It was a few weeks ago now when we announced the Giant Genealogy Christmas Giveaway. With over $6000 in prizes up for grabs from 42 vendors, and a total of 85 prizes, this was a genealogy giveaway like no other.
It’s now a week before Christmas, the competition has closed, and the winners have been drawn. So check the list below, were you one of the lucky winners?
| DONATED BY | PRIZES | WINNER |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Crimes | 1 set of 3 bottles of 19 Crimes wine @$13.99 | Casey Kendrick |
| Albox | 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | Amanda PhillipMoody |
| 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | M. Bloomberg | |
| 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | Debra Martin | |
| 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | Stuart Robertson | |
| 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | Dean Mackrell | |
| 1 x Home Archive photo album @$37.95 | Denise Stevens | |
| Ancestry.com.au | 1 x AncestyDNA Kit | Lynne Bradley |
| 1 x 12 month subscription (UK Heritage Plus) | Wendy Ainsworth | |
| Anchor Books Australia | 1 x Fair Game (book) | GenealogySA |
| Archival Survival | 1 x Document Survival Kit | Trina McCann |
| Archive Digital Books Australasia | 1 x Australian State Directory USB of your choice | Marie Blackburn |
| Australian History Research | 1 x Norfolk Island Death 1788-1914 CD @$37 | Mel Sharples |
| 1 x Norfolk Island Death 1788-1914 CD @$37 | Helen Norton | |
| 1 x Norfolk Island Death 1788-1914 CD @$37 | Fiona Magnussen | |
| 1 x Norfolk Island Death 1788-1914 CD @$37 | Maureen Hancock | |
| 1 x Norfolk Island Death 1788-1914 CD @$37 | Rosemary Camac | |
| Australian Military History Publications | 1 x Animal Allies (book) | Garry Bryant |
| 1 x Kokoda Trek (book) | Jeff Fitzsimmons | |
| 1 x Australia's Gibraltar (book) | Phillip Markey | |
| Avonmore Books | 1 x Honour Denied: Teddy Sheean a Tasmanian Hero (book) | Christine Jones |
| 1 x Darwin Submarine I-124 (book) | Betty Pyke | |
| 1 x From Frontier to Frontline: NT in the Great War 1914-18 | John Tait | |
| Biographical Database of Australia | 1 x 12 month personal subscription to the BDA | Perry Miles |
| Calico Pie | 1 x Family Historian 6 (CD version) | Sarah Whitting |
| Discover Your Ancestors | 1 x set of 4 Discover Your Ancestors Books | Mr L.A. Wikaire |
| Dragon Genealogy (Helen V. Smith) | 1 x $100 voucher for research | Barbara Moreland |
| 1 x $100 voucher for research | Frances Gregory | |
| Family ChartMasters | 1 x $40 voucher for chart printing (US$40) | Donald Richardson |
| 1 x full set of Zap the Grandma Gap ebooks (US$111.50) | Ros & David Bell | |
| Family Tree Books (kindly donated by Peribo) | 1 x How to Archive Family Keepsakes (book) | Margaret Deacon |
| 1 x How to Archive Family Photos (book) | Queensland FHS | |
| 1 x Organize Your Genealogy (book) | Judith Coates | |
| Family Tree Webinars | 1 x 12 month subscription to Family Tree Webinars (US$49.95) | Patricia Spry |
| Findmypast.com.au | 1 x 1 month subscription to Findmypast.com.au @$19.95 | Jenni Humphries |
| 1 x 1 month subscription to Findmypast.com.au @$19.95 | Andrew Berry | |
| 1 x 1 month subscription to Findmypast.com.au @$19.95 | Karen Sydow | |
| Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner (kindly donated by Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment) | 1 x Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner | John Ewart |
| Fun Stuff for Genealogists | 1 x 10 Generation Our Family Tree Chart @$19.50 | Graham Singer |
| 1 x 10 Generation Our Family Tree Chart @$19.50 | Judith Bunn | |
| Genealogy Bargains | 1 x set of all 6 of Thomas MacEntee's Unlock the Past ebooks | Alan Puckeridge |
| 1 x US$50 Amazon.com voucher | Rosslyn Sutherland | |
| Genealogy Ebooks | 1 x $100 Gen Ebooks voucher | Doreen Kirschke |
| Genealogy Gems | 1 x Genealogy Gems Podcast Premium Subscription (US$39.95) | Gary Bull |
| 1 x Genealogy Gems pack (1 x newspaper book, 3 quick guides) (US$52.80) | Neil Kempster | |
| Gould Digital | 1 x GenieCard pack (custom design & 200 cards) | Marion Jensen |
| Gould Genealogy | 1 x Stationey Pack | Lisa Vassallo |
| 1 x Beginners Pack | Jan Hopgood | |
| The History Detective (Carol Baxter) | 1 x set of 2 books (Help! Why Can't I Find my Ancestors Surname & Writing Interesting Family Histories) | Peter Norman |
| 1 x set of 2 books (Help! Historical and Genealogical Truth & Writing & Publishing Gripping Family Histories) | Botany Bay FHS | |
| In-Depth Genealogist | 1 x 12 month subscription to Going In-Depth Digital Magazine (US$35.00) | Cathie Gillan |
| Legacy Family Tree | 1 x Legacy Family Tree 9 (download edition) (US$34.95) | Margaret Barnes |
| Living DNA | 1 x Living DNA kit | Helen Cullen |
| Meg's Garden | 1 x 12x12 Vintage Scrapbook Paper Pack | Sharon Hutchinson |
| 1 x12x12 Chantilly Cream Scrapbook Paper Pack | Julie Lawrence | |
| Momento | 1 x $200 Momento voucher | Bev Parker |
| MyHeritage | 1 x complete MyHeritage subscription (@US$238.00) | Alan Lush |
| 1 x complete MyHeritage subscription (@US$238.00) | Melanie Mein | |
| 1 x complete MyHeritage subscription (@US$238.00) | Denise Comerford | |
| 1 x MyHeritage DNA kit @$125.00 | Georgina Fergusson | |
| 1 x MyHeritage DNA kit @$125.00 | Darryl Goldrick | |
| NSW Family History Transcriptions | 1 x $60 NSW Transcriptions voucher | Colleen Sparks |
| Pen & Sword (kindly donated by Peribo) | 1 x Tracing Your British & Irish Ancestors (book) | John Anderson |
| 1 x Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: Ypres (book) | Colin Johnston | |
| 1 x Tracing Your Great War Ancestors: Gallipoli (book) | Maureen Newman | |
| RootsMagic | 1 x RootsMagic 7 (CD edition) | Sonya Edwards |
| 1 x Personal Historian 2 (CD edition) | Jane Slater | |
| S&N Genealogy | 1 x TreeView 2 Standard (CD edition) (?24.95) | Bev Young |
| 1 x TreeView 2 Premium (CD edition) (?39.95) | Maria Wimbridge | |
| Traces Magazine | 1 x 12 month subscription (4 issues) | Paul Celegon |
| Trove | 1 x Trove pack (Trove mug, pen, bookmark & pad) | Graeme Drew |
| 1 x Trove pack (Trove mug, pen, bookmark & pad) | Colleen Mole | |
| 1 x Trove pack (Trove mug, pen, bookmark & pad) | Chris Boylett | |
| Unlock the Past | 1 x $50 voucher for Unlock the Past guidebooks | James Bond |
| Unlock the Past Cruises | 1 x $100 Unlock the Past Cruises voucher | Ian Irwin |
| Vivid Recollection | 1 x photo restoration | Russell J. Williams |
| Wakefield Press | 1 x Australian Muslim Cameleers (book) @$39.95 | Portland FHG |
| 1 x Australian Muslim Cameleers (book) @$39.95 | Frank Carroll | |
| 1 x South by Northwest (book) @$29.95 | Lesley Abrahams | |
| 1 x South by Northwest (book) @$29.95 | Debrah Munn | |
| 1 x The Art of Science (book) @$39.95 | Mary O'Brien | |
| 1 x The Art of Science (book) @$39.95 | Susan Clarke | |
| Westlake Vineyards | 1 x set of 717 Convicts wine (4 bottles) @$96 | Amye Petersen |
| 1 x set of 717 Convicts wine (4 bottles) @$96 | John Harrison | |
| 1 x set of 717 Convicts wine (4 bottles) @$96 | Mary Barlow | |
| 42 donors | 85 prizes |
Thankyou to everyone who entered. We’d like to say a BIG, BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, and a HUGE THANKYOU to all those who were so generous in supplying prizes. We wish everyone a happy, and safe Christmas, and a year ahead filled with genealogy discoveries.
