You might have seen our lovely family tree of business cards at the Future Of Web Apps, a conference in London also called "FOWA". Now finally we have drawn the winner out of the 75 people, who put up their card on our tree during the event on Friday.

What we had put up for grabs? Free advertising on myheritage.com.
By now there are almost 27 million of you guys using the site, so that's quite a big audience for a free ad ;-)

So let us respectfully proceed to the announcement of the lucky one:

And the winner is...

Year end is the time for retrospectives, anniversaries, reviews and... awards.

Have you already voted for MyHeritage today? You can vote again every day. Even if you have, there is still more that you can do.

Techcrunch started nominations for its "Crunchies". Sounds like biscuits, but it is about your favourite websites and online technologies, so a bit similar to the Open Web Awards.

We thought MyHeritage stands a chance to go far in the "Best International" category. Headquartered in Israel the site is translated in 34 languages, with employees working from three different continents and users from almost every country on the planet. Click on the crunchy button on the top left to support us there.

Some of you have told us that the brand new photo tagging technology that we have launched in September deserves a place in the "Best Technology Innovation". That's what we hope as well, so that's what the image on the left is for.

Thanks a lot for your support. MyHeritage is what it is thanks to the millions of families like yours, that appreciate the site and use it to stay in touch, share photos, learn more about their history or simply to find their celebrity look-alikes.

Now you can share your Christmas spirit with your loved ones and win a video camera!

Join MyHeritage's 'Jingle along to your family song' contest by singing a Christmas carol for your family and even the world. The most original and funny performance wins.

So all you have to do is:

• Record your video singing your favorite Christmas carol. Before you start your song, say your name, where are you singing from and whom are you singing to.


• Upload the video onto the contest's group on YouTube. To access the group and enjoy other people's videos click here or to upload a video if you already are an YouTube registered user click here.

Submit your video until December 18th (time enough for the prize to reach the bottom of your tree on Christmas day) and check this blog regularly to see the short-listed videos. And obviously we will also announce the winner here.

This Christmas, not only your family is looking forward to hear from you!

We've just launched the MyHeritage Christmas contest, but we have already received some entries!

Here is yesterday's entry:

Just to remind you what the contest is all about:

Join MyHeritage's 'Jingle along to your family song' contest by singing a Christmas carol for your family and even the world. The most original and funny performance wins a video camera.

You choose where you record it, how, for who and in what language!

So far our Christmas carol contest is running and very promising. We are receiving more videos daily and some are really funny.

For those who aren't familiar with our contest, here is a quick catch-up: MyHeritage "Jingle along to your family song" contest offers you a great opportunity to sing your favorite Christmas song for your family, share your Christmas spirit with your loved ones, and you may win a digital video camera - all you need to do is upload your video here. See our full story click here

Here is our new short-listed one, have a look:

Have you uploaded yours? Christmas is all about your family and your loved ones, they are waiting for your christmas messages...

Christmas is just around the corner, would you like a new digital video camera to record your special family moments? Last chance to join our 'Jingle along to your family song' Christmas carol contest this week: Sing your favorite Christmas song with your personal message for your family and loved ones, and share your Christmas spirit with all of us. The most original and funniest one will win our prize.

More and more people are sending in videos to our contest. We have had some really good entries so far, some serious and some very funny. If you are feeling brave enough then upload a video of yourself singing.

Have a look at our new entry that we think you may like:

It doesn't matter how good you sing, it will anyway be the most beautiful message to your family at Christmas and some fun for your friends!

Best wishes from MyHeritage team!

The MyHeritage team is pleased to announce the winner of our "Jingle along to your family song" Christmas carol contest:
It is John - he will receive a prize of a digital video camera! Watch his Christmas greetings to his family here.

In the past two weeks, we have received many videos. We would like to thank everyone who participated in this - thank you very much for sharing your Christmas spirit with us. And we are sure that your loved ones are really happy to see your special Christmas message to them.

Congratulations to our winner!

Meet our winner, John Pardo Valencia from Colombia. He was selected by our panel as the winner of our Christmas carol competition and won a digital video camera.

MyHeritage: John how did you feel when you were announced as the winner of our Christmas carol competition?

John: I could not believe it! I felt like it came from the sky. I lost my last camera when I was travelling in India last year. I always wanted to buy another one and was saving towards that goal. Winning this competition has come at just the right time, the camera is brilliant. It is one of my best christmas presents!

MyHeritage: What have you been using it for?

John: I have been using it during christmas when I was with my friends, we took lots of photos and videos.