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 ...

2007 Topic My favourite genealogy record and how I found it

 

Winner  My Favourite Genealogy Record - George Webb FORD (PDF file)

     Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections

     $500 provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, licencees and distributors of Family Tree Maker

                in Australia and New Zealand

 

2nd Placegetter My Favourite Genealogy Record - the Carbean selection file (PDF file)

     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

     $250 vouchers for genealogy products and services

     

3rd Placegetter My Favourite Genealogy Record - Joseph SPARKES' obituary (PDF file)

      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

      $150 vouchers for genealogy products and services

 

 

2006 Topic My Most Elusive Ancestor

 

Winner  My Most Elusive Ancestor - James Tagg (PDF file)

     Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections

     $500 provided by Mindscape Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, licencees and distributors of Family Tree Maker

                in Australia and New Zealand

 

2nd Placegetter My Most Elusive Ancestor - Hannah Amelia Dawson (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 Placegetter William Sidebottom: 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

 

Winner The Lives of Two English Convicts (PDF file)

    Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections

    $100 voucher on Gould Genealogy or Archive CD Books Australia anonymous donor

 

2nd Placegetter A Convict in the Family: William Garner (PDF file)

     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

     $50 voucher for NSW certificate transcriptions provided by Joy Murrin Family History Services

 

3rd Placegetter A Convict in the Family: Henrietta Gregory (PDF file)

     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

     Half Year subscription to Australian Family Tree Connections

 

 

2004 Topic Births, Deaths and Marriages

 

Winner Born on the High Seas (PDF file)

    Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections

     Legacy Deluxe 5 provided by Gould Genealogy

     3 NSW BDM transcriptions provided by Joy Murrin Family History Services

 

2nd Placegetter An Intriguing Record (PDF file)

     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

     Early Australian Electoral Rolls Vol 1 CD provided by the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies

 

3rd Placegetter 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

 

Winner Assisted Immigration from New York to Sydney 1877-1878 (PDF file)

     Trophy provided by Australian Family Tree Connections

     $50 voucher on Gould Genealogy anonymous donor

 

2nd Placegetter Marta's Journey (PDF file)

     Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

     $50 voucher on Gould Genealogy anonymous donor

 

3rd Placegetter Immigration to Australia: Ascertaining all Ancestral Arrivals (PDF file)

      Certificate provided by Janet Reakes Genealogy

      $30 donated by Kim Herbert

 

Entries are now invited for the 2008 Janet Reakes Memorial Award

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The Janet Reakes Memorial Award is proudly organised by

Australian Family Tree Connections magazine