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Offline Galium

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Re: BBC1 Family Finders
« Reply #27 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 09:00 BST (UK) »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbhistory/NF2233810?thread=3255389&skip=0

The BBC messageboards are still there, although they are closed.

The link opens with a message that says <cannot log> which you need to OK, and then a longer one which you also need to OK before you can read the thread.  The first message of the thread was removed, but you can pick up the story as you read through the rest.
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« Reply #28 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 10:37 BST (UK) »
Good link, Galium.   Started reading it again myself, but I've got things to do  :-\ 

Ruskie, you'll need a bit of time, it's a very long thread.  (and possibly some tissues)
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Re: BBC1 Family Finders
« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 14:16 BST (UK) »
I wonder, is it just me, but logging in from last night I notice we have loads of new pioneer members. Do you think this may be because of the mention on the Tv series that is currently running?

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http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=723675.0
should have looked a little further  ::)
AREA, Nottinghamshire. Lincolnshire. Staffordshire. Leicestershire, Morayshire.
Paternal Line--An(t)(c)liff(e).Faulkner. Mayfield. Cant. Davison. Caunt. Trigg. Rawding. Buttery. Rayworth. Pepper. Otter. Whitworth. Gray. Calder. Laing.Wink. Wright. Jackson. Taylor.
Maternal Line--Linsey. Spicer. Corns. Judson. Greensmith. Steel. Woodford. Ellis. Wyan. Callis. Warriner. Rawlin. Merrin. Vale. Summerfield. Cartwright.
Husbands-Beckett. Heald. Pilkington. Arnold. Hall. Willows. Dring. Newcomb. Hawley

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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 14:18 BST (UK) »
Yes, I've noticed it too!  Beginners board running hot!  Shame though, they mostly seem to be looking for living people!   

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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 14:19 BST (UK) »
I mentioned on here about the sudden influx of requests for lookups for living people since the programme aired this morning  ;D

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=723581.0
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 14:20 BST (UK) »
Hadn't noticed, but to any 'pioneers' who venture onto this thread, "welcome" (and a lifestyle warning  - genealogy is addictive   ;D ).
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 14:20 BST (UK) »
Lol I think I did too Rosie!

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FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 21:16 BST (UK) »
Seem to be an awful lot of posts from people wanting to trace adopted siblings or parents they've lost touch with  :'(

Oops, just saw rosie99's post above...
Mullingar, Westmeath Ireland: Gilligan/Wall/Meagher/Maher/Gray/O'Hara/Corroon (various spellings)
Bristol: Woodman/James/Derrick
Bristol/Somerset: Saunders/Wilmot
Gloucestershire:Woodman/Mathews/Tandy/Stinchcombe/Marten/Thompson
Wiltshire: Mathews
Carmarthen: Thomas, Lewis
Australia: Mary Lewis, transportee, married Henry Brown - what happened to her?

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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday 23 June 15 21:23 BST (UK) »
I agree, and to read their requests makes me feel so sad - and yet grateful that I had a "normal" family upbringing.  We do tend to forget those who are perhaps less fortunate than we are.
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