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Topic: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 7 Episode #5: Kim Cattrall (Read 4874 times)
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les_looking
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lol i notice a couple that think he is an absolute "bounder"
have previously posted about their own searches and think those with "colourful" pasts are brilliant,
as Cad says and a couple of others who are we to judge until we have walked in their shoes,
it is interesting to have an opinion about a TV show or an opinion on the people we have seen,
yet seems so much easier to "hate" someone seen on TV than maybe someone in your own family who has done the same/similar,
On what i saw and heard George did to his family it would SEEM he took the cowards way out,
but being the supreme optimist as i said earlier i hope maybe one day some of his family (not sure which lol)
will come via this forum to search for their history and for them not to think we are another version of the
Ku Klux Klan, my right to call my Grandad etc whatever i want, but would be most upset to see others judge jury....................
i have always found this forum to be one of the best for reading others posts and replying
in a level headed manner, compare with the "forum" on GR (i have never posted on it but have laughed a lot at the antics) i despair if this one ever goes the same way, i think one of the differences is, that people on this forum tend to read others posts/opinions and THEN reply
Maybe as i said i am being over optimistic in thinking there was more to Georges reasoning for what he did,
i have a cousin and her Father remarried, things were tough for her Mum etc even though Her Dad was a successful business man, she lives close to him now and recently saw photos of expensive holidays he had with his 2nd wife and children, which for a while devestated her, she now has got over that and realises throwing the toys won't alter things and maybe spoil the relationship she has with her Dad, obviously Kims Mum and her sisters have far greater issues as they didn't ever get the chance to get over what George did as they didn't know him, but i am sure they seem like a really nice family and they will be thankful they have each other, and made good lives for themselves despite the start they had.
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TF13
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I watched this last night and found it interesting and very moving. The pain that the three sisters must have went through over the years doesn't bear thinking about nor the pain they must have felt when they found out the story of their fathers life,but i did laugh at the end when Kim was saying that George was in the navy but only on the docks and her mother just says "figures"! They are three very strong and amazing women!
Tony
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whiskymac17
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Hi folks, I've just watched my recording of this episode while browsing the forum, it was very good. Several folks have commented that it 'wasn't genealogy' and queried why they didn't research further back. My feeling is that it was a great example of researching the recent past. Often it can be easy to locate information beyond the 50, 75 and 100 year restrictions that we have to live with, but finding details of people in the recent past can be frustrating. This is a good example of modern genealogy.
I have one concern about the show, Kim employed a researcher who mailed her a copy of George Baugh's bigamous second marriage certificate, but this was taken at face value. Why was there no proof that this was the correct George? While it is not a common name it's not that unusual. A quick check in the 1901 census showed that there were almost 1400 people with the surname Baugh, 40 of whom were named George, it wouldn't be that much different 40 years later. I would like to see some proof that this was the right person, otherwise Kim's research may have followed a wholely wrong line.
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les_looking
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I have one concern about the show, Kim employed a researcher who mailed her a copy of George Baugh's bigamous second marriage certificate, but this was taken at face value. Why was there no proof that this was the correct George? While it is not a common name it's not that unusual. A quick check in the 1901 census showed that there were almost 1400 people with the surname Baugh, 40 of whom were named George, it wouldn't be that much different 40 years later. I would like to see some proof that this was the right person, otherwise Kim's research may have followed a wholely wrong line.
i am pretty sure that any more checks would have been done before airing, and the remaining was just done for effect,
ie a couple of weeks ago someone said they had JUST received a certificate from Southport, then pulled it from a sealed large brown envelope with no address, and most will recognize the envelope from Southport and that wasn't one, as i say just for effect 
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les_looking
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i am pretty sure that any more checks would have been done before airing, and the remaining was just done for effect,
I'm sure you are correct, BUT, the programme suggested that simply finding the right name is enough and we all know how misleading that can be.
i think if we looked into the programme since it started it all makes this family history lark so easy lol
as Gaille said above they make it sound as if you can just ring up and bingo you have your certificate, or just walk into the Archives place and be led by the nose to every snippet about your family, or jump on a plane to Russia and someone just happens to be waiting in a records office for you, i always thought my computers were top of the range, i really need to get one of those they all seem to use that find the records in 20 seconds 
maybe they should add something at the end to state that months of research have gone into the searches,
watching Heir Hunters it does sort of make it clear the amount of work that goes into the tracing,
lol or try ringing them up and stating you are from WDYTYA
Maybe an idea for a spin off how they went about tracking such and such.
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whiskymac17
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i am pretty sure that any more checks would have been done before airing, and the remaining was just done for effect,
I'm sure you are correct, BUT, the programme suggested that simply finding the right name is enough and we all know how misleading that can be. Maybe an idea for a spin off how they went about tracking such and such.
That's a great idea, I'd love to see that - I want one of those instant finding computers as well :-)
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nanny jan
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Are you certain toni*?
My tv magazine list for BBC2......... Athletics until 8.00pm, then Coast. 
Nanny Jan
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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick) all LDN area/suburbs Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT Gandy/LDN before 1830 Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK Rainer/CAN (Toronto)
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les_looking
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if you have sky +h/d its on wed' 12am
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danuslave
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Just a comment about terminilogy.
My dictionary describes genealogy as
history of the descent of families; the pedigree of a particular person or family
In other words, long lists of people and how they are related.
What most of us are interested in is Family History. Not just how people are related but where & how they lived, what work they did and so on.
Surely WDYTYA is about how people have become who & what they are? So Family History, not just genealogy, which would be pretty boring 
BTW I enjoyed the programme
Linda
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