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"

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, 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.

Browneyes x

[Jan1954]

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

[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

[Pam Downes]

And here's another one excitedly clapping her hands together like a seal.
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 , I suspect that by question 4 I'll probably be going
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!

[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!

[Jan1954]

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

Keep them coming, folks!

[busyglen]

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

Keep them coming, folks!

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