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ENTER OUR CHARLES DICKENS-RELATED PRIZE DRAW
To celebrate Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, our favourite Victorian literary author, we are giving away two copies of Nick Barratt’s Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy books, signed by TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson.
This Encyclopedia of Genealogy is a step-by-step guide to tracing your family history and will help you bring to life your family’s past by building out your family tree and illuminating what your ancestors’ lives were really like.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is tell us who your favourite Dickensian character is by posting their name as a comment below. Perhaps it is Miss Havisham from ‘Great Expectations’ or Josiah Bounderby in ‘Hard Times’?
All entrants will be entered into a prize draw and two will be selected at random.
Goodluck everyone!
*By leaving a comment, you agree to accept these terms and conditions. The Promoter of the prize draw is Ancestry.com Europe S.à r.l., 31 of rue Philippe II, L-2340 Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. The prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 or over except employees or agents of the Promoter or its group companies. Only one entry per person. Closing date is midnight GMT on the 12th February 2012. No responsibility can be accepted for comments that are not correctly posted or received for whatever reason. The Promoter will enter all the correct responses into a prize draw and two winners will be drawn at random after the closing date. The prize consists of two of Nick Barratt’s Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy books, signed by Tony Robinson. The prizes cannot be exchanged for money. The winners will be notified by e-mail within three days of the closing date. If a winner cannot be contacted within one week of being notified, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to an alternate winner. The Promoter’s decision is final and binding. No cash alternatives to the prizes will be offered, and the prizes are not transferable. The Promoter reserves the right to modify the prize draw terms and conditions at any time without notice. Any personal information received by the Promoter in connection with this prize draw will be used solely in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Statement and you also consent to the Promoter using your name for administrative and promotional purposes relating to the prize draw. For details of the winners, write to the Promoter at 3rd Floor, Waterfront Building, Hammersmith Embankment, Chancellors Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9RU.
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