Most people are curious about their family tree. It's always interesting to find out if you were related to someone of historical significance back in the day.
While some of us are familiar with our roots, many haven't a clue. That's what makes tools such as Ancestry so useful.
It allows you to look back records from back in the day, all by just typing a name and location. While you normally have to pay to use the service, it is completely free this weekend.
By clicking here, you will be able to look at British Census records (which included Ireland) from 1841 to 1911, as well as birth, death, marriage, and emigration records.
You could certainly unearth something really interesting that you didn't know about your family.
The site will be free to use until Monday, making it there perfect time killer over the Bank Holiday weekend. Let's just hope that you don't accidentally discover that you're related to Piers Morgan.
