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April newsletter competition winner

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our April newsletter competition. We asked you: ‘What are local battalion the Swansea Pals officially known as?’

Congratulations go to Kevin Sanders who answered correctly with ’14th (Service) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment’. Kevin wins a copy of fascinating Royal Marines research guide Tracing Your Royal Marine Ancestors by Richard Brooks and Matthew Little.

Thanks to everyone who entered – our next competition question is coming soon in our May newsletter.

March newsletter competition winner

It’s time to announce the winner of our March newsletter competition. We asked you: ‘Which artist’s baptism record did we find in our Westminster parish records?’

Congratulations go to Richard Carsons from Cheshire who answered correctly with ‘Joseph Turner’. Richard wins a copy of My Ancestor was a Gentleman by Stuart A Raymond.

Thanks to all of you who entered – keep an eye out for the next competition question in our April newsletter, coming your way very soon.

Survey prizes awarded

We ask you to complete our customer feedback survey because we’re interested to hear your opinions about findmypast.co.uk. Your responses provide us with key information about the improvements we can make to our service.

As a thank you for taking part in our survey, we have awarded a 12 month Britain Full subscription to the following people:

January 2013 – Chris Hale
February 2013 – Frances Pidgen
March 2013 – Lin Campbell

We award the subscriptions quarterly, so we’ll announce the next batch of winners in July 2013.

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to complete our survey – we really do appreciate it.

February newsletter competition winner

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our February newsletter competition. We asked you: ‘Which period will the Crime, Prisons & Punishment records cover once we’ve finished our project?’

Congratulations go to Patricia Kempston who correctly answered ’1770-1934′. Patricia wins a copy of Tracing Your Ancestors From 1066 to 1837 by Jonathan Oates.

Thanks to everyone who entered – look out for the next competition question in our March newsletter, winging its way to you very soon.

January newsletter competition winner

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our January newsletter competition. We asked you: ‘How many Irish birth, marriage and death records have we just published on findmypast.co.uk?’

Congratulations go to Jan Eames who correctly answered ’21 million’. Jan wins a copy of Tracing British Battalions on the Somme by Ray Westlake

Thanks to everyone who entered – the next competition question will be in our February newsletter, coming very soon.

August newsletter competition winner

We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our August newsletter competition. We asked you ‘How many prisoners are included in our new prison ship records?’

Congratulations go to Janet Lambert from Northants whose correct answer of ’8,900′ wins her a copy of A Wander Through Wartime London by Clive Harris and Neil Bright.

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

July newsletter competition winner

We’re pleased to announce the winner of our July newsletter competition. We asked you ‘Which years do our new Lincolnshire parish marriage records cover?’

Congratulations to G Deakin from Runcorn whose correct answer of ’1700-1837′ wins them a copy of Tracing Your Legal Ancestors by Stephen Wade.

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

June newsletter competition winner

We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our June newsletter competition. We asked you ‘In which year was William Fetball baptised in Plymouth, Devon?’

Congratulations go to Joanne Ealand from Yorkshire who correctly answered ’1710′. Joanne is the lucky winner of a copy of My Ancestor Was a Studio Photographer by Robert Pols.

Thanks to everyone who entered – look out for the next competition question in our July newsletter, coming your way very soon.

Royal competition winner

We’ve picked the winner of our Royal competition! In the email we sent you about our new Royal Household Staff records, we asked you how many records we’ve published as part of this collection.

Congratulations go to Margaret Harlock from Bristol who correctly answered ’50,000′! Margaret wins a copy of Tracing Your Servant Ancestors by Michelle Higgs.

Thanks to all of you who entered!

April newsletter competition winner

We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our April newsletter competition. We asked you ‘Which four counties did we add new parish records for this month?’

Congratulations go to Wendy Dear from Bristol who correctly answered ‘Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent’. Wendy wins a copy of ‘Air Raid Shelters of the Second World War: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz’ by Stephen Wade.

Thanks to all of you who entered – look out for the next competition question in our May newsletter, coming your way very soon.