I missed this on November 1st, but it looks pretty interesting. I dont think that I can go anywhere near 1st-5th place as I have never really used the program. Well maybe once or twice, but thats not important.
I do like that there are individual awards depending on how many points you get. Once again I dont know how a point is awarded so I might try this out and see how far I can get in this. Below are all the details:
During the months of November and December you can compete with over 60,000 Ancestry World Archives Project contributors around the world in a holiday edition of the World Record Challenge. Every record keyed and arbitrated counts. At the end of December, the top five contributors will win grant money to be donated, in their name, to a non-profit genealogical or historical organization of their choice. Prizes will be awarded in January as follows:
1st Place $2500
2nd Place $1500
3rd Place $500
4th Place $250
5th Place $250
2nd Place $1500
3rd Place $500
4th Place $250
5th Place $250
The top 10 contributors will be posted each week on the World Archive Facebook page so you can keep track of the competition. Join us there and tell us which society you would give money to and what you hope they would use the money for. (And, if you are a member of a society, encourage your fellow society members to sign up and contribute. Theoretically, one society could win all $5000.)
Not only that but we’ll tally every record you key and arbitrate during the months of November and December and those “points” can be redeemed for fun prizes. Indexing points redeemable for prizes as follows:
5,000 - AWAP Water Bottle or T-Shirt (while supplies last)
10,000 - “10,000 Record Club” badge to post on your Facebook profile or blog
20,000 - FTM 2011 (for PC or MAC), DNA Kit, or MyCanvas gift certificate
40,000 - Gift certificate for a two-hour consultation with a professional genealogist
100,000 - Free One-Year World Deluxe Ancestry.com Subscription
Once you have enough points for the prize you want, send us an email atWorldArchivesProject@ancestry.com listing your AWAP User Name and the prize you want. We’ll verify your record count and mail out your prize within two weeks. You can keep them for yourselves, or give them as gifts to family members (or even your society)
10,000 - “10,000 Record Club” badge to post on your Facebook profile or blog
20,000 - FTM 2011 (for PC or MAC), DNA Kit, or MyCanvas gift certificate
40,000 - Gift certificate for a two-hour consultation with a professional genealogist
100,000 - Free One-Year World Deluxe Ancestry.com Subscription
Once you have enough points for the prize you want, send us an email atWorldArchivesProject@ancestry.com listing your AWAP User Name and the prize you want. We’ll verify your record count and mail out your prize within two weeks. You can keep them for yourselves, or give them as gifts to family members (or even your society)
