Issue 12 giveaway :: Ancestry.com.au 12 mth membership

Win an Ancestry.com.au World Heritage Membership for 12 months!

With a World Heritage Membership you will have unlimited access to all Ancestry.com.au records from around the world including the US, Ireland and the UK, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Who knows, your family research could take you all over the world!

Remember the joy of connecting to the past you felt when you uncovered your first BMD record? With the World Heritage Membership, you can relive that excitement all year round, as Ancestry.com.au’s vast collections are regularly updated. Recent additions include the England & Wales BMD Index 1837–1915 collections. The Marriage Index alone contains more than 33 million records!

All you need to do to enter the draw for this terrific prize is to send us your answer to the following question:

Q. How many records are there in the Ancestry.com.au England & Wales BMD Marriage Index: 1837–1915?

[A] Less than 5m [B] Less than 10m [C] Less than 20m [D] More than 33m

Simply send your answer, plus your name and contact details to Inside History Ancestry.com.au Giveaway, PO Box 406 Erskineville NSW 2043 or email cass@insidehistory.com.au by 5pm EDST, October 31, 2012.

Terms and conditions:
Entries close 5pm EDST, 31/10/12. The first correct answer drawn at random will win and the winner notified by 14/11/12. Allow up to 4 weeks for account set-up. Prize is a World Heritage Membership for 12 months to Ancestry.com.au valued at $299.88. It is not redeemable for cash. Please indicate if you’d like to opt out of our mailing list. We won’t share your details with a third party.

Issue 12; Sep-Oct 2012 is now available!

Something old, something new: the long-awaited wedding edition of Inside History, Issue 12, has arrived fresh off the press! Our Issue 12: Sep-Oct edition includes:

• We spotlight FamilySearch marriage records, and how to find “the one” you’re after
• Learn what our convict ancestors got up to, in the name of love
• Who is the beautiful bride on our cover, you ask? Discover why her veil is a treasured heirloom
• Jill Dupleix shares her favourite family recipes and the stories behind them
• Digital history guide: test the free online tools that could transform your research
• The Trove team answer your family history research questions
• Read about the brave Anzacs who served in Papua New Guinea during World War II
• Plus you could win an Ancestry.com.au membership!

And much more – in fact, 76 pages of terrific features, practical information on genealogy, chances to network with other family historians, and book and app reviews. On sale now online - click here to buy!

Issue 12 is available in newsagents nationally - click here to see where. You can also request us at your local newsagent, and we'll make sure that our next Issue 13; Nov-Dec 2012 is sent there for you!

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What milestone marking our adult ancestors’ lives could have been more important than marriage? Inside History provides a guide to tracing elusive marriage certificates among the billions of records on FamilySearch, plus tips to help you pursue the commonly missed clues on wedding records.

Delving into ancestral love lives, we explore the regulations imposed upon marriage and cohabitation by the colonial authorities – and how our crafty convict ancestors got around them.

We track down three families across Australia and New Zealand whose treasured heirlooms played an important role in their wedding days, including the gorgeous veil worn by 16 brides, and a vase passed down for 132 years.

And if that’s not heart-warming enough, former Sydney Morning Herald food editor Jill Dupleix shares her favourite family recipes and the stories behind them. You’ll find your mind flickering back to your own treasured family dishes – and probably your mouth watering, too!

Non-romantics will appreciate our digital history features and several high-profile expert Q&As. Digital historian Tim Sherratt guides us through the free online digital tools that could transform family history research. Our exclusive Trove special featuring the website’s own support staff answers all your niggling questions, while an innovative photo-dating method utilising shadows will shed light on your own family pictures.

The brave Anzacs who served in Papua New Guinea during WWII are showcased in a moving excerpt from Phillip Bradley’s latest book, Hell’s Battlefield. Plus, an interview with the author himself reveals his valuable research sources, and the stories that affected him most.

Packed as always with in-depth family history research advice, the latest news and events, and features on Australia’s social history and heritage, Inside History is a bi-monthly magazine for people who are passionate about the past. It’s available from newsagents nationally, on iPad via Apple Newsstand, and for Android and desktop computers through Zinio. Or subscribe and have it delivered straight to your door.

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Authors to look out for in Issue 12:

Historian :: Phillip Bradley

FamilySearch research consultant :: Marci A. Despain @FamilySearch

Author :: Jill Dupleix @Jilldupleix

Author :: Hazel Edwards @muirmoir
Journalist :: Miranda Farrell
Journalist :: Paula Grunseit @PaulaGrunseit
Australian genealogist :: Barbara Hall @IrishWattle
Australian genealogist :: Shauna Hicks @HicksShauna

National Library of Australia’s :: Virginia James @TroveAustralia

University of New England archivist :: Bill Oates @UniNewEngland

Intern Journalist :: Pristine Ong

National Library of Australia’s :: Mark Raadgever @TroveAustralia

Digital historian :: Tim Sherratt @wragge
Intern Journalist :: Sarah Trevor
Journalist :: Shirley Way
New Zealand genealogist :: Mark Webster @macnzMark

For more information please contact: 
Cassie Mercer, Inside History magazine
phone: 02 9590 9600 | email: cass@insidehistory.com.au

Have a sneak peek inside our new magazine; Issue 12; Sep-Oct 2012.