Parish Chest - Competition!!!

[Jan1954]

The first competition of 2009!!!!

Hello Forum members,

We have a wonderful prize to give away - a book that has been donated by the Family History Partnership called, "Hw 2 *t ur Fmly Hstry (http://www.parishchest.com/shop/index.php?cmd=viewproduct&cat=&id=P85719&pageOffset=0)"

This quirky, surprisingly comprehensive, cheerfully presented guide will whet the appetite of children from 7 to 70 to discover their forebears, who they were and how they lived.

All you have to do is find the answers to the 20 questions below. All of the answers are to be found on Parish Chest (http://www.parishchest.com/shop/index.php), the sponsors of Brit-Gen. Click on the Parish Chest symbol in the red bar at the top of the page and you are there.

Please PM me your entries to arrive by Midnight (GMT) on Sunday 25th January, when the competition will end. I will announce the winner (and the answers) on Monday 26th.

Also, there will be bonus marks awarded if you provide the correct product code for any of the answers that you give.

Good luck everybody!

1. Which Family History Society could provide you with the Monumental Inscriptions for Cherry Hinton?

2. Who would be able to supply you with a copy of a 1920 map of Canterbury?

3. In which area of research does Mulberry Coach House Books specialise?

4. In which section of Parish Chest would you find “Evidence on the Employment of Children“, first published in 1842?

5. Who wrote, “Something For Everybody” in 1861?

6. In which county would you find the Parish Registers of Moze?

7. What is the ISBN number for “Dating Nineteenth Century Photographs” by Robert Pols?

8. Which year’s census is available for Westmorland?

9. Under which county would you find the parish records for Cornwood?

10. Who would be able to supply a History of the Irish Regiments?

11. Which places does Humble's General Directory of 1824 cover?

12. What is Testamenta Vetusta?

13. Which years are covered by The Army Lists?

14. In which county will you find the parish records for Greenwich?

15. In which section could you find medal ribbons?

16. Which year is covered by Villaire Anglicum?

17. Where is St. Audoen's Church?

18. Which book would enable you to find out why it is unlucky to meet a barefooted man?

19. What would “ Fire & Steam” tell you about?

20. Grace Darling rescued the survivors of the shipwrecked SS Forfarshire. On what date?

Tie breaker: Where on the Parish Chest site would you be able to find a list of acronyms?

[Browneyes]

Oooooh a competition. Thanks Jan. |jumphappy

Browneyes x

[Jan1954]

I know that you love competitions, Browneyes, so I thought that we would spring this on you! Happy New Year! |biggrin|

[Browneyes]

|hug|:D

And I can guarantee to anyone who hasn't entered one on here before it's great fun - oh, and don't forget to grab a notebook cos you never know where it might lead you!

Browneyes

[Pam Downes]

And here's another one excitedly clapping her hands together like a seal. :D
I've got a head *t 'cos I know where Cherry Hinton is, though as it took me ages to work out what ' *t ' meant :D , I suspect that by question 4 I'll probably be going |banghead|
I totally agree with Browneyes


And I can guarantee to anyone who hasn't entered one on here before it's great fun - oh, and don't forget to grab a notebook cos you never know where it might lead you! Browneyes
and provided you leave your list of 'I want' in many prominent places, you can say goodbye to opening bedsocks and bathsalts on Christmas morning. :) Some of the old books now published on CD are fascinating reads.

If you're a very new forum member please note that you have an equal chance of winning with someone who's been a forum member since 1909, as this competition is not based on how much you know about genealogy. :)
Happy hunting everyone.
Pam

[Davran]

Yippeeee! |jumphappy

[busyglen]

Yes!! Oops, even more time spent on the computer....I'll have to be really nice to hubby! ;)

Glenys

[Jan1954]

So, I go to bed and when I get up this morning, there is the first entry sitting in my mailbox. Snuck in whilst I was snoozing!

Okay, the rest of you - get those entries flooding in - I can take it! :D

[Jan1954]

Okay, so I was taken at my word and people are finding my inbox.

Keep them coming, folks! :D

[busyglen]

Okay, so I was taken at my word and people are finding my inbox.

Keep them coming, folks! :D

Giving this a nudge! Have sent mine in Jan. It's a very good quiz and I've learnt a lot from the searching.

Glenys

[Jan1954]

Thanks, Glen. You are not alone in finding the searching interesting, if other comments that I have received are anything to go by. ;)

[Jan1954]

Okay - the 1911 census will still be there next month, but this compeition will not be!

So, get those entries in! :D

[MarkJ]

Good work Jan :) Looks like an interesting competition. I shall have to have a go at finding the answers.

Mark

[busyglen]

Good work Jan :) Looks like an interesting competition. I shall have to have a go at finding the answers.

Mark
It's good fun Mark, and I'm sure you will whip through the answers! ;)

Glen

[MarkJ]

It's good fun Mark, and I'm sure you will whip through the answers! ;)

Glen

Hmmm.... I don't know about that Glen! Perhaps if I offer Jan a bribe.....

Mark :D

[Jan1954]

Hmmm.... I don't know about that Glen! Perhaps if I offer Jan a bribe.....

Mark :DDoughnuts....

[Jan1954]

Don't be rude!
I wasn't! :D

You know how much I love doughnuts..... http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/Jan_07/Sigh-1.gif

[busyglen]

Unless you want to see a Daft Bat hanging upside down crying her eyes out, please have a bash at the competition. It will not take you very long to do and you will make Jan a very happy Daft Bat.:)

Yes come on everyone....it's really an interesting competition, and the chance to learn of so many ways that can help in your researching.

No, I'm not on a percentage! ;)

Glenys

[Davran]

Ssssshhhhh, Glenys. More chance of one of us winning, if the others don't enter ;)

Seriously, like Glenys, I enjoyed rummaging around in Parish Chest - all sorts of things I didn't know were there. Go on, everyone, have a go -it's fun.

Bo-Peep, maybe you should make it a condition of membership that people have to answer 3 questions about what's available before they are allowed to join. :D

[busyglen]

Ssssshhhhh, Glenys. More chance of one of us winning, if the others don't enter ;)

Oops! :o Sorry, I didn't think of that, but I like a challenge. ;)

Glenys

[Jan1954]

Seriously, like Glenys, I enjoyed rummaging around in Parish Chest - all sorts of things I didn't know were there.
You are quite right, Davran. As I was writing the questions I kept getting diverted as I was discovering things that I had not realised were there.

So, have a go at the competition everyone - my inbox can take it! :D

[Marie C..]

Astoria,
Where are you?
Have you done this comp? If so chuck me the answers there's a dear.
M

[Marie C..]

You cannot be serious Bo!
For starters where the h...is MOZE?
And doughnuts are very bad for the figure.
M

[Marie C..]

By the By Bo,
Is that new?
All the messages on the thread are now underneath the reply bit so you don't have to keep
switching back and forth to remember the name of the poster or info.
I never noticed that before. Has it always been there?

[Jan1954]

You cannot be serious Bo! Oh yes she is! :D

For starters where the h...is MOZE? Surrounded by fields.... |biggrin|

And doughnuts are very bad for the figure.Tuh!

[Procat]

By the By Bo,
Is that new?
All the messages on the thread are now underneath the reply bit so you don't have to keep
switching back and forth to remember the name of the poster or info.
I never noticed that before. Has it always been there?

Always been there as far as I recall.

[Lincoln Lad]

Thanks for the competition Jan, enjoyed doing it very much.

[Jan1954]

Thanks for the competition Jan, enjoyed doing it very much.
I am pleased that you found it fun! :D

[Jan1954]

Have you had lots of entries for the competition, Jan?
Some, but there is room in my inbox for more! :D

[NicaG]

Oh Just found this, so i will have a go..........just don't laugh at my answers!!!! sounds fun xxxxxxxxx

[Jan1954]

Oh Just found this, so i will have a go..........just don't laugh at my answers!!!! sounds fun xxxxxxxxx
I promise that I will not laugh NicaG :)

Just have a go and see how much fun it can be as well as having a look round to see what is in there. Do not get side-tracked too much and forget to enter the competition! ;)

[Barbara Wilkinson]

Do not get side-tracked too much and forget to enter the competition! ;)
That's all too easy ....!!
I was very disciplined and found the answers (whether right or wrong!) first then went back to look at all the things that took my fancy .....:)
A good competition, Jan, I enjoyed the rummage - thanks.

[NicaG]

Sorry Jan if this is a daft question but......when you say 'bonus marks if you provide the correct product code........does that mean all codes listed or just one???
ta
xxx

[Jan1954]

Sorry Jan if this is a daft question but...... No question is daft, if you do not know the answer


when you say 'bonus marks if you provide the correct product code........does that mean all codes listed or just one???
ta
xxx
That is up to you, but the more the merrier! ;)

[ET in the USA]

Maybe I am missing some important link here, but is there a way to find absolutely everything Parish chest has from a particular supplier ?

From the Site Map you can get close, but it is still broken down by years, locations, wars, etc.

Is there anywhere on the Site Map that lists Suppliers, then lets you bring up everything that supplier has, regardless of it being a map, MI, shipping list, etc ???:confused:

Elaine

[Jan1954]

Not as far as I am aware, Elaine. You can search by supplier, but within the different categories as listed in the table on the left of the home page.

Bo Peep will be along shortly to tell me if I am wrong! :D

[ET in the USA]

Maybe at 4:45 PM she is having tea [or got a life, which is what the rest of us should be doing :D. My excuse is that it is 8:45 AM, my husband is out all day & I'm recovering from surgery on Monday... so you are stuck with me]

[Jan1954]

Okay! You just have one week in which to PM the answers to me. My inbox is still intact and has not been completely frazzled, in spite of attempts to do so.

As the weather in Britain has been somewhat inclement (to say the least...) what is better than to settle down with a cuppa and browse through Parish Chest (http://www.parishchest.com/) to find the answers.

[Marie C..]

Well I've done most of it... just stuck on the medals question.
So not really worth sending(even if I could fathom how to do that!) as some clever clogs on here will have ALL the answers and All the ref numbers and the answer to the medals question.Shall go back to washing the mould off my wall. Ps Are there any consolation prizes such as the book on Irish country superstions... my cup of tea ?
Lots of jolly interesting stuff on Parish chest.M

[Jan1954]

So not really worth sending(even if I could fathom how to do that!) as some clever clogs on here will have ALL the answers and All the ref numbers and the answer to the medals question. It is always worth sending in the answers, Marie! |hug|

If you do not enter, then you cannot win!

[Marie C..]

Well for that lovely kiss.. I just might Jan. After all "it is the taking part that is important not the winning" and I have forgotten who said that. I have to say it is an excellent way of leading us round the Parish treasure chest. M

[Jan1954]

I am pleased that you have enjoyed it, Marie. :D

[Jan1954]

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Keep 'em coming!

[ET in the USA]

Jan,

You mean your inbox isn't full :confused:

Darn, thought I could eliminate some of the competition

|jumphappy

[Jan1954]

Jan,

You mean your inbox isn't full :confused:

No, Elaine - there are still entries trickling through. :D

[Browneyes]

I'm hoping (!) that I can send mine in soon - probably Friday/Saturday. Life seems to have gone mad this week, time has whizzed by!

Browneyes

[Marie C..]

Browneyes,
Best sooner rather than later and don't forget to put the ref numbers in and Good Luck. M

[Jan1954]

You have until midnight on Sunday, Browneyes! :)

[Browneyes]

Eeek! No pressure then. |banghead| I had, being such an organised person (!!! |doh|), scheduled it for tomorrow along with a couple of other geneaological things I wanted to do but no, I've suddenly been offered some temp work for a few weeks. Believe me, I'm not complaining, but I would like to know why it is that whenever I start getting on with all the jobs and goodies that I want to life suddenly opens the starting gate and shoves me back into the race again!! :D

I've got half way through the competition questions though. :D

Browneyes x

[Davran]

Browneyes, I'm glad you've got some work at last. My daughter is in the same situation at the moment, so I can sympathise. |hug|

[Browneyes]

Thank you Davran :) . My advice to your daughter is to get busy with other things she likes doing and just stay alert to opportunities.

I have Friday off so yep, guess what I hope I'll be doing Jan!

Browneyes.

[Jan1954]

Although the day is the same as the Bracknell Family History Fair (http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35867), you will still be able to enter the competition until midnight.

Keep those entries coming!

[MarkJ]

Only a couple of days left I see - so time to get those entries in!

Mark

[Lesley Robertson]

Only a couple of days left I see - so time to get those entries in!

Mark


I'm not going to make it - haven't finished my text for the Burns Supper tomorrow night!
Lesley

[Jan1954]

I'm not going to make it - haven't finished my text for the Burns Supper tomorrow night!
LesleyThat's okay, Lesley - you will still have all day on Sunday! ;)

Enjoy Burns Night http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/Jan_07/thBagpipesSmiley.gif

[Pam Downes]

That's okay, Lesley - you will still have all day on Sunday! ;)

Enjoy Burns Night http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/Jan_07/thBagpipesSmiley.gif
Jan - what makes you think that any Burns lover is capable of doing anything sensible the morning after a Burns Night?
Plus, the celebrations will be continuing on Sunday which is Rabbie's actual birthday. :)
Pam

[Lesley Robertson]

Jan - what makes you think that any Burns lover is capable of doing anything sensible the morning after a Burns Night?
Plus, the celebrations will be continuing on Sunday which is Rabbie's actual birthday. :)
Pam


All good points.
AND I've got to go and photograph the last rehearsal of our pantomime, before it hits the theatre next week....
Just what I'll need on the day after the night before!

Then there's a small matter of other Mods gallivanting.....
Lesley |5cups|

[Sue Mackay]

Then there's a small matter of other Mods gallivanting.....
Lesley |5cups|

Don't worry. Some of us are staying put this weekend. Plus we never have haggis in out house. See post six here (http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38840) for the reason!

[Jan1954]

Then there's a small matter of other Mods gallivanting.....Gallivanting???????? Tuh!

Just because I will be out all day tomorrow, does not mean that I will not pop back in from time to time to see how things are going, so get those entries in! :D

[ET in the USA]

I'll have you know that I am working, not gallivanting!|biggrin|

Gallivanting from Merriam-Webster Online

Date: 1823

1 : to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex |oopsredfa

2 : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure
*************************

Actually, both definitions sound more fun than a Burns Supper or the Bracknell Family History Fair. I have my entry in, so I'll do the gallivanting for all of us. |5cups|

ET

[Marie C..]

Bo,
How long did it take you to set up?
I will have you know it was very difficult.... even for clever folk..... and very time consuming
but jolly interesting.
The day is not yet done.... and there may well be late entries.....and maybe folk who looked through all the stuff might just be temped to buy from the Parish Chest!!! -Just need a Lotto win now!!! M

[michaelpipe]

Jan1954, alias the Daft Bat, took a great deal of time and trouble to set up this competition but talking to her today, I was stunned to learn that she has only received 11 entries.

I thought you all enjoyed our competitions but obviously, I was mistaken.


That's amazing - thought that there would be many more. I might have got some wrong, but it wasn't rocket science!

[Pam Downes]

Earlier in this thread I said


I've got a head *t 'cos I know where Cherry Hinton is, though as it took me ages to work out what ' *t ' meant :D , I suspect that by question 4 I'll probably be going |banghead|

Talk about many a true word spoken in jest. Though the really annoying thing is that I have the CD of “Evidence on the Employment of Children“ so I know who produces it and I still can't find the blooming thing. |banghead| |banghead|
Any chance of the closing date being extended a wee bit - till say 25 Jan 2010? :D
Pam

p.s. Even if you don't want the prize, do like I do and enter the competition for fun. Just mark your reply to Jan accordingly.

[Browneyes]

Jan1954, alias the Daft Bat, took a great deal of time and trouble to set up this competition but talking to her today, I was stunned to learn that she has only received 11 entries.

I thought you all enjoyed our competitions but obviously, I was mistaken.

I am shocked and confused that more people haven't entered. It's not until you peruse places like Parish Chest that you realise just how much info there is out there to help you. The only things you need are..

(a) a pc with access to the internet:D
(b) the ability to think of appropriate search words |idea|
(c) patience...something all family historians will have :)
(d) a large piece of paper and a pen that works and perhaps something to drink while you're perusing |5cups|
(e) enthusiasm! |jumphappy

Like Pam says...I do it because I enjoy it and every time I've entered a competition I've found something relevant to my own research.

Go on, be a devil, have a go!|soapbox|

Browneyes x

[Barbara Wilkinson]

I thought you all enjoyed our competitions but obviously, I was mistaken.

I am sure everyone does enjoy them. I had loads of messages when I set up the cathedrals competition saying how people had enjoyed it ... but very few completed entries! I think people start off very enthusiastically, then get sidetracked .. all too easy on the Parish Chest site! I had to be very disciplined to find the answers (whether right or wrong!!) - and then go back and look at things that had caught my eye ...... maybe you should not put such tempting things on Parish Chest!!!
There will probably be a flood of entries at one minute to midnight .. or, as I found with the cathedrals one, a few sneaky entries during the night - taking shameful advantage of the time difference!

Hope it is going well at Bracknell

[Lesley Robertson]

Jan1954, alias the Daft Bat, took a great deal of time and trouble to set up this competition but talking to her today, I was stunned to learn that she has only received 11 entries.

I thought you all enjoyed our competitions but obviously, I was mistaken.


I had to choose - Modding or the competition. Too busy to do both - apart from normal life, we have a pantomime going into the theatre this week.!
Sorry!
Lesley

[Neil Wilson]

I had to choose - Modding or the competition. Too busy to do both - apart from normal life, we have a pantomime going into the theatre this week.!
Sorry!
Lesley
|wave| Call that an excuse Lesley! I've a better one - I set the tie-breaker so declared myself a non-runner |laugh1|

[v.wells]

Sent mine in but missed 2 so I lost! Oh well - at least I boosted Jan's entries up :D

[Jan1954]

Your still have 5 hours to go! |book|

[NicaG]

I ended up not entering simply because I couldn't find some (make that most) of the answers and a little matter of time!!! I haven't really looked in the Parish Chest before but....thanks to my pathetic attempts to find the answers, I will definitely be looking at it again so thank you Jan for that. and I am sorry for not entering
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Jan1954]

I will be posting the answers - and the winner - later on today. ;)

Thank you to those who entered.