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The Findmypast story begins in 1965, when a small group of professional genealogists and heir hunters in London, England form what was then known as Title Research. Since there were no online records, employees spent many long hours poring over microfiche machines.

As the internet boom takes hold, Title Research has the innovative idea to put the newly-digitized England & Wales birth, marriage, and death records onto a website so family historians worldwide can benefit from them. Expert genealogists, family history societies, and the Society of Genealogists are consulted on this game-changing project.

Title Research gets a license to publish the birth, marriage, and death indexes online and launches the first incarnation of the website: 1837online.com.

1837online.com makes its first £1 million this financial year and becomes a separate business owned by Title Research Group.

Title Research publishes the 1861 census for England and Wales. It's the first time this census has ever been published online.

Title Research publishes the 1891 UK census in March 2006. In November, Findmypast is born as 1837online rebrands to reflect the wider range of records it now holds.

In January of 2007, the outbound passenger lists 1890-1960 are published in association with The National Archives. This project marks the first use of color scanning by a family history website anywhere in the world. Later that year, Scotland Online, part of DC Thomson, purchases Findmypast from Title Research Group, becoming the second-biggest provider of resources to the online genealogy community in the UK. An exclusive partnership is agreed with the Federation of Family History Societies to publish parish records from local family history societies across Britain. This will grow into the largest collection of UK parish records online.

In May, the 1901 England & Wales Census is made available online, rapidly followed by the 1851 census in November.

The 1911 Census for England & Wales is published online by Findmypast in association with The National Archives, opening up to the public the original handwritten forms completed by heads of household for the very first time. The launch makes headlines and primetime news across the globe.

Findmypast is awarded a contract to digitize British Army Service Records by The National Archives, helping millions discover their family heroes' stories for the first time.

Several UK record offices award digitization contracts to Findmypast, including Wales, Westminster, Cheshire and Manchester. Findmypast goes global as it expands operations to Australia and Ireland.

Findmypast starts to publish local newspapers from the British Library – the beginnings of a major project, which will see scanned newspaper pages uploaded to the website every day. Findmypast expands to the US market, publishing the 1940 US census as it is released and indexed, alongside all other existing US census records since 1790.

Millions of Crime, Prisons and Punishment records are published online in February in association with The National Archives. Our parish record collection grows again with additions from Hertfordshire, Canterbury, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire.

In January Findmypast publishes online for the first time India Office records in partnership with the British Library. Marking the centenary of the start of the First World War, Findmypast publishes Royal Air Force records in association with The National Archives. Between April and June, Findmypast becomes the first family history website to launch 100 new record sets in 100 days. In July, Findmypast Fridays launches, along with a pledge to be the only family history site that adds thousands of new family records every week.

The much-anticipated 1939 Register – the only surviving survey of the population of England and Wales between 1921 and 1951 – is published online for the first time in association with The National Archives.

A new partnership with FamilySearch is developed, along with the mission to create the largest online collection of US marriage records.

Findmypast creates the Catholic Heritage Archive, a groundbreaking collaboration with Catholic Archdioceses in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland.

The company acquires visualization startup, Twile, and tree builder, RootsFinder. Findmypast wins the contract to digitize the 1921 Census of England and Wales from The National Archives and the Office for National Statistics.

As it heads into a new decade, Findmypast rebrands for the first time since it was launched. The eye-catching new look and refreshed focus reflects the company's mission of connecting its members and community with their rich family stories.