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.

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.

Thanks to everyone who came to visit the findmypast.co.uk stand at the Pudsey Local & Family History Fair on Saturday, and especially to those of you who entered our competition. We can now reveal the names of our lucky winners…

Winner of a 12 month Full subscription: Madeleine Barrett

Winners of 6 month Full subscriptions: Richard Bowyer and Diane Lawton.

Congratulations to all of you and we hope you enjoy your subscriptions!

A big thank you to everyone who entered our competition at the Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE exhibition at Kensington Olympia this year! The prize of a 12 month Full subscription was offered on each day of the show, along with two runner-up prizes of a 6 month Full subscription.

We’re pleased to announce that these prizes have now been awarded to the following lucky winners:

12 month Full subscriptions - Barbara Parsons, Pam Buckmaster and T Marshall

6 month Full subscriptions - Janet Evans, Darren Grosvenor, Robert Moore, Duncan Graham, Barbara Brooks and Janet Pegg.

Thanks to everyone who came to visit the findmypast.co.uk stand at the Bracknell Family History Fair last month, and especially to those of you who entered our competition. We can now reveal the names of our lucky winners (drum roll, please!)…

Winner of a 12 month Full subscription: Brenda Aldridge

Winners of 6 month Full subscriptions: Janet Jones and Bruce Kendall.

Congratulations to all of you and we hope you enjoy your subscriptions!

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:

November 2010 - Torven Zeffertt
December 2010 - Fiona Callan
January 2011 - Ian White

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 May 2011.

Read on for all you need to know about our Start Your Family Tree Week competition and how to enter…

How to enter

To enter findmypast.co.uk’s festive family history challenge prize draw, answer a question posted on the findmypast.co.uk blog every day between 26 December and 1 January, and then send all seven answers together in one email with the subject line ‘Festive challenge’ before midnight on 10 January 2011 (UK time) to competition@findmypast.co.uk, including your name, postal address and daytime telephone number.

First prize

• A day tracing your family tree with famous genealogist, Else Churchill at the Society of Genealogists in London - using the resources of the SoG and looking at aspects of their research. The prize includes return travel by train to London from within the UK and two nights’ accommodation in London for the winner and a guest
• 1 free membership of the Society of Genealogists in their centenary year
• A From You to Me personalised journal from www.fromyoutome.com
• Nick Barratt’s Guide To Your Ancestors Lives from Pen & Sword books
• 1 pair of tickets to Who Do You Think You Are LIVE show at Olympia, February 2011
• 12 month subscription to Family Tree Magazine
• 12 month subscription to BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 12 month subscription to Your Family Tree magazine
• Celebrating 25 Years of Family Tree Magazine bookazine
• A photo scanner from Pandigital
• 1 photo album and set of sample pockets from www.my-history.co.uk to help with conserving documents and old photos
• 1 copy of Glorious Britain - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• 1 copy of I Remember When - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• A framed print (medium in either B&W or Sepia) from www.francisfrith.co.uk - photo is the winner’s choice from the products online
• 7-generation family tree chart from BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 3 month subscription voucher to findmypast.co.uk

Second prize

• 1 free membership of the Society of Genealogists in their centenary year
• 1 pair of tickets to Who Do You Think You Are LIVE show at Olympia, February 2011
• A From You to Me personalised journal from www.fromyoutome.com
• Nick Barratt’s Guide To Your Ancestors Lives from Pen & Sword books
• 12 month subscription to Family Tree Magazine
• 12 month subscription to BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 12 month subscription to Your Family Tree magazine
• Celebrating 25 Years of Family Tree Magazine bookazine
• A photo scanner from Pandigital
• 1 photo album and set of sample pockets from www.my-history.co.uk to help with conserving documents and old photos
• 1 copy of Glorious Britain - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• 1 copy of I Remember When - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• A framed print (medium in either B&W or Sepia) from www.francisfrith.co.uk - photo is the winner’s choice from the products online
• 7-generation family tree chart from BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 3 month subscription voucher to findmypast.co.uk

Third prize

• 1 pair of tickets to Who Do You Think You Are LIVE show at Olympia, February 2011
• 12 month subscription to Family Tree Magazine
• 12 month subscription to BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 12 month subscription to Your Family Tree magazine
• Celebrating 25 Years of Family Tree Magazine bookazine
• A photo scanner from Pandigital
• 1 photo album and set of sample pockets from www.my-history.co.uk to help with conserving documents and old photos
• 1 copy of Glorious Britain - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• 1 copy of I Remember When - from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• A framed print (medium in either B&W or Sepia) from www.francisfrith.co.uk - photo is the winner’s choice from the products online
• 7-generation family tree chart from BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 3 month subscription voucher to findmypast.co.uk

Other runner-up prizes
Ten other runner-ups will each be allocated a bundle of prizes from the following list by findmypast.co.uk:

• 1 ticket to a day course at the Society of Genealogists, London: ‘Family History for Beginners and Refreshers’ with Geoff Swinfield on Saturday 5 March 2011.
• Society of Genealogists‘ publications
  • 1 x My Ancestor was an Agricultural Labourer by Ian Waller
  • 1 x My Ancestors were Londoners by Cliff Webb
  • 1 x My Ancestor was an Apprentice by Stuart Raymond
  • 1 x My Ancestor was in Service by Pamela Horn
  • 1 x My Ancestor was in the British Army by Chris and Michael Watts
• A free start your family history beginners session at the Society of Genealogists with community officer Ashley Young who can help anyone start using computers and get the most from free online resources at the SoG, such as findmypast.co.uk and other online family history sites usually available on pay per view or subscription
• 4 x 12-month subscriptions to Family Tree Magazine
• 11 x Celebrating 25 Years of Family Tree Magazine bookazine
• 4 x 12-month subscription to Your Family Tree magazine
• 4 x 12-month subscription to BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 7-generation family tree chart from BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
• 1 photo album and set of sample pockets from www.my-history.co.uk to help with conserving documents and old photos
• 20 x set of sample pockets from www.my-history.co.uk
• A photo scanner from Pandigital
• Family history books from Pen & Sword
  • 2 x Tracing Your Army Ancestors
  • 2 x Tracing Jewish Ancestors
  • 2 x Tracing Pauper Ancestors
• 6 x copies of Glorious Britain from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• 6 x copies of I Remember When from www.francisfrith.co.uk
• 2 x framed print (medium in either B&W or Sepia). Photo is the winner’s choice - the winner will be provided with a promotional code to get 100% off their chosen product online at www.francisfrith.co.uk
• How to Trace Your Ancestors Using a Computer for the Older Generation by Jim Gatenby

Competition terms & conditions

All entrants must be over the age of 18.

The first entry opened with correct answers to all seven questions will win first prize, the second entry opened with correct answers to all seven questions will win second prize, the third entry opened with correct answers to all seven questions will win third prize. The other runner-up prizes will be allocated in no particular order to the next 10 correct entries opened.

Prizes are not transferable and no alternatives will be offered. No purchase is necessary.

First prize includes return travel by train from within the UK for the winner and one guest and two nights’ accommodation in London based on two people sharing a double or twin room. Only the winner’s family history will be researched.

Winners of a framed print from Francis Frith will be provided with a promotional code to get 100% off their chosen print (medium in either black and white or sepia) online at www.francisfrith.co.uk

Winners of the From You to Me journals will be provided with a code to get 100% off of the cost of the personalised journal. The winners must pay for postage but From You to Me will fully refund this.

All winners will be notified by email. Names of all the winners will be published on this blog on 21 January 2011.

The Christmas period is one of the most popular times of the year for people to research their family history. With the family gathered around for the festivities, it’s the perfect time to quiz the older generations on what they remember about the family, and get the youngsters inspired too.

That’s why findmypast.co.uk is launching Start Your Family Tree Week this Christmas. From 26 December to 1 January make sure you visit findmypast.co.uk for a week of fantastic special offers and guides to help you start your family tree. Make the most of your time off to get down to some serious research.

Every day during Start Your Family Tree Week there will be some very special offers available on findmypast.co.uk, including:

• A getting started guide
• Easy to download family tree charts
• A guide to interviewing your relatives
• Help with getting your relatives online
• Competitions and prize draws
• Discounts and free trials
• Tips and advice
• Free downloadable family history tools and software

A festive family history challenge you won’t want to miss

We’re also setting you a festive challenge during Start Your Family Tree Week. Each day on findmypast.co.uk’s blog, we’ll post a competition question for you to answer. Make sure you visit the blog every day - you’ll need to answer all the questions correctly to be in with a chance of winning our prizes.

We have a huge Christmas hamper full of amazing prizes to give away, including:

Your family history researched by a professional genealogist, tickets to Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE show in February 2011, subscriptions to BBC WDYTYA magazine and Your Family Tree magazine, scanners, family history books and subscriptions to findmypast.co.uk

Keep an eye on our blog for details of how to enter the challenge coming soon.

Other websites taking part in Start Your Family Tree Week are: GenesReunited.co.uk, Eneclann, my-history.co.uk, www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk and whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com

Supporting Start Your Family Tree Week are: the Society of Genealogists, the Federation of Family History Societies, Pen and Sword Books, BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Your Family Tree magazine and Family Tree Magazine.