FINDMYPAST CHALLENGES FAMILY
HISTORIANS TO FIND THE ANCESTORS THEY’VE NEVER MET IN THEIR TREE CHALLENGES
· From 23rd May until 30th
May 2016 all records hinted against in Findmypast trees will be completely free
· This includes over 116
million United States Marriages and over 10 million Irish Catholic parish
registers
· Findmypast challenges you
to find at least one new ancestor through an FMP family tree
· Family historians will be
supported with expert insights, help videos, how to guides and a dedicated
“tree building” webinar at 11am EST on Wednesday 25th May.
London, UK. 23 May, 2016.
Is your family
history leaving you stumped? Findmypast is here to help with their “Tree
Challenge”, a seven day event to encourage people to branch out and discover ancestors
they’ve never met. From
9am, 23rd May until 12pm 30th May 2016, all
hints on Findmypast Family trees will be completely free to view and explore.
Findmypast
is
challenging family historians around the world to discover at least one new
ancestor by building their family tree on the site, or uploading an existing
GedCom file. Researchers
will be provided with daily getting started guides, expert insights, useful how
to videos and a special webinar hosted by expert genealogist, Debra Chatfield,
dedicated to helping you get the most out of your Findmypast family tree.
#TreeChallenge
week will have something for everyone, from seasoned experts to complete
beginners. Keeping a tree on Findmypast is the first step towards exploring our
archive of more than 8 billion records from around the world, more than 1
billion of which aren’t available anywhere else online. That’s over 1 billion
family connections you won’t find anywhere else, so explore our collections
today to ensure you don’t miss out.
Findmypast
trees currently provide matches from birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial
and census records across the UK, US, Ireland, and Australia. This includes Findmypast’s
vast collections of more than 116 million United States marriages and over 10
million Irish Catholic baptisms, marriages and burials. Findmypast’s entire
collection of 570 million UK BMDs - the largest available online - will also be
free for the duration of #TreeChallenge, including over 78 million exclusive
parish records you won’t find anywhere else. All UK and Irish parish records
are hinted against.
Uploading
a tree to Findmypast is quick, easy and secure. As you add
information, Findmypast
does all the hard work for you by sifting
through millions of records to instantly identify potential matches. Once
potential matches have been made, you can quickly and easily review possible
leads before adding the relevant information to your tree.
To
encourage you to make the most of this feature, we are running a special tree
themed competition. Share any discoveries you make on your tree via social
media with the hashtag - #TreeChallenge and you could be in with the chance of
winning an expert bundle worth $1000.
This includes a 64 GB Ipad mini4, a three TB hard drive and a 12 month
subscription to Family Tree magazine. We will also be giving away a 12 month
world sub on our social media channels daily. You can find out more here.
Hinting allows you uncover records for multiple ancestors at once with
virtually zero effort. The larger your tree, the more potential matches you’ll
be presented with so it’s well worth your while to add as many ancestors as
possible.
As we
release new records, our hinting system will continue to grow, providing you
with even more opportunities to find unknown ancestors.
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