Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Contests Galore! It Must Be Family History Month!

The following is from GeneaBloggers.

Contests Galore! It Must Be Family History Month!

October is National Family History Month and several blogs and websites are conducting some great contests with fantastic prizes!  For most of these, there is no special requirement or activity to answer.  Check them out and remember you might have an early Christmas if you're selected as one of the winners!
  • Genealogy Blog Flip-Pal mobile scanner Contest: Leland Meitzler ofFamily Roots Publishing is giving away a FREE Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Digital Creativity Suite 3.0 on DVD. Your entry must include a 76 word or less description of how you would use a Flip-Pal mobile scanner this holiday season. Click here for rules and an entry form.
  • ScrapGirls Win a Flip Pal Portable Scanner: Many scrap bookers are into genealogy (and vice versa) and the folks at ScrapGirls are also giving away a Flip-Pal mobile scanner. Simply click here and tell them about an interesting and creative project where you would use the Flip-Pal and you might be the winner! 
  • Ancestry Death Records Contest: Ancestry.com wants to test your knowledge of death records and is giving away iPads to seven different winners.  Follow the daily challenge here and enter!
  • RootsMagic Win a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner: If you have an interesting family history photo with an accompanying story? If so, click here to enter theRootsMagic contest to win a Flip-Pal.
  • Genealogists Say "Thanks" Video Contest: FamilySearch is giving away five $25 Visa cards in their video contest for Family History Month. Submit your video here and thank all those volunteers who have helped index and arbitrateFamily Search records.
  • PhotoDetective Ancestry Hysterical Hairstyle Contest: Maureen Taylor, of the PhotoDetective.com, is giving Flip-Pal mobile scanner with Digital Creativity Suite 3.0 DVD ($209.00 value) and a copy of her book Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900. Learn more and enter via the PhotoDetective.com Facebook page here.

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