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Topic: So You Think You are Royal (Read 5844 times)
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Gatacre
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The Don Steel Book published to accompany the Family History series which featured Gordon Honeycombe was excellent. It may be considered old hat by those who have computers but I would not throw out my copy of that particular book. There are wise words which many do not heed.
I started FH when our elder son emigrated to Canada in 1976 and he phoned asking me to "send me my roots." Easier said than done. It is only recently that ,in our 80s, we purchased a computer in order to have groceries brought to the house and I have been amazed at the speed with which one can obtain information but I am not sure one feels quite the same satisfaction as one did a few decades ago. Is too much expected these days?
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CLEGG,BINNS Rochdale
PATTESON-BLACKWELL Rochdale
PATTESON,SMITH Bury and Manchester
GARNER, ALLEN Manchehster/Ireland
HARTLEY, Burnley
BLACKWALL/WELL Hereford City, Herefordshire
COLLINS Leominster, Herefordshire
ARMSTRONG Orleton, Herefordshire
LLOYD Orleton, Herefordshire
THOMPSON Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire
THOMPSON Dromara, Co. Down, N. Ireland
CAMPBELL Dromara, Down and Co. Tyrone N Ireland
FISHER Pennsyvania and Ohio USA
MARKS Pennsylvania USA
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robinthered
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Hi
We were offered the services of a professional, Nick Barrett, we supplied some documents that were in the family and some photographs, Nick and the research team were given the minimum of information, his job was to prove or disprove the story.
In turn my wife ,my youngest daughter and myself were taken for two full weeks on an all expenses paid journey and received a very comprehensive folder of documents.
We had access to people, places and experiences which would not have been possible if it had not been for opportunity presented to us
As Patrish said if we had already proved the story then the filming would have been very boring and would have lacked any reaction.
Without giving anything away, at some point in tonight's programme (assuming that they show the scene), when confronted by a certain object the hairs on my neck were standing up, not a reaction you could have got had I known what was about to happen.
Have you ever had breakfast in Somerset, Lunch in London and Dinner in York??
Even more strange is riding down a road following a car, approaching a roandabout, and not knowing which exit you are taking...............
For the experience we had I think I would have paid them........
Will try to log back on Friday to answer any more question after the program
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patrish
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Thats a turn up for me as I would have been away had they shown Charles 2nd's on 5th July  I shall be watching tonight. 
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this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith. West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs, Essex Barker, Hampshire Kill, Kent Spong, U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley |
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patrish
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Hi Rob,
Watched your programme with great interest, found it enthralling, how pleased your wife must be and also what a wonderful experience for your daughter.
As for Charles 2nd, they should have gone with me my story was much more interesting.
As thiers turned out not to be true, I feel somewhat vindicated (if thats the right word)
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this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith. West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs, Essex Barker, Hampshire Kill, Kent Spong, U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley |
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robinthered
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hi Newfy
Thats one's up for sale
have moved on/up? to a Pan Euro, must be getting old.......
robin
P.S.
Thay failed to film the Bonny at all.
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linmey
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Propping up a Saxon shore fort!!
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Hi robin,
Sat spellbound through the whole programme. Much better than the others I have seen in the series. A thoroughly satisfying outcome!!
Linda.
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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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Grothenwell
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Love Endures Delay
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Ah missed one and it had to be Robin's and the best so far, by the sound of it! 
If you hear it will be repeated please post and let me know, thanks
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Aberdeenshire; Brechin, Robb, Clark, Hardie, Johnston, Watt, Elmslie, Milne, Harper, Adam, Edmond, Laing, Gibson, Aedie, Jameson, Tosche, Measonne, Anderson, Moir, Nicol, Burnet, Donaldson, Guthrie, Argo & Doverty.
Booth, Watson, Grothenwell, Ewen, Mackie, Simpson, Taylor, Davidson, Willox, Chalmers & Gordon
Still, Fraser, Robertson & Lumsden
Banffshire; Cruickshank, West
Caithness; Sutherland
Herefordshire & Worcester & Monmouthshire; Wagstaff, Jones &
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robinthered
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Hi
For anybody still interested the series is being repeated on Sky 3 at 8.00pm starting tonight Monday 5th Jan 2009. If repeated in the same order I am in the last one in 6 wks time
robin
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XPhile2868
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I've found branches of my family tree which, if they were accurate, would make me a direct descendant of the Kings of France and Scotland, although around 80% of anyone who lived in Europe before 1400 are likely to be everyone's ancestors, it's just a matter of how related you are. I'm also directly descended from a couple of William the Conqueror's children, and members of the current British royal family are distant cousins. Most of these royal conenctions seem to be via the Houghton family, whose descendants and cousins include famous people such as Kiefer Sutherland (21st cousin 2 times removed), Eliza Dushku (30th cousin) and Kurt Cobain (30th cousin 1 time removed) and numerous US Presidents such as Barack Obama (23rd cousin 1 time removed), Abraham Lincoln (17th cousin 6 times removed) and George Washington (24th cousin 6 times removed).
Stephen
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Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Kendal) Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Simon G.
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I caught a repeat of the Queen Mum episode of this last night, and spent the hour shouting at the TV in frustration...I was amazed at the number of lines of enquiry that I, and no doubt every other researcher here, would have followed that were just blind ignored in favour of trying to shoehorn things together. It was beyond frustrating, and in my opinion this kind of "research" gives people the wrong impression of how to do things...it appeared that they had a theory, and instead of trying to follow an dedicated method of research they just went "oooo, we have a story...lets get this and that and hammer them together to prove a point".
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Currently engaging in a one-name study of the Twyman surname.
Golding, Twyman, Kennard, Wales (Kent).
Berks, Challinor (Staffordshire).
Wakely. (Glam & Monmouth).
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robinthered
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hi
If anything it may serve to "educate" people in how to do things properly.
The people involved were so convinced that their connection was true, despite all the evidence.
If you accept that the child played with the the young princess it also proves how "Family Stories" can get altered and corrupted when passed down thru generations.
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