{"id":30957,"date":"2024-01-23T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/118fb014-189e-4beb-bdff-656d1dd0f6ef"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:34:28","slug":"findmypast-offers-chance-to-win-who-do-you-think-you-are-style-experience","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/findmypast-offers-chance-to-win-who-do-you-think-you-are-style-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Findmypast offers chance to win &#8216;Who Do You Think You Are? style experience&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rosemary Collins\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 12:24 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Family history website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findmypast.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Findmypast<\/a> is inviting members of the public to apply to take part in a new \u2018<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tv-series\/who-do-you-think-you-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who Do You Think You Are?<\/a><\/em> style experience\u2019.<\/p><p>Last year, Findmypast produced \u2018Finding Janet\u2019, a short film following family historian Janet Pogson.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Finding Janet - A Family History Adventure | Findmypast\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BLQeDCBHo3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>With the help of Findmypast genealogists, Janet traced the life of her 2x great grandmother, also named Janet, who was a female captain on a canal boat in Yorkshire.<\/p><p>Now, Findmypast is inviting family historians to apply to be featured in the next <em>Who Do You Think You Are? <\/em>style video.<\/p><p>Thomas Davis, Head of Community at Findmypast, said, &#8220;If you have a family history mystery to solve, you too can apply to be the star of your own family history adventure.\u201d<\/p><p>Findmypast said: \u201cOne person will have an exclusive session with Findmypast experts to discuss their family history and share any brick walls or mysteries to be solved. Experts will then get to work researching their family tree, discovering stories \u2013 and maybe even some surprises \u2013 in Findmypast\u2019s billions of records, historical newspapers, and interconnected tree network.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThis person will be invited to a location relevant to their family to discover the new stories uncovered by the genealogy experts. Their day out will take them to several other places as they piece together the experiences of their ancestors and bring them to life. The day will be filmed, and turned into a short video which will be launched on social media, Findmypast\u2019s website, and even showcased in the local press.\u201d<\/p><p>To apply to take part, simply fill in <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.monday.com\/forms\/592cb2a01fe1a2d34779e32ab56abf99?r=use1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">this online form<\/a> describing your family history discovery or mystery by Sunday 28 January.<\/p><p>Applicants must be over 18 and residents of the UK.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rosemary Collins Published: Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 12:24 PM Family history website Findmypast is inviting members of the public to apply to take part in a new \u2018Who Do You Think You Are? style experience\u2019. Last year, Findmypast produced \u2018Finding Janet\u2019, a short film following family historian Janet Pogson. 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