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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: OLGATV on Monday 15 October 07 12:19 BST (UK)
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Hi,
We are currently looking into doing a short piece on people researching their roots in Scotland. We need individuals who have just started looking or have already obtained some information but need some expert help.
I would really appreciate if you could get back to me if you are interested.
Regards
Sandra
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hi sandra,
pity my roots come from ireland and england but what a wonderful oppertunity for other to have some expert help.
Joe
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Hello Sandra
I have Traced some of my family but they are originally from Clones Ireland and came over here around 1846 and settled here in Glasgow
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Can't stand the presenter.
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He is one the best people on tele,and his roots are Irish
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Hello Sandra, I have been working on my family tree for a number of years but have got to a brick wall where my great grandmother is concerned, her name is Mary Campbell daughter of John Campbell and Jeanie (m.s.)Campbell, I have all the information from her husband and children but nothing much other than a marriage certificate, Searching for her has been very difficult. Thanks Annie
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hi
what an amazing opportunity for someone
sadly all my ancestry is irish :'(
berni
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Hi Im doing my mothers family Elliot's from the scottish borders & my fathers side Garvie from Scotland/ Ireland
Im stuck with both familes
my Elliots are back to the 1700's but im stuck have been for nearly a year This tree is huge!
My Garvies are a mess and not too far back with them i can't find the right direction, I could do with help on either or both sides.
thanks
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Hi Julzy and ScotsbabeAnnie
I get the feeling that they will not be looking for someone who has been researching for years. I think that they will want someone who has just started and is stuck at their grandparents. ::)
I can’t imagine that they will want to spend too much time trying to break down any serious brick walls
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….. Having said that, I’d be willing to go on the show and pretend to be surprised when they uncover my family history. :o
I’m sure we’d be ok…. No-one would find out it was fake… would they? ::)
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I am wondering how Sandra and OLGATV knew about rootschat ::)
Kooky
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must admitt the same Jim, plus i was wondering how do we take olgtv serious ?Is it hoax or for real ?
will we ever know
I be happy for someone to help me mind, i really could do with some help
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Identity theft perhaps.
Ask Paul O'Grady, she would know.
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Hi Sandra,
sounds really good. I am stuck in 1744 at the moment! Have a convict on one side transported to goodness knows where for stealing washing! Another ancestor fought in the Peninsular War. Trouble is I'm not exactly photogenic and very shy so don't think I could go on TV. Maybe if you got Kate Winslet to be me :D
good luck with your quest
cat
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Its a great opportunity for someone to get help!! i just hope the rudness of one person on this forum dosent spoil it for the genuine people searching.
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Well said Borderterrier :)
it's a fantastic opportunity for some lucky person and what a shame that someone who doesn't recognise that fact had to post petty insults aimed at Paul O'Grady instead of just leaving the thread if he didn't like it.
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Jimster, What makes you think that a Great Grandmother is less important , or a convict or anyone elses relations and or their occupations or disadvantages, they are all equally important to the serious genealogist, be it a newbie or one that has been plodding along over the years.
This is not a competition, and if i may say so your not being Fair to others who genuinely want or need help. We all enjoy the fact that someone is Offering a light at the end of a tunnel to our family trees. I look forward to seeing which one of us is picked, and look forward to watching it on the Paul O'Grady Show.
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Where did I say anything of the sort? Don’t twist my words.
Of course our great grandparents are important… what a ridiculous thing to suggest I was implying otherwise.
What I was saying was if you have been trying to break down a brick wall for years - don’t expect to find the answers on the Paul O’Grady show (I quite like him.. but he is hardly going to take this seriously)
Good luck to anyone picked for the show (if indeed this is a genuine offer), but read the original post…. They are looking for “individuals who have just started looking”.
If someone who is just starting gets any help from Paul’s show, then that’s fine by me.
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Jimster, You are perfectly right what Sandra said but you left out:
OR have already obtained some informtion but need some Expert Help.
You got a reaction from me for this Quote you left:
Julzy and ScotsbabeAnnie
I get the feeling that they will not be looking for someone who has been researching for years. I think that they will want someone who has just started and is stuck at their grandparents.
So I took it as you implying that we shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Just an Observation.
AT the end of the day it's up to the people at Olga Tv to decide Whom they have picked for the piece they are doing. ;D
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Well said Borderterrier :)
it's a fantastic opportunity for some lucky person and what a shame that someone who doesn't recognise that fact had to post petty insults aimed at Paul O'Grady instead of just leaving the thread if he didn't like it.
Where exactly has anyone posted "petty insults" about Paul O’Grady?
Everyone has a right to their opinions on a topic, even if you do not agree with them.
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So I took it as you implying that we shouldn't have bothered in the first place. Just an Observation.
;D
It seems that my initial post was misconstrued, no offence was intended
My second post was just a little dig at WDYTYA which was recently accused of faking scenes for effect (my attempted humour appears to have fallen flat) :-[
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Where exactly has anyone posted "petty insults" about Paul O’Grady?
Everyone has a right to their opinions on a topic, even if you do not agree with them.
I was actually referring to the post where Paul Grady is referred to as a "She" and accused of identity theft .....which I took to be a petty insult at a man who used to be a cross dresser. I agree with your second point 100%, however in this case this was not an opinion about the actual TOPIC but an excuse to offend the man who just happens to present the show.
But anyway, I'm sure time will tell whether this is indeed a genuine offer and no matter who is picked I'm really looking forward to watching the results (with only a slight pang of jealousy that it isn't me lol)
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I Pm'd the so called OlgaTV and asked for some proof that we were not being conned. So far no reply so dont get excited folks.
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If anyone watches the show (which i do everyday) you will see when credits roll at the end, it is made by OLGA TV which also happens to be the name of little black dog he has on show with him.
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I was actually referring to the post where Paul Grady is referred to as a "She" and accused of identity theft .....
Thirsty, I did not notice that posting, I thought my comments were being misconstrued as an attack on Paul’s show.
Apologies all around.
I too will look forward to seeing how the show covers someone’s family history.
Picking up on what I was saying about our most recent ancestors, I actually prefer it when these TV programs dwell on Edwardian and late Victorian times – as these are the early days of motion pictures. You only have to look at WDYTYA to see how using old stock movie images add a bit of “flavour” to the programs.
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To those offended by my posts, I say im sorry for that. I did not say anything offensive about the person that he does not allude to himself.
Someone else commented on the validity of the request and I responded by pointing out that it is known for identity thieves to use information published on sites like this, a mothers maiden name can be very valuable to a thief, I was not suggesting that Paul O'Grady was the thief. Up to now we have no confirmation that the request is genuine.
With regard to my expressed feelings about the presenter, as somebody else said everyone has a right to an opinion, whether you agree with them or not. I did not say anything offensive about the person and certainly would not do so on a public forum, but if anyone wishes to read his Bio they can do so here :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_O'Grady
After reading that you can make up your own mind about whether you wish to be associated.
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I assure you all that this is not a hoax! I found out about roots chat is the same way that most of you did....extensive research. I will be getting in contact with a few of you early next week. The more the merrier! :)
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hi
hope whoever does get picked finds out lots of info
good luck
berni
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I don't watch those sort of programmes, I think they are too contrived. and as well as that I don't like the presenter and would not wish to have anything to do with it.
People are entitled to have their own viewpoints on this forum and just because you don't agree with others doesn't mean they are in the wrong.
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I have a scottish gentleman in my tree that I don't know much about, born in 1797 if you'd care to find out more about him that would be great ;D
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One of my ancestors who has exactly the same names as me, along with 5 others from Dumfries, acting under the orders of a Phrenologist from Edinburgh named Coombe, entered the Burns Mausolium, dug up Robert Burns, severed the head from the body and took it to his house in Queensberry St where a plastercast was made.
This act took place in 1834 and caused outrage at the time, although little is spoken about it now. The plastercast is still kicking around in Irvine, and in my opinion so is Roberts head.
Another program perhaps for the rest of the story. (think Dan Brown)
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wow moss
how terrible
berni
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Just to let everyone know, that Sandra gave me a telephone contact on Friday. I was able to chat with her today to establish that this post is genuine.
Sarah :)
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Sandra,
I have been trying to find details of my wife's paternal Grandfather.
My wife's mother was the illegitmate daughter of Margaret Ballantyne and a John Kinnear.
The only information we have is a correction on the back of her birth certificate confirming the paternity and that at the time (1905) Kinnear lived in Pilmuir, Newton Mearns and that he was a Miller
Martin
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I started researching only last Friday (26th)
I started with my Great granddad on my mum's side, as he has an unusual name - Thrift Watt.
He was a saddler in Stonehaven, and was married twice. His first wife died.
I've already turned up someone who is a 3rd Cousin in Washington, USA, and another relative who was killed at Gallopoli.
I haven't started on my dad's side yet!
Then I have to look at my Wife's side . . .
We watch Paul O'Grady most days, and personally I think he's great, but I'm sure others may differ.
Jim
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Hi Sandra,
Welcome to rootschat,
I am researching my family in Scotland though I live in Melbourne I am quite happy to be flown back to Scotland for the show though I may blow the whole shows budget ! good luck,
regards Billy.
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Hello Sandra
I'm looking for my McQuarrie family connections between Glasgow and Auchtergaven Perthshire. Have some information but am not able to find out why they moved between glasgow and Perthshire. All the McQuarrie's mentioned on search sites seem to come from every where else but Glasgow & Perthshire!!!! I think there is something odd in that and would really like to know. The futherest connection I have is an Archibald McQuarrie (about 1821 but hey this could also be wrong!!!!!) with and Ann Keiller, but even she doesn't seem to appear anywhere!!!!
Anyway at our house we all love the Paul O'Grady show especially the dogs, we have had rescue dogs in the past and they are the best!!!!!
good luck
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Hi Sandra - if the offer is still on, I have a few brickwalls in Scotland as well.
Once of my ancestors actually wrote a genealogy history on the family, as well as a few other books, but dates etc don't match, and in the book Lady Flora Forbes before her marriage, was lady in waiting to Bonnie Prince Charlies mother.
Also in the book it states she was thrown out of her house by the Butcher of Culloden, and the house given to another branch of the family because they supported the English.
Also Thanistone, which is now a hotel was once the home of the Mitchell family, which was burnt down and rebuilt.
To date I have been unable to find any information on Flora Forbes.
The author's gt granddaughter, has researched the book, along with a few other branches, who have added their own notes, on records still to be searched
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I just found this...realize the date is old...are you still looking?
sharon
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hi i am reseaching hubbys great grandad william mcginn born 1865 in scotland who married a durham lass harriet elizabeth moore when&where i dont know
in fact i know nowt, excepy his father was born in ireland
linda
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Hi OLGA
you might be interested in reading this thread
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,270941.0.html
I've had the most wonderful help from all rootschatters on this and managed to get my paternal grandmothers family from Edinburgh in the 1940's back to 1830's in Forfar, where they are carpenters.
I had decided to concentrate on my London/Bristol and come bak to these later when I have a little more experience, but if anyone wants to give me a hand, then great! Can't say I watch Paul O'Grady but I certainly have no objection to him, or anybody, helping..........
Molly x
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Has anyone had any response from this thread?
I think there is a danger that it will drag on with no tangible results for RootsChatters posting their queries, so I am going to lock it.
I ask that anyone wishing to contact Sandra does so by Personal Message - or perhaps Sandra could let me know if she would like it unlocked in order to reply?
If you have queries that you would like RootsChatters to help with, please post them on the relevant board in the usual way.
Many thanks.
kind regards, Arranroots ;)