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Topic: Who do you think you are (5) (Read 3191 times)
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sarah
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Who Do You Think You Are?
"Jane Horrocks is fascinated by the long line of indomitable working class women in her family past, but it is a 'black sheep' male ancestor and his expensive gift to his niece that makes for the most intriguing mystery of all....
Wednesday 8th February 9pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/wdytya_celeb_gallery_05.shtml
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sarah
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Family Ties on BBC 4 afterwards is a real treat too.
Anthony and Zoran's Big Adventure
"Though he is a Mancunian, Anthony Shelmerdine-Boskovic has some Serbian blood in him, and he is obsessed by that aspect of his family background. He worships his grandfather Zoran, and remembers the latter recounting the battle with the Nazis in Europe.
Unfortunately, Zoran passed away two years ago, having failed to make it back to the country he had to leave at the age of 17. So Anthony decides to make the trip for him, by taking his grandfather's ashes back home.."
Contains some strong language. 
[url]http://www.open2.net/familyties[/url]
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Comosus
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I wish the BBC would give more information about where they get the information from.
I'm trying to find someone who emmigrated to Canada and was killed in a saw mill accident. How would I find the ship he travelled on?
I don't think today's episode was as good as the others. There were many branches left unreasearched.
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Leeds - HOLMES (also at Boston Spa, Thorp Arch), SCHOLEY/SCOREY/SCHORAH (also at Stanley, Wakefield), TURVEY (also at Birmingham), WARD, WHITE, WOODHEAD (also at Halton, Whitkirk, Templenewsam). Dewsbury - CRAWSHAW, GLEDHILL, SPEIGHT Great Horton - RAMSDEN, SHACKLETON, WOOLER Woolsthorpe by Belvoir - SMITH Barrowby and South Stoke, Lincolnshire - PARKER Derby and Newhall - STREET Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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catherinefine
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« Last Edit: Friday 10 February 06 22:48 UTC (UK) by catherinefine »
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Arranroots
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I am glad you said that Andrew123.
Where was the proof? Pure speculation - especially as regards poor little Thomas, who might have died of anything.
Is it good practice to construct your family tree based solely on the work of others? (Although I am sure in this case they were well-researched).
Where were the certificates?
And as for JH nicking her poor parents' bed! I have gone right off her!
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS WIL: WEBB, SALTER RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK) |
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ianfao
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Did anyone wonder if Sarahs 2 younger brothers might have been her own illegitimate children? Just a thought.
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spook
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I enjoyed it, she came across as a right feisty little minx! 
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russethouse
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I was surprised they didn't look to see if Sarahs father had married twice.......maybe I missed a bit!
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Siouxzie
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I've got a "billiard marker" - so I loved that bit, as I didn't really know what he did. My Albert Alexander Bearman is a billiard marker on the 1881 census at the "City and Counties Club" Peterborough.
Personally I was thrilled with the description the man gave. I love it when someone less than respectable turns up. Gives a bit of colour.
Yes ianfao, I wondered if the younger two siblings were in fact hers.
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Greenwich, London-BEARMAN/JOHNSON/GREENE Barking Essex-BEARMAN Manchester- NEWALL/Newell or variants, LOLLEY/Lolly,WALL Shropshire- WALL Cheshire- MADDOCK/CARTER/PERCIVAL Windsor, Berkshire - MILES Buckinghamshire - MILES Monmouthshire - JAMES & MORRIS Herefordshire- FLEET Yorkshire- SHIPLEY & GRAY Sussex- EDWARDS & KNIGHT Wiltshire/Hampshire-WATERS Wolverhampton area Staffordshire- ASTON Staffordshire- LOLLEY Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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linmey
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I enjoyed it, but It would have been nice to have known for sure what little Thomas died of and I would have loved to have known what happened to Sarahs other siblings. Its a big guess to say Thomas died of the effects of the cotton famine when at the same time my rural ancestors were losing far more kids than they did, hundreds of miles away. Likewise. We may be doing Sarah a disservice saying she cut her siblings out of her life when she married. She talked openly about 2 of her brothers, why not the rest. They could have all died.
And they were so ashamed of poor Ernest. I think its great to have a colourful character in the family. You would think he was a mass murderer.
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Reynolds, Woodham, Payne, Wilmott, Hart, Richardson, Packwood, Tandy, Dexter - Bedfordshire. Chamberlain and Wagstaff- Hunts. Freeman, Cheney, Cox- Northants. Burns, Muter, Cobban, Hossack, Strachan, Moonlight. Lanarkshire, Ross and Cromarty and Kincardineshire. Garvey- Ireland. Census Information Is Crown Copyright From-- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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newbie
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I enjoyed it too, very different from the previous ones.
I was surprised they didn't order the certificate for Thomas' death, did they look for evidence of marriage or death, or census info for the missing siblings?
I wondered too about the younger siblings, remarriage possibly, or as ianfao said, they could have been Sarah's without some birth certs? ? we'll never know, but I liked Jane, especially how she got stuck into the census film reader, all that winding!
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kerryb
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So was I the only one shouting at the TV then 'get Thomas's death cert and you'll find out why he died'?
I quite enjoyed this episode although I felt they left a lot out as has been said before about the circumstances of Thomas's death and also what happened to the other siblings.
I liked Jane too, and funnily enough I wondered about the din in the cotton mills and the accents!
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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