Guidelines
Preamble
You
may be relatively new to family history research or you may have years
of experience. You may have learned to undertake your research by
reading books, visiting and writing to repositories BCI (before
computers and the internet) when
the information you needed often took weeks to be delivered to your letterbox – or you may have only
recently discovered the joys of genealogy and enjoy locating information on the internet.
Ideally, your research methods are a
combination of both. Entries
are welcomed from all family history researchers, regardless of how
long you have been researching.
Objective
To
participate in this year’s topic,
a good description of the person or family you researched must be
provided,
including the
methods you used in your research, with explanations of why you needed a particular record
and how you located it
– with all sources
stated, of course.
Terms of Entry
2012 Topic
Tracing
my favourite ancestor in Australia
Entry Length
2,000 words (excluding
references, or footnotes)
Key criteria
Each entry must be fully
referenced. Failure to do so will automatically render an entry unacceptable.
Qualification
requirements
No qualifications are
necessary, entry is open to everyone. If you have a Genealogy diploma
or History degree we would like to know, however these are neither
advantageous nor disadvantageous.
Author’s Guarantee
The author of each entry is
required to declare that the work is their own. Failure to do so will automatically render
an entry unacceptable.
Publisher’s Guarantee
Copyright will remain with
the author of each entry. The winning entries will be published on the
Janet Reakes Genealogy website and the author will be fully
acknowledged.
Adjudication
The 2011 Janet Reakes
Memorial Award will be judged by an accredited member or members of the genealogy
community, yet to be named.
Closing date
Friday, 16 December 2012
Prizes
1st
Trophy
provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
$500 provided by
a leading genealogy organisation
2nd Certificate
provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
$250
Vouchers
provided by leading genealogy organisations
3rd
Certificate
provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
$150 Vouchers
provided by leading genealogy organisations
Results announced
May 2013 issue of Australian
Family Tree Connections magazine and on this website.
To
enter, print and complete the official Entry Form
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