Forum: Competitions

Over the years of researching, I have had the opportunity to visit many graveyards and cemeteries. I love reading the inscriptions on the graves – some are poignant, but others show that a sense of humour lurked beneath the sadness. This competition is about the latter. This is your...

The suppliers of GENP 4 have very generously offered to donate a platinum edition version of this innovative family history software as a prize to be used in a Competition. GENP 4 is a family history software programme, ideal for the beginner, the experienced researcher and the professional...

It’s competition time again and Parish Chest has very kindly donated a great prize of a DVD “Making a Video Biography” This competition is designed to give everyone who takes part an equal chance of winning. All you need do to enter is write a letter as you think it might have been written...

Here's a new competition -- a really easy one. The prize is Poor Law Records for Family Historians by Simon Fowler, kindly donated by Parish Chest, a very useful family history handbook for beginners and experts alike. How well do you know our team of Super-Moderators? Do you know where they...

This easy peasy competition is open to all, and we will have a poll so that you can decide the winner. The prize is, 'Birth and Baptism Records for Family Historians' by Stuart A. Raymond, and the competition will close at midnight (GMT) on Saturday, 6th. November. To be in with a chance of...

I was up in Hatherleigh on Tuesday and caught a whiff of perfume on the breeze. I have no idea what the perfume was, but my memory immediately took me back many years to my English class in junior school. This gave me the idea for a competition, so the question is:- What smell, sight, feeling,...

Yes, I am truly amazed at the poor response to the recent competition. I don't know what happened in the past, but this competition yielded very few entries - all were delightful to read and were read by a number of people. However, the poll to decide the winner has been seen by over 1000 forum...

It is too hot (well, in my part of the UK it is) for much brain power, so an easy peasy competition for you. What is your favourite childhood memory? The competition is open to all, including moderators (cannot leave them out, can we?). Post your answers on this thread and the competition...

Thank you to all who entered the really simple competition. |biggrin| It at first, seemed like a major brick wall, the type we face frequently when looking for our ancestors. However, by using the facts that you have, some walls can be knocked down very easily and that was the whole point of...

I am looking for some interesting information in the form of an essay, to host on the, soon to be updated, British Genealogy site. The question is:- In your opinion, which event changed the face of Britain and how? The prize for this is a brand new copy of, 'Guide to Your Ancestors Lives'...

Hi All, Knowing how much you all like to get your teeth into a real problem, how about a competition? Bo Peep has kindly offered a prize to the first person who can give me the correct answer. The prize is 2 CDs from the One Stop Website List, Scottish Ancestors & Irish Ancestors. The...

No prizes for this one - just something to get you thinking............ While I type away on the computer I often have a portable DVD player on nearby - as much for the dialogue as anything - I know most of the scripts off by heart; but still enjoy them. So what I have been watching recently? ...

What is your most treasured possession and why? The prize is a book called Coroners' Records in England & Wales by Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers. All entries to be posted on the forum and the competition will close at midnight GMT on Friday, 18th. September. This competition is open to...

I know that you have not yet recovered from the previous competitions, but Guy of Anguline Research Archives telephoned me this evening and was so delighted with all your super stories, that he has generously donated even more cds, and what is even better, you can choose the prize you want from his...

After some of the fiendish competitions posted here, how about something really simple in which everyone can have a go and it doesn't involve any complicated research? I am slowly edging my way towards 10,000 postings on the forum - you lot have been very kind in putting up with my ramblings...

Regarding your research, if you could have just one wish, what would it be? The prize for the best 'wish' will be any one of the cds. produced by Anguline Research Archives displayed on Parish Chest. A small selection can be seen here. The competition will close at midnight on Friday, 31st....