We’re pleased to announce the winner of our December newsletter competition. We asked you this question:

‘What is the name of the column in the 1911 census that tells us about our family’s health?’

Congratulations go to Diane Lyddon from Barnstaple who correctly answered ‘infirmity column’. Diane wins a brilliant Panasonic digital camera.

Thanks to everyone who entered - you’ll find the next competition question in our January newsletter, coming very soon.

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our November newsletter competition. We asked you this question:

‘How much does a three month findmypast.co.uk voucher cost?’

Congratulations go to Nora Martin from Suffolk who found the correct answer on our gifting page: ‘£35′. Nora wins a copy of ‘Women’s Lives’ by Jennifer Newby.

Thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our December newsletter, coming very soon.

We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our October newsletter competition in which we asked you this question:

‘Which three events from WWII does our Honour our heroes photo collection focus on?’

Congratulations to Sue Redfern who correctly answered ‘D-Day, Battle of Britain and Dunkirk’. Sue wins a copy of ‘Air Raid Shelters of the Second World War’ by Stephen Wade.

Thanks to everyone who entered - look out for the next competition question in our November newsletter, coming very soon.

We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our September newsletter competition in which we asked you this question:

‘We found an Arthur Thomas Bowman in the Manchester Workhouse Registers. In which year was he born?’

Congratulations to Tracy Suthers who correctly answered ‘1905′. Tracy wins a copy of ‘Tracing Your Ancestors’ by Simon Fowler.

Tracy found out the answer by searching the Manchester Workhouse Registers on findmypast.co.uk

Thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our October newsletter, coming very soon.

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

‘What is the name of Seb Coe’s paternal great-grandfather?’

Congratulations go to Lynne Nurhonen who correctly answered ‘Robert Coe’. Lynne wins a year’s subscription to Who Do You Think You Are? magazine.

Lynne found out the answer by reading our research into Seb Coe’s past.

Thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our September newsletter, coming very soon.

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.

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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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.

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

‘We’ve found an at-sea birth record for John Montague Morris. Can you tell us in which year he was born? ‘

Congratulations go to Henry Burgess from London and Pat Holmes from Walsall who correctly answered ‘1867′.

Henry and Pat found out the answer by searching our births at sea records. They each win a copy of Jayne Shrimpton’s book, ‘How to get the most from family pictures’.

Many thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our newsletter this Friday.

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

‘We’ve found a woman with the last name ‘Bank’ in the Bank of England Wills Index we recently published. What are her first names?’

Congratulations go to Heather Peacock from North Yorkshire who correctly answered ‘Rebecca Palmer’.

Heather searched our Bank of England Wills Extracts 1717-1845 to find the correct answer. She wins a 12 month subscription to Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.

Many thanks to all of you who entered - look out for the next competition question in our newsletter this Friday.