New Year Competitions for Newbies (and not so newbies) [Archive] - B-G Forums sponsored by Parish Chest Ltd.

Sue Mackay

01-01-2008, 04:46 PM

This is a competition which is open to all, though it is aimed chiefly at those who are fairly new to British-Genealogy and therefore may not know their way around the forum or how to locate the wealth of information stored on the site.

All entries should be sent to me via PM (private message) – click on my name next to my picture above and then choose ‘Send a Private Message’ to Sue Mackay from the menu. Do NOT post the answers by replying to this thread. The closing date is 14 January.

The winner will be the one with the highest score. If more than one person scores 100% (and hopefully that will be everyone) then there will be some form of ballot. The prize will be a CD of ‘Evidence on the Employment of Children – 1842’, produced by Archive CD Books. Should Bo Peep get spare tickets to the ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ event in London then these will also be issued to competition entrants by ballot.

ALL the answers can be found by searching this site. In the first instance try the Search button located in the blue Tool Bar across the top. Type in the word(s) or phrase you are looking for, and it will bring up threads containing that word or phrase. The answer may not be in the first posting on the thread, but as you scroll through the posts the search item will be highlighted in red.

If you have a feeling that the answer will be on a particular forum, try Forum Jump. Scroll right to the foot of the page and this menu will appear, enabling you to locate other forums (and scroll quickly through to see what is available) without having to return to the home page.

Some of the answers are contained in the Resources Pages, which are essential reading for newbies. If you have the Forum set as your start page then you reach the Resources Pages by going to http://www.british-genealogy.com/ and clicking on the various sources.

The questions are in the next posting of this thread. If you wish to print them off to have on your desk while you search for the answers, click on Thread Tools at the top of this message and select ‘Show Printable Version’.

Good luck!

Sue Mackay

01-01-2008, 04:46 PM

QUESTIONS

1. What was the exact date of the 1841 census?
2. What does PCC stand for?
3. Where is the British Library’s newspaper collection currently held?
4. When did civil registration start in Scotland?
5. Who or what is NAOMI?
6. How many Family History Societies or Local History Societies advertise publications or membership via Parish Chest?
7. Where can WW1 medal cards be downloaded?
8. How did Sir Henry Hobart die, who killed him, and when?
9. Where was Charles Lampett a millwright?
10. What was the Lock Hospital in Paddington used for?
11. Who was murdered on 24th March 1809 in Port Antonia?
12. Where is the Regimental Museum of the Black Watch?
13. According to Black’s medical dictionary, what was the commonest cause of death of children over the age of one in the latter half of the 19th century?
14. What is a parish sequestrator?
15. Why was Thomas Honour Stone not all that honourable?
16. Joseph Glover was a 77 year old annuitant in 1851. Where was he born?
17. What is a riddler?
18. Why would it benefit you to become a virtual member of Bedfordshire Library?
19. What does Xber stand for in a parish register?
20. From which year do the GRO death indexes include the age at death?

Bo Peep

02-01-2008, 09:29 AM

I do not want anyone to miss this, so a little nudge.

ChristineR

02-01-2008, 09:52 AM

15. Why was Thomas Honour Stone not all that honourable?

ummmmmm, I don't think that you mean his getting my great great grandma pregnant when she was barely 15?

No, that is NOT the CORRECT answer :D :D :D

sorry could not help myself.

|woohoo|

ChristineR

Bo Peep

04-01-2008, 12:16 AM

Naughty, Christine. Very naughty!:D

BeeE586

04-01-2008, 01:45 AM

The pub at the end of my street (formerly a flour mill) is call the Joseph Glover, does that count for anything ?

Eileen

Sue Mackay

04-01-2008, 10:43 AM

The pub at the end of my street (formerly a flour mill) is call the Joseph Glover, does that count for anything ?

Eileen

It might get you a prize at this rate Eileen. No entries so far! Come on folks, your New Year hangover should be over by now...

The competition is open to EVERYONE, and you have till January 14 to find the answers. If you can't find them all, put in an entry with what you can find - it might still qualify for a prize. Questions are further up on this thread.

Ladkyis

04-01-2008, 11:09 AM

That's cos the questions are hard! and require us to actually go look up the answers. Most of us are too full of Christmas fare and too lazy to do that.

Sue Mackay

04-01-2008, 11:20 AM

That's cos the questions are hard! and require us to actually go look up the answers. Most of us are too full of Christmas fare and too lazy to do that.

I bet you could answer some of them without looking up a thing :D And they are all designed to be found very easily by using the Search button at the top of the page, which many seem to be totally unaware of!

I have hopes that some people have been having a root around via the search button, as there have been a number of contributions to very old threads appearing in New Posts (You didn't look at the date on Rod's posting re Registration Cards, did you Christine ;) )

mary elms

04-01-2008, 02:13 PM

OK Sue, I've printed off the questions and am about to start searching |jedi| so who's going to stop me from winning my second BG prize in a month? :D ..........

Mary.

SBSFamilyhistory

04-01-2008, 02:20 PM

I have the answers to most of them will post my entry to Sue on monday or Tuesday.

So Mary let the battle begin.

Sue

busyglen

04-01-2008, 02:36 PM

I thought I would hang back and give others a chance....but...if I can find a bit of spare time, will have a bash. I quite enjoy this type of thing as it certainly helps one's knowledge. It's a good quiz Sue.

Glenys

Sue Mackay

04-01-2008, 03:00 PM

OK Sue, I've printed off the questions and am about to start searching |jedi| so who's going to stop me from winning my second BG prize in a month? :D ..........

Mary.

We're up and running Mary. Just had my first entry so you will have to pull out all the stops ;)

Bo Peep

05-01-2008, 01:12 AM

Just in case you wanted some information about the main prize, see below. It costs £19.95 to buy, so it is certainly worth winning.

Evidence on the Employment of Children - 1842 (http://www.parishchest.com/shop/index.php?cmd=listlinkeditems&cat=D3270&supplier=&breadcrumb=Other+Resources%3AOccupations:Archive+C D+Books)

This huge volume of 1842, reproduced as a facsimile copy on CD, is a government publication containing evidence on the employment of children. Evidence is stated by means of interviews with the employers, adult workers and children, relating to the work and life style conditions of the children. Almost 900 pages of testimonies and interviews, covering various types of factories and work in a wide variety of places in Britain.

An amazing and fascinating insight into conditions of work and peoples' lifestyle in 1842 in their own words. Did your ancestor work in a factory? Put meat on the bare bones of your family history by understanding how they lived and worked.

Jan1954

05-01-2008, 01:25 AM

This huge volume... relating to the work and life style conditions of the children.

One of those snippets of information lodged at the back of my brain...

Did you know that most of the bricks that make up the original St Pancras Station were handmade by children under the age of 10? |shakehead

Jan

ChristineR

05-01-2008, 04:54 AM

I have hopes that some people have been having a root around via the search button, as there have been a number of contributions to very old threads appearing in New Posts (You didn't look at the date on Rod's posting re Registration Cards, did you Christine )

:D nope, obviously not :o

Sue Mackay

07-01-2008, 08:06 PM

There is one week left to get your entries in. I've had a few all correct entries, so a ballot will be necessary, but not so many that you won't have a good chance if you send yours in.

Nearly everyone who has entered has commented that they enjoyed doing the quiz and learned a few things they didn't know.

Instructions and questions at the beginning of this thread.

Bo Peep

08-01-2008, 08:51 AM

Did we get any new members joining in, Sue?

Sue Mackay

08-01-2008, 10:34 AM

Did we get any new members joining in, Sue?

Ballot hat at the moment contains china, pearl and gold. Will have to shake with care :D

Jan1954

09-01-2008, 08:02 PM

Don't miss the closing date!

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/Jan_07/calendar.jpg

Neil Wilson

09-01-2008, 09:02 PM

OK Sue, I've printed off the questions and am about to start searching |jedi| so who's going to stop me from winning my second BG prize in a month? :D ..........

Mary.Not me, I have decided to lose out totally and let someone else benefit from Bo Peep's generosity.

Bo Peep

10-01-2008, 12:12 AM

Bet you couldn't find the answers!:D

Pam Downes

10-01-2008, 04:27 AM

I already have the CD and will be going to WDYTYA helping out on a stall, so I'm not interested in the prizes, but I am going to enter the competition. Sue has put a lot of effort into the competition, and everyone should send in their entries as a way of supporting her and saying 'thank you'.
'Older' (as in length of membership :)) members like myself may know most of the general answers and how to search for the specific 'who killed who' ones, but it's a brilliant way of introducing newer members to a lot of information and 'how to'.
And thank you Sue, I now know three very interesting details that I didn't know last week. :D
Pam

ChristineR

10-01-2008, 06:17 AM

I am only up to Q13, and I am exhausted! :D
and undecided on alternative answers to Q2.

C

Pam Downes

10-01-2008, 10:22 AM

I am only up to Q13, and I am exhausted! :D
and undecided on alternative answers to Q2.

C
Typical Aussie. No stamina. :D:D:D
Though I bet you've got Sue worried if she's only got one answer for question 2. :D I know there's one that's obvious (to me!), but must admit that at the back of my mind there's a little bell warning me that there is another one.
(A few minutes later - think I've remembered two of the words, but can't find a third that fits. )
The main thing to remember is that all the answers are contained in either the forum or the Brit-Gen link Sue gave in her first post. If you've found two, give both answers and quote the links. If you've just googled and got 'professional car cleaning' then I think you may assume that that answer is not correct.:D
Pam

SBSFamilyhistory

10-01-2008, 10:29 AM

I have just found out my husband, has managed to shread my answers to the quizz, so I am going to have to start again.... not best pleased as you can imagine.

Just hope I can remember them otherwise I will have to start again. I have an answer to Q2 but heaven only knows, and Sue, if I have got it correct.

Ladkyis

10-01-2008, 11:24 AM

I don't particularly want to win because I have the CD and will not be going to WDYTYA live whether I am given tickets or not. I just entered because Sue said no-one had

SBSFamilyhistory

10-01-2008, 12:41 PM

My entry has been now been sent to Sue. including the answer to question 2

Fingers crossed as I would really like to go to London.

Sue

Sue Mackay

10-01-2008, 07:23 PM

undecided on alternative answers to Q2.
C

Try the Acronyms and Abbreviations Forum. I have now 'stuck' Bo Peep's list so that it appears at the top.

However, I am being kind and accepting one alternative that I admit I hadn't thought of when I set the question, even though I think people will have got it from general knowledge rather than this site!

Sue Mackay

10-01-2008, 07:26 PM

Sue Mackay

12-01-2008, 01:24 PM

Just a reminder that the closing date is Monday. I am giving a talk in Swansea on Monday evening, so wil not announce the winner until Tuesday. This means that all time zones have until midnight on the 14th to get their entries in.

Jan1954

12-01-2008, 05:10 PM

How are the entries looking Sue? People have the whole weekend (well, most of it :D) to enter.

Bo Peep

13-01-2008, 07:38 PM

Anyone else willing to try their luck?

Sue Mackay

15-01-2008, 11:40 AM

I was delighted that several new members entered the competition, and many commented that they had enjoyed doing it and learned something new, which was, of course, the whole point. I learned a couple of things too :D

Here are the answers

1. What was the exact date of the 1841 census?
6/7 June 1841.
2. What does PCC stand for?
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (Wills). I did accept Parochial Church Council even although I couldn't find it via the forum search button.
3. Where is the British Library’s newspaper collection currently held?
Colindale.
4. When did civil registration start in Scotland?
1855.
5. Who or what is NAOMI?
National Archive of memorial Inscriptions.
6. How many Family History Societies or Local History Societies advertise publications or membership via Parish Chest?
42.
7. Where can WW1 medal cards be downloaded?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/
8. How did Sir Henry Hobart die, who killed him, and when?
‘runn through the body’ in a duel - Oliver NEVE - 20th August 1698 (died 21st August 1698).
9. Where was Charles Lampett a millwright?
Neithrop.
10. What was the Lock Hospital in Paddington used for?
Treating venereal disease.
11. Who was murdered on 24th March 1809 in Port Antonia?
George Meadley.
12. Where is the Regimental Museum of the Black Watch?
Balhousie Castle, Perth.
13. According to Black’s medical dictionary, what was the commonest cause of death of children over the age of one in the latter half of the 19th century?
Scarlet fever/scarlatina.
14. What is a parish sequestrator?
A stand-in for the minister during periods when the post is vacant.
15. Why was Thomas Honour Stone not all that honourable?
He was transported to Australia for stealing silk.
16. Joseph Glover was a 77 year old annuitant in 1851. Where was he born?
Willingham, Lincolnshire.
17. What is a riddler?
A sieve maker. Apparently a riddler is also a wool stapler in Norfolk.
18. Why would it benefit you to become a virtual member of Bedfordshire Library?
You can access the Times Digital Archive (and other resources) for free.
19. What does Xber stand for in a parish register?
December.
20. From which year do the GRO death indexes include the age at death?
1866

Sue Mackay

15-01-2008, 11:41 AM

Several names had to go into the hat. My hat is too floppy for the purpose and the only other 'person' in the house at the moment able to ensure impartiality is Taz.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/rhoosesue/B-G%20Forums/Taz.jpg
I scattered the names around the floor and put a bit of mixer by each, then noted which she ate first.

And the winner is.....

margarita from Greece. Congatulations Maggie. Please PM Bo Peep with your postal address so that she can send you your prize.

Bo Peep doesn't know for sure yet how many tickets to WDYTYA she will get but thinks it is likely to be at least five. Taz has decided that the following qualify for tickets, in this order, if available :
aspilynne
Jan1954
busyglen
SBSFamilyhistory

Pam Downes and Ladkyis also submitted correct entries but have indicated that they don't want tickets.

Neil Wilson, Chakoteya and mary elms all got most of the answers right and should let Bo Peep know if they want to be considered for tickets if they are available.

Ladkyis

15-01-2008, 12:24 PM

Congratulations to the winners! and well done to everyone who entered. I enjoyed searching for the answers.

Pam Downes

15-01-2008, 12:48 PM

Congratulations to the winners! and well done to everyone who entered. I enjoyed searching for the answers.
Seconded.
(And if anyone else got stuck on question 9, I freely admit that I only found it by accident. :) )
And thank you again to Sue, for a very interesting competition., and to Bo Peep for the prize(s).
Pam

busyglen

15-01-2008, 12:52 PM

Congratulations Maragrita!

This was a good competition, especially as it encouraged people to search the Forum for the answers.

Could Bo Peep please note, that if tickets are available, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to go, so please remove me from the list. At least it may allow someone else the opportunity.

Glenys

SBSFamilyhistory

15-01-2008, 01:46 PM

Thanks Taz,

I await to hear how many tickets Bo-Peep gets fingers crossed.

Sue

PS congratulations to everyone.

margarita

15-01-2008, 02:11 PM

Sue,

Thank you very much for the competition and to Taz for picking my winning entry - I don't think I've ever been picked as a dog's dinner before!! (I may have looked like one occasionally but that's another story.)

I must confess that before the competiton I had not looked around the site very much - I just got hooked on the Forum - and I was amazed at how much useful information is there on the resource pages. So, Sue, you have succeeded in your aim in at least one instance.

I look forward to receiving the prize.

Big hug to Taz.

Maggie

(Takes bow, sobs into hankie and thanks everyone from parents down to tea lady.)

P.S. I don't know it tickets to WDYTYA are included in my prize but I don't think I'll make it from here, so please pass them on to someone else.

Bo Peep

15-01-2008, 05:41 PM

Congratulations Maggie. I will mail your prize tomorrow.

I have just spoken to Charlotte Campion of Brand Events (WDYTYA organisers) and Bless her, she has promised me six tickets as prizes for this competition.

I understand the tickets will be sent to me in early April, so as soon as I receive them, I will mail them to the lucky winners.

v.wells

15-01-2008, 05:52 PM

Congrats Margarita!
I didn't enter as I am too far away, but I did find some of the answers. I get too distracted doing other things. Good show to all who found the time!

Jan1954

15-01-2008, 07:14 PM

Sue (and Taz),

Thank you so much for my prize - I am chuffed to little mintballs to be going to WDYTYA |jumphappy

And a big well done to Maggie for winning the competition!
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/Jan_07/hooray-1.gif

Thank you for a really great quiz.

Jan

Neil Wilson

15-01-2008, 07:39 PM

Well done to everyone and what a clever dog Taz.
I won't be at WDYTYA due to it clashing with another family history event so I expect some photo links to be added by you lucky people.

And Sue, thank you for all the work you have put in with this, and to quote the thread This originally said 2004! You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list. So, please no question nine next time :)

Sue Mackay

15-01-2008, 07:59 PM

So, please no question nine next time :)

Just in case there is someone still wondering where the answer to No.9 was, see

http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/index.html#directories

Bo Peep

15-01-2008, 08:28 PM

Jan1954

15-01-2008, 08:30 PM

Yoicks! Does this mean I shall have to put up with you in London as well as on this forum!!!|biggrin|

Tee, Hee!

Pam Downes

16-01-2008, 12:40 AM

Yoicks! Does this mean I shall have to put up with you in London as well as on this forum!!!
Bo Peep, You know that the tickets have to pass through the infra-red machine at the door to prove they're valid ;););) - well surely it should be relatively easy for you to 'invalidate' Jan's ticket before you send it out to her? I'm sure if you google for 'invisible dye' you'll find a stockist. :D
Pam (hastily looking through Jan's messages to make sure that she hasn't got any ancestors in Lincolnshire and is therefore unlikely to haunt the LFHS stall :D:D )

ChristineR

16-01-2008, 12:56 AM

Just in case there is someone still wondering where the answer to No.9 was, see

http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/index.html#directories

That's the one that wore me out! no wonder google did not pick it up.
I did finally find him in two other pages on the internet as Lampitt.
I didn't bother entering as I was too lazy to finish. I had the wrong answer for No 2 anyhow :D

Typical Aussie. No stamina

It is all that pommy blood :D :D :D

Bring on the next competition!

ChristineR :)

Pam Downes

16-01-2008, 01:27 AM

That's the one that wore me out! no wonder google did not pick it up.
Typical Aussie :D - didn't read the instructions which said all the answers were either on the forum or on the Brit-Gen site.

Bring on the next competition!
ChristineR :)
How about you setting one for fun (no prizes) about Australia and genealogy over there Christine? You needn't restrict your answers like Sue did - you can include google - as long as all the answers can be found on the web. And like Sue, you can always give some useful websites, e.g.
http://www.australiagenweb.org/
About 10 -15 questions (depending on your stamina :D:D ). e.g. How much will a birth certificate cost you in Victoria? What is the Ryerson Index? After whom is Banksia named? I have no (known) Aussie rellies but I always find it interesting learning about the types of records held in other countries. And Aussie newbies to the forum may learn something too.
Pam

Jan1954

16-01-2008, 08:25 AM

Pam (hastily looking through Jan's messages to make sure that she hasn't got any ancestors in Lincolnshire and is therefore unlikely to haunt the LFHS stall :D:D )

Not all my bodies are on my tree and in messages, you know....

Hmm. Now, Lincolnshire is very close to Cambridgeshire and I haven't fully investigated the "strays"...

ChristineR

16-01-2008, 10:25 AM

....How about you setting one for fun (no prizes) about Australia and genealogy over there Christine? ....Pam

Well, if you have plenty of patience - I could come up with something! I am sure that I could come up with a little prize. One for February or March?

|blush| I didn't read the instructions. I just 'presumed' that google would pick up all the answers anyhow.

cheers
ChristineR :D

aspilynne

16-01-2008, 11:02 PM

Thank you for choosing me as a prize winner. I hadn't read the instructions about searching the site properly, and found most of the answers from Google search engine.

Lynne

Sue Mackay

16-01-2008, 11:30 PM

Thank you for choosing me as a prize winner. I hadn't read the instructions about searching the site properly, and found most of the answers from Google search engine.

Lynne

Well of course the good thing about those 'slurp spiders' that you will see if you look at 'Who's On Line?' is that most things on the Forum do turn up on Google, and a lot of people have been brought to the Forum as a result. However, don't forget the Search button on this site - saves a bit of window hopping!