Find inventor Thomas Edison in the 1870
census and win a copy of the current
edition Sharon Carmack's Guide to Copyright and Contracts from
Genealogical Publishing Company . Please read this entire page before searching and sending
a submission.
The determination of the winner is at the discretion of Michael Neill.
This will be determined based upon how likely it appears the correct entry has
been found given known biographical and historical information about the
person who is the focus of the contest.
Winner will not be announced "immediately" upon submission, but as soon as
the correctness of the submission can be determined.
First correct submission is the winner.
Winners can win once every sixty days.
Searching:
Ancestry.com subscribers can search the 1870 census online.
Your local Family History Center will have Ancestry.com--but you probably
can't spend hours using it to work on our contest.
Your local library may have Ancestry.com--but you probably can't spend
hours using it to work on our contest.
Your local library may have other online access to the census--ask them.
Rootdig.com cannot provide you with access to the census.
Your name (mailing address not necessary until it has been determined
you are the winner).
Your email address.
The complete census citation,
which must include at least: state, county, enumeration district, page
number and line number. Subscribers to Ancestry.com can copy/paste the image
URL into an email. Your submission MUST contain a specific citation that
allows your submission to be easily checked.
Any submission which does not include the complete citation will be
ignored. Even if the correct residence is in Sunflower County, Missisippi, a
more specific citation than Sunflower County, Mississippi is necessary to win
the contest.