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Wonky Whiskers Contest

Maureen Taylor — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:10:07 +0000

Just in time for Father’s Day, share your favorite old face-fuzz photo of a grandfather, great-grandfather, or even great-great grandfather. Contest runs from June 6th to June 16th (ends at 11:59 pm EST). So Hurry!!

To enter, post your candidate photo to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the following hashtag:

#GFMUST16@photodetective

The best mustache wins this package:

A $50.00 gift card to The Art of Shaving
A copy of Hairstyles 1840-1900 (worth $25.00) by Maureen Taylor

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#TreeChallenge Find My Past extends free records until May 31st

Maureen Taylor — Fri, 27 May 2016 17:55:15 +0000

Hope you’ve tried the hints at Findmypast.com. You can search all 1.8 billion records for free until Midnight May 31st. All you have to do is upload a Gedcom of your family data and let their search engines find hints. How many hints popped up for my family? A lot. I LOVE these hints. My family history research got a lot easier.

Every time you share what you’ve found on social media with the hashtag #TreeChallenge you’re entered into a contest for some pretty nifty prizes including a $1000 expert package of subscriptions and tech tools. Every day they are giving away a 12 month subscription to FindMyPast.

You can see my find of the day on my Facebook page.

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Take the Find My Past #TreeChallenge

Maureen Taylor — Mon, 23 May 2016 01:02:28 +0000

I’m going to take the challenge and you can too! I’ve uploaded a Gedcom file of my family tree to Findmypast to see if I can discover new ancestors with their MyHints feature.

From May 23 to 30th, all 1.8 billion records included in the MyHint feature will be available for FREE. This include over 116 million United States Marriages, over 10 million Irish Catholic parish register, and 570 million UK births, marriages, and deaths.

Here’s how to participate:

Upload your tree or start a new one on FindMyPast. It’s easy, quick and secure. It took under eight minutes to upload my Gedcom. They never share your tree or data with anyone else. Start adding new information and FMP does the work sifting through records to find possible matches.
Share any discoveries you make on your tree via social media with the hashtag #TreeChallenge. Each share enters you into the drawing for a $1000 expert bundle including a 64 GB iPad mini4, a three TB hard drive and a 12 month subscription to Family Tree Magazine. Each day someone will win a 12 month world subscription on FindMyPast’s social media channels.

As soon as my Gedcom uploaded, new hints appeared on my tree. Can’t wait to see them. I’ll post them on Facebook and Twitter.

Get started on FindMyPast today by clicking here.

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