This giveaway has ended. Thank you to everyone who entered, and to Findmypast.com for donating the generous prize. The winner, drawn randomly from all comments, is Barbara L. Congrats!! Barbara, you will be contacted by email very soon with instructions for obtaining your subscription!
We’re excited to announce that Family History Daily has teamed up with the wonderful genealogy research site Findmypast.com to offer a giveaway of a 12 Month World Subscription (or subscription extension) to their expansive record collection!
That’s a $200 value, providing access to hundreds of millions of records from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the USA, Australia and New Zealand for an entire year!!
To Enter to Win:
Please find a way to follow Family History Daily and FindMyPast. You might “Like” Findmypast and Family History Daily on Facebook or, if you do not use Facebook, please find another way to follow both sites–such as through Twitter, Pinterest, RSS or via newsletter. Then leave a comment on this blog post to enter.
For a Second Entry:
Share this giveaway with friends (such as through social media or email) and then leave a second comment on this post letting us know that you did.
How to Win:
We will draw a winner randomly from all comments on Friday, Jan 16th at 3pm PT and post the winner’s name here on the site and in our weekly newsletter! Due to the problems that some of our readers were experiencing with loading this page and leaving comments we have extended the giveaway for 2 days. The giveaway now ends on Sunday, Jan 18th at 2:30pm PT and the winner will be announced shortly after. Thank you for your understanding.
Rules:
Only two comments/entries per person (one for following and one for sharing). Giveaway ends at 2:30 PT on Jan 18th. If your comment(s) do not show up right away they have been caught in our comment filter and will be published within 24 hours.
Findmypast is an international leader in online family history and genealogy research. Today, Findmypast.com boasts more than 1.8 billion worldwide records, including more than 40 million British and Irish newspaper pages, and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Our advanced search tools and data accuracy work together to help both professional and budding genealogists find their past. Findmypast works closely with the genealogy community, including local libraries, archives, societies, and other organizations from around the world, to preserve, digitize, and provide access to historical records and genealogical publications.
Good luck!
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This giveaway has ended. Thank you to everyone who entered, and to Findmypast.com for donating the generous prize. The winner, drawn randomly from all comments, is Barbara L. Congrats!! Barbara, you will be contacted by email very soon with instructions for obtaining your subscription!
Thanks for running this contest!
Count me in!
I’m fairly new to Facebook but found your site and am now “Follow”ing. “Like”d it too. Have been considering findmypast for a while now but not made the plunge.
There you go….the past could be my key to the future!
Shared on my Absolutely Literate Facebook page.
Liked Family History Daily. I had already liked FindMyPast on Facebook.
I like both sites and can also use more sites for searching.
I absolutely love genealogy! You can learn so much about your family’s history. I liked both pages and sharing with a friend.
“Liked” them both (and I do).
I am following both sites on Facebook and would like to entered to win.
Now I am following you on Twitter. 3 free newspaper Archives… Awesome
Shared with my FB friends. Would be awesome to win.
Am new to FHD but am really liking it(no pun intended). Have used FMP at the local library but wow! Imagine having a home subscription. Ancestors here I come!
Shared your site with my FB friends
Liked your site
Liked and shared
Happy to tell my Facebook friends they should give Genealogy a try & how fascinating it can be.
Exciting—-it’s harder and harder to keep subscriptions to all the useful sites—-and Find My Past seems one.
Happy to like both sites. More people should be interested in documenting and learning our history.
What a great way to start the New Year for the one who wins!!!
Liked each page, and shared on facebook and pinterest!!
It would be very interesting to see just what data is available here, as any reliable new source is always a welcome addition to my research capabilities.
Had not seen the site before, found the stories interesting and different. Helps encourage me in my family research.
Absolutely facinated with “Find a Grave” Had never seen it before, and kept looking at all the memorials. Thank you
Liked both sites. Also shared with family & friends.
Liked both sites . Shared with some other genealogist I know.
Shared both sites on my Facebook page. I think my friends will be excited about this contest, too!
Liked both sites. Both sites provide interesting and valuable information.
What a fabulous prize! A very Happy New Year of genealogy research awaits!
liked and shared. good luck all
Really worthwhile prize – I have liked both sites.
Two fantastic sites and what a great prize to win.
I’ve shared this great opportunity on Facebook… look forward to researching my mother’s British ancestors!
I liked both Findmypast and Family History Daily… though I had to “unlike” FHD so that I could like it again…such a great site!
Great way to find my past!
Great opportunity! Would love to do more research
I posted this great opportunity on my Facebook timeline. Hope all my friends see it and register….but I am hoping that I win…….I did buy that lottery ticket by the way… 😉
I liked both Facebook pages. I love the Family History Daily and enjoy reading the different articles each week. I also use findmypast.com a little bit at the local FHC, but I would love to have my own subscription for those “bunny slipper” research days!
Didn’t know about Family History Dailey, thanks for info…
Would love to win this great prize!
Great givaway from two fantastic sites. I shared with my friend Stephanie.
I share this contest with my friend Janet.
I liked both pages
Great prize
I have shared this with family on facebook.
i was already following the Family History Daily and did pick up find my past. I do really enjoy these sites. I would love to win the giveaway.
Please select me. I’m open to some shameless groveling.
I shared the giveaway on Facebook!!
I liked both sites. Excited about the giveaway!!
I don’t use Facebook, so I added the RSS feed for both Family History Daily and Findmypast to my blog reader.
Shared on Facebook!
I all ready like both of them! 🙂
Shared with my genealogy facebook group. Crossing fingers.
Liked both sites! Great giveaway!