Family Tree’s Christmas Quiz

Family Tree Christmas Quiz

COMPETITION CLOSED: Congratulations to our winner Laura Shaw, Cheshire!

There’s no better time than the days between Christmas and New Year to enjoy a good old fashioned quiz – gather friends & family round, or curl up by yourself to test your family history knowledge. It’s just a bit of fun… althoug a pair of tickets to Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2012 is up for grabs, so it’s also perfectly acceptable to take it very, very seriously!

Download the quiz sheet below and then email or post your answers back to us by 15 January 2012. All correct entries will be entered into a draw to win one pair of tickets to Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2012, courtesy of the show’s organisers. For more details of the show, visit the website at www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk. If you don’t win our tickets, you can still use the code FTM2425 when booking to get two tickets for £25*. (*Usual on the door ticket price £22. Offer ends 10 February 2012.)

FT Christmas Quiz

Coming soon: WIN! Start Your Family Tree Week

We’re very excited about our bumper competition prize for Start Your Family Tree Week, 26 Dec 2011-1 Jan 2012, but we can’t reveal it until the week gets underway on Boxing Day. Don’t forget to check back then – or anytime up until New Year’s Day! Find out more about Start Your Family Tree Week here.

The Plymouth Book of Days

Plymouth Book of Days

COMPETITION CLOSED

We’ve got a lovely copy of The Plymouth Book of Days to give away to one lucky Facebook fan just in time for the New Year!

Taking you through the year day by day, The Plymouth Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a whole.

Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Plymouth’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply ‘Like’ Family Tree’s facebook page (www.facebook.com/familytreemaguk) by 19 December 2011, and we will pick one lucky winner from our fans after that date. We will then contact the winner for address details and get the book in the post so that it’s with you in time for 1 January 2012 – post permitting!

Win! History Year by Year

History Year by Year

COMPETITION CLOSED: Congratulations to our winners: Danielle Frowde, Cornwall and Sophie Spiby, Manchester.

Family Tree is giving away two copies of History Year by Year (RRP £30). To enter the draw all you have to do is answer the following question correctly, by 13 December 2011. Two winners will be picked at random after this date.

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History Year by Year was reviewed in the December 2011 issue of Family Tree:
‘This stunningly presented coffee table tome is packed with wonderful images and fascinating facts that will keep the family historian – and relatives of all ages – entertained throughout the Christmas season and beyond! Exploring the events, people and discoveries that have shaped the world in which we live, this book highlights specific matters of interest – from historic collections to maps – while tracing the development of everything from agriculture to literacy. Held together by a continuous timeline, this will give your history fan a comprehensively global view of the past. ISBN: 9781405367127. £30 (hardback). Available from bookshops and www.dk.co.uk.’

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• To enter the competition, you must answer the multiple choice question correctly.
• Closing date of the competition is 11.59pm on 13.12.11.
• There will be two winners, each receiving a copy of History Year by Year worth £30.
• Winners of the competition will be announced via the website www.family-tree.co.uk.
• Only one entry is permitted per person.
• Competition is open only to those aged 18 and over.
• No purchase is necessary to enter.
• There will be no cash or alternative prize available.
• The judges’ decision as to the winner is final.
• No correspondence will be entered into.
• Promoters reserve the right to amend or withdraw the competition without notice due to circumstances beyond their reasonable control.

December subscription offer

Family Tree Maker 2012Family Tree has teamed up with Ancestry.co.uk to offer new UK Family Tree subscribers a FREE copy of the brand new Family Tree Maker 2012 family history software* worth £40.84. Just quote the code FTM2012 when you subscribe using the form on page 56 of Family Tree December or by calling 0800 612 8377.

The newly-launched Family Tree Maker 2012 is an improved and expanded version of the world’s top-selling family history software. Boasting its new TreeSync capabilities, Family Tree Maker 2012 enables family history enthusiasts to sync their desktop family trees and their trees online at Ancestry.co.uk, including photos and other historical records they have attached – allowing them to share their desktop tree with invited guests online and access their research wherever they may be.

A three-month ‘Essentials’ membership to Ancestry.co.uk – worth more than £32 – is included with the UK Deluxe Edition for your PC, to help get your tree-building off to a flying start.

With so many new and improved features, Family Tree Maker 2012 is easier-than-ever to use and is a perfect choice of software whatever your level of expertise. See our review of this top product on page 66 of the December issue.

*Offer applies to new UK subscribers only while stocks last and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Offer closes 5 December 2011.

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