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The Explorer subscription brings you unlimited access to all* of the records on findmypast.com for £89.95 a year, the equivalent of just £7.50 a month.

What you get:

The Explorer subscription gives you unlimited access to over 550 million records from 1656 to 2006 for a whole year including:

  • the most complete set of GRO Birth, Marriage and Death indexes for England and Wales available online including Births, Marriages and Deaths at sea from 1854 to 1890
  • a wealth of overseas Birth, Marriage and Death records including those covering WW1, WW2, the Boer War and many more
  • full access to our census records for 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881**, 1891 and 1901
  • Divorces and matrimonial causes from 1858 to 1903
  • Parish Records Collection 1538 onwards

Migration Lists

  • Outbound UK Passenger Lists 1890-1960
  • Register of passport applications 1851 - 1903
  • Bengal Civil Service Graduation List 1869
  • India Office List 1933
  • East India Register & Army List 1855
  • Indian Army & Civil Service List 1873
  • East India Company’s Commercial Marine Service Pensions List 1793 - 1833

The Military Collection

  • over 38 military and service record datasets from 1656 to 1994
  • the most comprehensive set of British military records available online
  • covers two world wars, Waterloo, Trafalgar and the Boer war
  • peacetime army lists included
  • search individual datasets, some with advanced search features

Directories and Occupations

  • Clergy List 1896
  • Dental Surgeons Directory 1925
  • Kelly's Handbook 1901
  • Medical Register 1913
  • Medical Directory for Ireland 1858
  • Civil service evidence of age 1752-1948
  • GWR shareholders 1835-1910

We’re adding new records all the time and with an active Explorer you will have immediate access to them as soon as they go live.

*The Explorer subscription does not cover the Living Relatives section or Memorial Scrolls.

**Free transcripts are currently available for the 1881 census.

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