British army records on 1916 Rising available to public

British army records relating to the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence have been opened to the world in one of the most ambitious online projects for family researchers and historians.

The 75,000 records uploaded to family history website — findmypast.ie — can be searched and browsed for free from yesterday until next Tuesday, April 26.

Coinciding with the centenary dates of the Rising — which began 100 years ago next Sunday — the records have been digitised from War Office files at the British National Archives in Kew.