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World Cup competition answers and winner revealed
Thanks to all of you who entered our World Cup competition. As the tournament is over, it’s time to let you know the correct answers to the questions and reveal our winner!
Question 1: What was the recorded occupation of William Matt, aged 36, living in Easthampstead, Berkshire in the 1911 census?
Answer: Snob! Lots of you correctly added that a snob was a bootmaker and repairer at the upper end of the trade.
Question 2: How many first names was Ann Pepper, born in West Derby in the Jan/Feb/Mar quarter of 1883, given?
Answer: A whopping 25 first names! Ann was given a first name for every letter of the alphabet except P: Ann, Bertha, Cecilia, Diana, Emily, Fanny, Gertrude, Hypatia, Inez, Jane, Kate, Louisa, Maud, Nora, Ophelia, Quince, Rebecca, Starkey, Teresa, Ulysis, Venus, Winifred, Xenophen, Yetty and Zeus. The mind boggles!
Question 3: Can you tell us what disability Chelsea Pensioner Bartholomew Murphy, born in Wexford in 1841, who served in the 36th Reg Of Foot, is reported to have?
Answer: Malformation of feet and overlapping toes. Poor chap!
Question 4: Which ship was Joseph Dugemin a passenger on?
Answer: The Titanic.
Our lucky winner is Rosemary Rowley from Macclesfield, Cheshire who wins a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription to findmypast.co.uk, ‘Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors’ a book by Anthony Burton, a family history starter pack, a 1911census.co.uk mouse mat and the all-important findmypast.co.uk pencil!
Congratulations Rosemary and thanks to all of you who entered. We hope we provided you with some amusement during the World Cup.
How to enter our World Cup widows competition
England are out of the World Cup (booo) which means that our World Cup widows offer has come to an end. We hope you all enjoyed it and found some useful information during your free access.
We set you four competition questions to answer during the offer for a chance to win a digital camera, vouchers for a 12 month Full subscription and other family history prizes. For a chance to win, email your answers to all four questions to casestudies@findmypast.co.uk with ‘World Cup competition’ in the subject line.
Here’s a reminder of the four questions you’ll need to answer:
- What was the recorded occupation of William Matt, aged 36, living in Easthampstead, Berkshire in the 1911 census?
- How many first names was Ann Pepper, born in West Derby in the Jan/Feb/Mar quarter of 1883, given?
- What disability is Chelsea Pensioner Bartholomew Murphy, born in Wexford in 1841, who served in the 36th Reg Of Foot, reported to have?
- Which ship was Joseph Dugemin a passenger on?
The closing date of the competition is 12 July and there can only be one winner. We’ll pick the winner at random from the entries that contain all of the correct answers – the judge’s decision is final.
We’ll publish the winner on our blog on 13 July along with the answers to all the questions. Good luck!
World Cup widows competition – part four
This afternoon England play Germany which means you can enjoy 90 minutes of free access to findmypast.co.uk between 9am Sunday and 9am Monday (UK time).
Here’s the fourth World Cup widows competition question we’d like you to answer:
Which ship was Joseph Dugemin a passenger on?
Our passenger lists hold the answer.
The prize: a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus more family history prizes.
When England get knocked out of the tournament we’ll let you know how to enter the competition. Remember that you need to answer all the competition questions correctly to be in with a chance of winning – there’s one question for each England match. You have until 12 July to send us your answers and there can only be one winner. We’ll pick the winner at random from the entries that contain all of the correct answers – the judge’s decision is final.
We’ll publish the winner on our blog on 13 July along with the answers to all the questions. Good luck!
Our next World Cup widows offer is coming very soon!
Make sure you’ve registered on findmypast by midnight Saturday 26 June (UK time) for our next World Cup offer (if you’ve already registered there’s no need to do so again).
As soon as you sign in to the site between 9am Sunday (UK time) and 9am Monday your 90 free minutes will start – so be ready to begin your research then! All you need to know is here: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/world-cup.jsp
Look out for our fourth competition question coming your way on Sunday morning (UK time)!
World Cup widows competition – part three!
England play Slovenia this afternoon which means it’s time for another World Cup widows competition question!
Can you tell us what disability Chelsea Pensioner Bartholomew Murphy, born in Wexford in 1841, who served in the 36th Reg Of Foot, is reported to have? Search our Chelsea Pensioners records for the answer – Murphy’s medical report holds the key.
The prize: a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus more family history prizes.
We hope that England make it through to the next stage of the tournament so we can extend our competition, but if they’re kicked out today this will be the last question we pose and the competition will close.
If this happens (fingers crossed it doesn’t!) we’ll let you know how to enter the competition. Remember that you need to answer all the competition questions correctly to be in with a chance of winning. You have until 12 July to send us your answers and there can only be one winner. We’ll pick the winner at random from the entries that contain all of the correct answers – the judge’s decision is final.
We’ll publish the winner on our blog on 13 July along with the answers to all the questions. Good luck!
Don’t miss out on our next World Cup widows offer
Make sure you’ve registered on findmypast by midnight Tuesday 22 June (UK time) for our next World Cup offer (if you’ve already registered there’s no need to do so again).
Remember that as soon as you sign in to the site between 9am Wednesday (UK time) and 9am Thursday your 90 free minutes will start – so be ready to begin your research then! All you need to know is here: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/world-cup.jsp
Look out for our third competition question coming your way on Wednesday morning (UK time)!
World Cup widows
Thanks to all of you who visited the site on Friday/Saturday. We’re so glad that most of you managed to get lots out of your free 90 minutes. After the huge amount of visitors to the site during the first England match we made further provisions for the second match so that the site would run faster and give you a better service. We handled significantly more traffic this time around and we’re pleased that even more of you had a positive experience.
It is inevitable that there’s a limit to the amount of people who can access the site at one time and the evening is definitely the busiest time for the site. We would recommend that you take your 90 minutes at other times of day where possible – this should allow you to whizz around the site at full speed!
On free access days you’ll need to make sure that no-one else has already logged in on your computer – we have restricted the free 90 minutes to one session per computer. Your 90 minutes will start as soon as you log in so be ready to start your research straight away!
The amount of people who made useful and unexpected discoveries during their free access is inspiring – get ready for Wednesday’s offer to make sure you don’t miss out.
Part two of our World Cup competition!
As you may have already heard, we’ve tweaked our World Cup offer slightly to ensure that all of you receive the best possible service: whenever England play a match you will be able to access findmypast.co.uk for free for 90 minutes.
All you have to do is make sure you’ve registered on the site (unless you’re already registered in which case there’s no need to do so again) and choose your 90 minutes between 9am Friday 18th June and 9am Saturday 19th June (UK time).
England will play Algeria this evening at 7.30pm – it’s up to you whether you choose to take your 90 minutes of free browsing when England play!
Here’s the competition question we’d like you to answer for the second part of the competition. Search our birth records to find the answer:
How many first names was Ann Pepper, born in West Derby in the Jan/Feb/Mar quarter of 1883, given?
The prize: a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus more family history prizes.
Keep your eye on the blog for a competition question to answer each time England play. For a chance to win the prize, send us your answers to all the competition questions when England get knocked out of the competition – we’ll give you details of how to enter then. Remember to make a note of your answer to each part of the competition – you’ll need to send us your answers in one bundle after England get knocked out.
You have until 12 July to send us your answers and there can only be one winner. We’ll pick the winner at random from the entries that contain all of the correct answers – the judge’s decision is final. We’ll publish the winner on our blog on 13 July along with the answers to the questions.
Good luck!
*All records available using our Full subscription (including the 1911 Census) will be free: Living Relatives searches and Memorial scrolls are not included.
Our second World Cup widows offer: free access at a time that suits you
With the next England match just around the corner, we’re warming up to provide further entertainment for any non-football fans in the form of our second World Cup widows offer:
90 minutes free access to findmypast.co.uk at a time of your choice on the day that England play – when England play, you still don’t pay!*
How to get free access
- Make sure you are registered on the website before midnight (UK time) on the day before the match. If you have already registered, you do not need to do this again.
- Return to findmypast.co.uk at a time of your choosing between 9am (UK time) on the day of the match and 9am (UK time) the day afterwards.
- Once you have signed in, you will have 90 minutes to search and view the records for free.
The free 90 minutes are available as a continuous period and will begin the moment you sign into findmypast.co.uk between the times stated above. If you’re not in the UK, you can convert the UK times above into local time here. A listing of the scheduled England matches is available here.
Our World Cup Widows offer for the second England match is now much more flexible, particularly for those of you based outside of the UK. You are now able to use the records at findmypast.co.uk at a time that suits you. We’ve been working hard to improve the speed of the site after the overwhelming popularity of our first offer so that even more customers will be able to benefit from it.
Visit our World Cup page for more information. If you need a helping hand with your research, take a look at our video tutorials or our Getting Started page which provide advice and tips about using our records.
We’d love to hear about any discoveries you make while our records are free to view – post anything you’d like to share with us and our readers on our Facebook page.
*All records available using our Full subscription (including the 1911 Census) will be free: Living Relatives searches and Memorial scrolls are not included.
World Cup widows and widowers – here’s part one of our competition!
Throughout the World Cup, all the records* on findmypast.co.uk will be completely free to view whenever England play a match. England will play the USA this evening at 7.30pm so from 7pm to 10pm tonight findmypast.co.uk will be completely free.
Here’s the competition question we’d like you to answer for the first part of the competition. Our census records will help you:
What was the recorded occupation of William Matt, aged 36, living in Easthampstead, Berkshire in the 1911 census?
This next bit won’t get you any extra points, but if you can tell us the meaning of William’s occupation we’ll be very impressed!
The prize: a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus much more.
Keep your eye on the blog for a competition question to answer each time England play. For a chance to win the prize, send us your answers to all the competition questions when England get knocked out of the competition – we’ll give you details of how to enter then. Remember to make a note of your answer to each part of the competition – you’ll need to send us your answers in one bundle after England get knocked out.
You have until 12 July to send us your answers and there can only be one winner. We’ll pick the winner at random from the entries that contain all of the correct answers – the judge’s decision is final. We’ll publish the winner on our blog on 13 July along with the answers to the questions.
Good luck!
*All records available using our Full subscription (including the 1911 Census) will be free: Living Relatives searches and Memorial scrolls are not included.