping. Black Friday genealogy bargains await us all, wherever we may be!
As you may know from previous blog posts, I adore a bargain. It may be my second most favourite passion after family history research! So what better topic for this week’s blog than Black Friday genealogy bargains?
I have found fantastic bargains in three main categories of genealogy so far – DNA kits, subscription databases, and education. Take a look below and see if there’s anything there to treat yourself with! Or maybe you have friends or family you need Christmas gift ideas for? Happy shopping!
DNA kits
All the testing companies currently offer good pricing on their kits. I have listed them alphabetically to avoid any appearance of bias. Please decide for yourself which is the best for your needs. Most also offer kits with health features, the prices quoted here are genealogy only. See the sites for the reduced prices on the health kits. Also, check shipping costs between companies as they can vary dramatically.
- 23andMe (autosomal) – $US79
- AncestryDNA (autosomal) – $AU85
- FTDNA
- autosomal – $US49
- mtDNA (matrilineal line) – $US139
- Y-DNA (patrilineal line) – from $US99
- LivingDNA (autosomal) – $AU119
- MyHeritage (autosomal) – $AU65
Subscription databases
- MyHeritage – 50% off a 6 or 12 month ‘Complete’ gift subscription
- Ancestry.com – 50% off gift subscriptions
- Newspapers.com – $US20 off a 6 month Publisher Extra subscription
- Roots Ireland – 25% off a 12-month subscription
- Irish Newspaper Archive – 50% off all subscriptions
- Fold3 (military records)- $US30 off new subscriptions
Education
- The Genealogy Guys Learn – 40% off new subscriptions using code ‘Holiday2020’
- National Institute for Genealogical Studies – 79% off courses
