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In case you have not noticed, we have now started a new series of Who do you think you are on BBC1 Thursday at 9.00pm whohooooo ;D ;D
Last Thursday started off with Natasha Kaplinsky but there a more to follow...
This new TV series is also accompanied by a new family history magazine published by the producers of the programme Wall to Wall - not seen it yet ::)
Sarah
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i think its carol vorderman this week , i saw an article in the paper
her father was in the dutch resistance during ww2 ,
looks very intersesting
gig
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You're all very lucky! Spare a thought for those of us in other countries who may have to wait years to see this, and even then it'll be on pay TV/cable!
Very envious!
I DID manage to see the last series on cable, which has left me wanting more!
Enjoy!
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hi ruskie
its a shame they dont put it online so you could download it
you would think that with family history bieng one of the biggest uses of the internet the programme makers would have thought to cash in on this , perhaps a joint venture with ancestry
pay per view kind of thing
gig
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Gig
I just heard on the radio it's John Hurt this week and he is very disappointed because he always believed his great great or something grandmother was the illegitimate child of the Marquis of Sligo and he had irish blood. Unfortunately this has been proved untrue. ;D ;D ;D Beware the family myth ::) ::) ::)
Kerry
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You could try applying for the beta version of the BBC iPlayer:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta/find_out_more.shtml
Haven't tried it myself, but would be interested to see how it goes. It says that there is no guarantee of joining and you must be in the UK, but it might be worth a go.
John
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ooh, that looks interesting, thanks John. I will have a look.
Yes, gig, it would be great to be able to download it. I remember last series I asked my technical other half if he could find it out there in cyber land, but unfortunately not. In the past he's somehow been able to download current Dr Who, Extras plus various other UK TV series.
I will get him to check again tonight in case a downloadable WDYTYA has miraculously appeared somehow.
I know this show has had it's critics but I find it an extremely enjoyable hours TV viewing.
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I've still to watch the videoed episode with Natasha Kaplinksy
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Ok this may be a silly question :-\ but are your dvd players the same as British ones?? If so I am happy to post you copies of the series as it runs, as I record each one on the dvd recorder hardrive (well OK maybe I don't, but the very good OH does) I am happy to post you a copy if this helps
Jane ;D
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You could try applying for the beta version of the BBC iPlayer:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta/find_out_more.shtml
John
We've just managed to get ourselves onto the test. You download and 'hold' the programme for a max of 28(?) days and then it automatically deletes itself if you haven't done so already.
You also need to use their (BBC) player software as it currently stands, but that may be subject to change.
Ok this may be a silly question :-\ but are your dvd players the same as British ones?? If so I am happy to post you copies of the series as it runs, as I record each one on the dvd recorder hardrive (well OK maybe I don't, but the very good OH does) I am happy to post you a copy if this helps
Jane
AUS should be able to play UK DVDs.
Pauline.
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Well if I can help let me know ;D
Jane
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Hi all.
Jane,
Yes, UK DVD's will play here (we have numerous bought direct from the UK) but I think (I may be wrong here as I am techo-illiterate) we had to get a special lead or something in order to play them.
It's very kind of you to offer to post copies of the series to me, but I wonder if there is a more cost and time effective way to do this. Of course I am very interested (and excited!), but it seems like a lot of effort required on your part.
I will ask the techie other half tomorrow if he knows of a way you can download it and send it that way perhaps. I think the words he mentioned earlier this evening when I asked if he could get it for me, were "someone has to rip it" - probably meaning "rip it off" I expect. I will get back to you tomorrow Jane. Thank you.
I also had my techie other half look at the bbc link supplied by John and he said you have to live in the UK to be able to download the programmes. I think he said they check your ISP or something?
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I also had my techie other half look at the bbc link supplied by John and he said you have to live in the UK to be able to download the programmes. I think he said they check your ISP or something?
If you register with a Yahoo email address, they may possibly check the ISP, but there are always ways & means with these things ;)
I would never however suggest that anyone would give an incorrect address.
John
Buckingham Palace
London
SW1A 1AA
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Very good John! ;D
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Caught up with the videoed episode of Natasha Kaplinksy, it was indeed very good.
My only criticism of the programmes, is that it's all made to look so easy.
Bob
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I agree Bob. How many hours do we spend on the microfiche machines looking for evidence, and find nothing. I wonder how many people they had looking for John Hurt's family on the census before he actually got there - so that they could say "Oh look here it is here"!!!
Did anybody notice the colour of John's brother's teeth?
Apart from that, I sit engrossed while it's on.
:)
Rosemary
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I blinked and missed the quantum leap from finding the Stafford lass' baptism in Croydon (with a Holborn link ? ) to how she was deemed to be William Lord Browne's cousin ?
Wonder why they didnt mention her parents - Edward and whomever - not being sought on the 1841 census ?
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Yes they seemed to follow John Hurt's feeling that he must be related to the Irish aristocracy above any basic methodology.
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I blinked and missed the quantum leap from finding the Stafford lass' baptism in Croydon (with a Holborn link ? ) to how she was deemed to be William Lord Browne's cousin ?
Wonder why they didnt mention her parents - Edward and whomever - not being sought on the 1841 census ?
I'm glad you say you blinked - I fell asleep momentarily and thought I'd missed more than I actually did. It's a habit I have - nothing to do with being bored. I'm enjoying the new series.
Ellen
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About the same topic ;D
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,256353.from1190042070/topicseen.html#msg1429758
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I seem to be turning into a grunpy old man, but these family history programmes do tend to wind me up.
John Hurt broke all the rules of historical research by starting with some unknown person in history and trying to establish a link. The "Experts" encouraged him! The obvious way was to trace back from the known to the unknown but even when they did look at the 1861 census and found the family........................they ignored the "where born" column.
When they eventually found the young lady's baptism they discounted the parents with absolutely no evidence. They didn't check for wills, they didn't look at the parish the family came from, they didn't do anything, just say that they must be covering up the truth by having her baptised in another parish!
I could go on, but I think you get the idea that I am not impressed, but I will have to see the rest of the season just to be wound up even more.
One good thing to come out of the first programme was to bring home to people the futility of war, the problem is that the same things are still happening today, not with the Jews but with other races.
We never learn.
Teddy
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You're all very lucky! Spare a thought for those of us in other countries who may have to wait years to see this, and even then it'll be on pay TV/cable!
Very envious!
I DID manage to see the last series on cable, which has left me wanting more!
Enjoy!
It might be worth you keeping an eye on this site http://www.tv-links.co.uk/ (look under the 'Shows' tab) they have series 3 on there now so may well follow suit with the rest.
Steph
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Must just have my say on the " who do they think they are " progs.
It annoys me to see the number of times someone walks into an RO & have all the records laid out for them, but the biggest niggle of all is when you see someone walk into to a church & the Bapt records are miraculasly kept in a cupboard, & produced at the drop of a hat. After the John Hurt prog I took the trouble to look at the Philimore's Atlas of Parich Records & checked that the Bapt PRs for Croyden were kept at the Surrey RO at Chislehurst. !!!!
After seeing that I would not be surprised to see the world & his wife making tracks to all the churches , knocking on the door & expecting to find missing bapts.
Meliora
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I thought the John Hurt programme was a farce from beginning to end, particularly as the name Hurt was never mentioned! I sat there with pen and paper waiting for some revelations about my family (I'm pretty sure he should be in my tree somewhere) but I rather got the feeling he didn't want to descend from Ag. Labs. and so headed off in the direction of the aristocracy, only to get egg on his face!
Jill
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Thank you Steph - I will have a look! :)
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After seeing that I would not be surprised to see the world & his wife making tracks to all the churches , knocking on the door & expecting to find missing bapts.
As a member of 'the world and his wife' I have been to inspect 'live' parish registers at a rectory. Space was kindly provided by the vicar who moved the cereal packets to one side on the dining room table. In small rural parishes they are still using post-Victorian registers as there are so few events to record. The vicar prompted me for a donation which I gladly gave him.
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After seeing that I would not be surprised to see the world & his wife making tracks to all the churches , knocking on the door & expecting to find missing bapts.
As a member of 'the world and his wife' I have been to inspect 'live' parish registers at a rectory. Space was kindly provided by the vicar who moved the cereal packets to one side on the dining room table. In small rural parishes they are still using post-Victorian registers as there are so few events to record. The vicar prompted me for a donation which I gladly gave him.
Our parish burial register dating from about 1850 was not quite complete when it was called in by the diocesan/county archivist in 2000. We were disappointed that had to start a new one before the old one was full.
Ellen