Nearly 4000 prizes awarded in this year’s competition - Last newsletter

Hi all

Just curious about the following:

"But perhaps most poignant is the case of the unnamed member who would have won one of the top prizes had not the ‘winning’ entry been disqualified because the information entered didn’t match the census. It’s so easy to check your entries using the arrows provided* – you only need to click one arrow per household – and since incorrect entries can’t possibly match with your cousins’ entries, isn’t it worth spending a few seconds extra to make sure your entry is correct?"

I understand that most of my entries were incorrect, but I am not sure which ones, and which piece was wrong, so I can't check the specifics. I am using Ancestry, and from an example I found this morning, the name was Bonett - the correct name was Barrett (as used on FindmyPast). This was the 1939 register, but I doubt that the differences are restricted to this year.

I would be interested in your comments.

Margery

 

Thank you very much - I understand it all now.
Regards
Margery

 

I was invited to join the Zoom presentation for people who had not had a DNA test, (although I have). I did attend and found it very interesting, although my internet went down after 40 minutes, so I had to go to youtube to watch the rest. I saw a mention for a second presentation, for those who have tested, and wondered if this was available for everyone to watch?

 

I was invited to the first one, not sure about the second one, although that one will probably be more useful. I do already follow the Masterclass instructions.