Janet Reakes Memorial Award


This Award, which is open to everyone, commemorates the late Janet Reakes who was a well known and loved Australian genealogist.  Previous winners and placegetters are ...

2011 Topic My most unusual ancestor
 

1st  My most unusual ancestor - Fanny R
ICHMOND (PDF file)
       Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500
provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
               of Family Historian and Legacy Family Tree in Australia and New Zealand

2nd My most unusual ancestor - Dr George YOUNG c1726-1803 (PDF file)
       Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
  $250 vouchers for genealogy products
provided by Gould Genealogy


3rd My most unusual ancestor - Uncle Jim alias Snowy P
ARTRIDGE (PDF file)
       Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
       $150 vouchers for genealogy products
provided by Gould Genealogy


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10 Topic How I traced my earliest Australian ancestor
 

1st  My most travelled ancestor, David R
OBERTSON (PDF file)
       Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500
provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
               of Family Historian and Legacy Family Tree in Australia and New Zealand

2nd I never really knew my father (PDF file)
       Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
  $250
vouchers for genealogy products provided by Gould Genealogy


3rd
A man with a secret past (PDF file)
       Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
       $150
vouchers for genealogy products provided by Gould Genealogy


2009 Topic How I traced my earliest Australian ancestor
 

1st  Henry Joseph G
RIMALDI alias ROBINSON
(PDF file)
       Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500
provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
               of Legacy Family Tree in Australia and New Zealand

2nd
Searching for an Unknown Father (PDF file)
       Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
  $250 vouchers for genealogy products Gould Genealogy


3rd Johann Michael H
OLZBERGER (PDF file)
     
 Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
     
 $150 vouchers for genealogy products Gould Genealogy


2008 Topic My brick wall and how I demolished it

1st
 My brick wall and how I demolished it (PDF file)
       Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500 provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
               of Legacy Family Tree in Australia and New Zealand


2nd Finding French forebears (PDF file)
    
  Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
  $250 vouchers for genealogy products and services


3rd My brick wall and how I demolished it (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      $150 vouchers for genealogy products and services


2007 Topic My favourite genealogy record and how I found it

1st
 My Favourite Genealogy Record: George Webb F
ORD (PDF file)
    
  Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500 provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
              of Family Tree Maker in Australia and New Zealand

2nd My Favourite Genealogy Record: the Carbean selection file (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      $250 vouchers
provided by Archive CD Books Australia

3rd My Favourite Genealogy Record: Joseph S
PARKES' obituary (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      $150 vouchers
provided by Archive CD Books Australia


2006 Topic My Most Elusive Ancestor

1st
 My Most Elusive Ancestor: James T
AGG (PDF file)
    
  Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
       $500 provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Limited, licencees and distributors
            
 of Family Tree Maker in Australia and New Zealand
 
2nd My Most Elusive Ancestor: Hannah Amelia D
AWSON (PDF file)
    
  Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
   $60 voucher for BDM transcriptions provided by Joy Murrin Family History Services
   
   $50 voucher for BDM transcriptions provided by Marilyn Rowan's transcriptions.com

3rd William S
IDEBOTTOM: A Stonemason and his Family (PDF file)
   
  Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      $100 provided by anonymous donor


2005 Topic A Convict in the Family

1st The Lives of Two English Convicts (PDF file)
   
  
Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
  
    $100 voucher on Gould Genealogy or Archive CD Books Australia anonymous donor

2nd A Convict in the Family: William G
ARNER (PDF file)
    
  Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
    
  $50 voucher for NSW certificate transcriptions provided by Joy Murrin Family History Services

3rd A Convict in the Family: Henrietta G
REGORY (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
 
    Half Year subscription to Australian Family Tree Connections magazine


2004 Topic Births, Deaths and Marriages

1st
Born on the High Seas
(PDF file)
   
  Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections magazine
  
   Legacy Deluxe 5 provided by Gould Genealogy
  
   3 NSW BDM transcriptions provided by Joy Murrin Family History Services

2nd An Intriguing Record (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      Early Australian Electoral Rolls Vol 1 CD provided by Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies

3rd Death at Sea in My Grandmother’s Memoirs (PDF file)
   
  Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      1 year’s membership of an Australian Genealogy Society of choice anonymous donor


2003 Topic Immigration to Australia

1st Assisted Immigration from New York to Sydney 1877-1878 (PDF file)
     Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections
magazine
     $50 voucher on Gould Genealogy anonymous donor

2nd Marta's Journey (PDF file)
     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
     $50 voucher on Gould Genealogy
anonymous donor

3rd Immigration to Australia: Ascertaining all Ancestral Arrivals (PDF file)
      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy
      $30 donated by Kim Herbert


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The Janet Reakes Memorial Award is proudly organised by

Australian Family Tree Connections magazine