We’ve picked the winner of our July newsletter competition in which we asked you this question:

‘In the 1861 Worldwide Army Index, can you name the ranks of the three soldiers named ‘Geeves’?’

Congratulations go to John Hayward from Newport, Gwent who correctly answered ‘trumpeter, hospital sergeant and corporal’.

John found out the answer by searching our 1861 Worldwide Army Index. He wins a copy of Pen and Sword’s military DVD, ‘Tracing Your Great War Ancestors’.

Many thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our August newsletter, coming soon.

We ask you to complete our customer feedback surveys because we really value what you have to say. Your responses to our surveys provide us with important feedback about how we can improve the service we offer you.

As a thank you for taking part in these surveys, we have awarded a year’s Full subscription to the following people:

May 2011 - Paul Barton
June 2011 - Helen Price
July 2011 - Marilyn Gonneau

Many thanks to all of you who took the time to complete our surveys. We award our prizes quarterly so the next round of prizes will be announced in November 2011.

Congratulations to Jack Henderson who correctly answered that Ethel M Dublin’s maiden name was Rowley. He’s now the owner of Ian Maxwell’s ‘Your Irish Ancestors’.

But if you haven’t won there’s no need to be overcome with jealousy! You can enter this month’s newsletter competition to win a DVD, ‘Tracing your Great War Ancestors’.

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A big thank you to everyone who entered our competition at the South West Area Group of Family History Societies (SWAG) family history fair on Saturday! We’re pleased to announce that the prizes have now been awarded to the following lucky winners: Read More »

A big thank you to everyone who came to visit the findmypast.co.uk stand at Saturday’s Yorkshire Family History Fair and to those who entered our competition. We’ve rummaged around in our competition box and randomly picked our winners - drum roll please!
Winner of a 12 month Full subscription: Paul Agar
Winners of two 6 month Full subscriptions: Stuart Castle and Susan Smart
Congratulations to all of you and we hope you enjoy your subscriptions! Our customer support team will be in contact to set you up with your prizes.

Congratulations to Pam Hodge who found out that ‘Nipper’ Pat Daly died in Hastings & Rother in Sussex. A copy of Alex Daley’s book, ‘Nipper: The Amazing Story of Boxing’s Wonderboy’ is on its way to her.

To win a copy of Ian Maxwell’s ‘Your Irish Ancestors’ in June’s newsletter competition, email us with the answer to this:

Ethel M Dublin’s birth was registered in Stourbridge in 1911 but what was her mother’s maiden name? Search our birth records to find the answer. Use our special competition address competition@findmypast.co.uk

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There are two great opportunities coming up to meet the team and take your research further. The Yorkshire Family History Fair takes place on Saturday 25th June (10am – 4.30pm) in York. http://yorkshirefamilyhistoryfair.com/

If you’re based in the west, get down to Weston-super-Mare on 9th July http://www.swagfhs.org.uk/

Get free access to the site, probe our experts and enter a competition to win a subscription.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the April newsletter competition prize, ‘Tracing Your Ancestors On The Internet’, is Rachel Andrews. We asked which registration district and county was film director Alfred Hitchcock born in. The answer is West Ham in Essex - well done for tracking him down, Rachel!

Do look out for our next competition which will appear in May’s newsletter.

A big thank you to everyone who entered our competition at the British Library family history day last month! We’re pleased to announce that the prizes have now been awarded to the following lucky winners: Read More »

We ask you to complete our customer feedback surveys because we really value your input. Your responses to our surveys provide us with precious feedback about how we can improve the service we offer you. As a thank you for taking part in these surveys, we have awarded a year’s Full subscription to the following people:

February 2011 - Lorna Simpson
March 2011 - Michelle Pursglove
April 2011 - Colin Jones

Many thanks to all of you who took the time to complete our surveys. We award our prizes quarterly so the next round of prizes will be awarded in August 2011.