Ancestry is going to make more than two billion records free to access to mark VE Day. The family history website will be releasing all UK records, which will include those from the Second World War and the home front.
It is part of the company's efforts to commemorate VE Day 75 from people's homes, along with the UK government. The huge database will be free to explore between May 4 and May 10, giving people a chance to discover how their families may have been involved in the Second World War.
Historian and presenter Dan Snow is working with Ancestry.co.uk on the VE Day campaign, after it helped him to uncover his own grandad's involvement in the war effort.
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