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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: Ringrose on Friday 12 June 15 17:59 BST (UK)
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Excellent new programme which has been on every morning at 11.30.Shows the help given by Salvation Army in finding lost relatives .Unlike the Long Lost Family of ITV there are no presenters and in many cases we see people trying to do the work themselves.Interesting historical background history which comes into the many stories also shown.
Why is this programme on in the morning.....deserves evening time.
It's on all next week .
Ringrose
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I saw part of one of these while sat in the dentist waiting room - thanks for reminding me I will catch up on iplayer
Rosie
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Thank you for posting this, I will be setting it to record for next week! :)
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It's also on BBC2 at 7.30am.
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And Rootschat might get a mention!
See:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=660456.msg5661344#msg5661344
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Yes it is great so unpretentious, just basic issues researchers face daily and some other less basic ones ;D
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Better than WDYTYA where it is just celebs and they have dozens of people researching for them. It has taken me years to build up my family tree and many lines are still to be worked on.
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I agree, better than WDYTYA.....ordinary people trying themselves to find family.if you have missed this week and can't watch iplayer its on next week in the morning.
Very bad scheduling though by BBC.
Ringrose
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Thank you very much for letting us know about this programme.
Set to record using series link
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ooooh! ;D Thank you!
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'Our' programme is on Tues 23rd June.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060jxs5
It features the brother and sister that Rootschatters helped re-unite.
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Carol it's interesting to see that you are involved in a programme.How did this happen ......being nosy I often wonder how these programmes find people to appear with their stories.
Ringrose
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And Rootschat might get a mention!
See:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=660456.msg5661344#msg5661344
Have you read the thread? Carol was one of the stars. And she WAS the star when it moved into the realmsof living people and therefore off the thread!
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And Rootschat might get a mention!
See:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=660456.msg5661344#msg5661344
Ringrose ,see Liz's link to our previous thread,when a group of us not only found info on Diane's grandparents grave as she first requested,but info that her mother had given birth to a son here before leaving for America. I found an address for the half brother and put the 2 of them in touch.
A few of us then met up with them both in Walsall when Diane came over here in April 2014.
Carol
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I followed that thread with interest when it was running. I hope that Rootschat and the people who found the family do get the credit that they deserve. Do you know how Family Finders picked up that particular story?
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And Rootschat might get a mention!
See:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=660456.msg5661344#msg5661344
Ringrose ,see Liz's link to our previous thread,when a group of us not only found info on Diane's grandparents grave as she first requested,but info that her mother had given birth to a son here before leaving for America. I found an address for the half brother and put the 2 of them in touch.
A few of us then met up with them both in Walsall when Diane came over here in April 2014.
Carol
Only just caught up with the thread - thanks for posting the link ;D - WELL DONE ALL, fascinating story and great research as well as coming at it from left field and finding the link that nobody expected. The photos of the brother and sister (shed a tear at the BIG BROTHER t shirt) were lovely.
Rootschat Rules! ;D
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I followed that thread with interest when it was running. I hope that Rootschat and the people who found the family do get the credit that they deserve. Do you know how Family Finders picked up that particular story?
The brother's (not sure if he wants his name here) grandaughter works for the Beeb!
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Does anyone remember the BBC messageboard search (and on here) for 'does anybody know my dad?'. Marvellous story of dedicated sleuthing, by many many online searchers and one in particular, to find family of 'dad' who didn't know where he was born, or who his parents were, with very sketchy information.
Marvellous ending as well.
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I admit I enjoyed it, its nice seeing people doing the research and finding out some incredible things about their families.
I find WDYTYA quite irritating. Not because its a bad show, but because it involves celebrities learning about their history, yet they do very little of the work. They hire these experts and learn more about their ancestors than I would on my own and it makes genealogy look easier than it is. It takes years to learn most about your family and even half a decade later, I am still not finished.
I remember one episode when one of them was presented with this gorgeous family tree on a scroll, all decorated and beautiful. I was so jealous in that I cannot afford such a beautiful thing :)
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Hello silvery
I remember " Who was my Dad" always brings a tear to my eyes when mentioned,very touching,but happy outcome.
I often wonder how the old BBC members are
omega
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Hello silvery
I remember " Who was my Dad" always brings a tear to my eyes when mentioned,very touching,but happy outcome.
I often wonder how the old BBC members are
omega
I'm still here ;D ;D ;D
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Hello silvery
I often wonder how the old BBC members are
omega
Fine, thank you, Omega! ;D
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I miss that BBC board. The pictures of ' does anyone know my dad' were on rootschat. He found his family, or Sherlock did, and they had been looking for him and his twin. It was quite emotional.
Clematised still has the whole thread saved, or did have. Another ex-BBC. :) :)
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Watched Monday's episode last night. Ordinary people, with a story to tell.
I loved the part where the Winifred Holt's Cross, brought family together.
Also the man whose mother had him adopted but came to live in his town so that she could see him
in school playground. It was lovely to see him meeting his sisters.
I was making inquiries of baptismal and marriage records for a particular name.
Lucky for us he had an unusual first name, with a very common surname
The secretary realised that two people were researching same family.
With my permission, the secretary passed my details to the other individual.
We are now in touch by email. We live in different countries.
To date we have not met, but it could happen in the future.
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Ringrose thank you for posting about this programme. I would have missed it but have now caught up with all of them and think it is absolutely brilliant :)
I also missed the rootschat thread but am looking forward to watching tomorrow's episode. Well done everyone :)
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I've seen some of them (when the telly's been on the right side at the right time). It's good, but it's another of those programmes that stretches two stories far too long with pointless repeated voice overs about their story. They could squeeze four into the slot.
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The pictures of ' does anyone know my dad' were on rootschat. He found his family, or Sherlock did, and they had been looking for him and his twin. It was quite emotional.
Clematised still has the whole thread saved, or did have. Another ex-BBC. :) :)
Does anyone have a link to this thread please?
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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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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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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?
Modified
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=723675.0
should have looked a little further ::)
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Yes, I've noticed it too! Beginners board running hot! Shame though, they mostly seem to be looking for living people!
Jeanne
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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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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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Lol I think I did too Rosie!
Jeanne
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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...
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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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BumbleB
What's "normal"? I'm glad you inserted inverted commas, because i don't think there is a "normal" family nowadays, or even was many years ago. We can see that from our own family records. My own brother was adopted when my parents were told they would never have children - lo, and behold, I came along a year later. We were a very happy and close family. I have two adopted children who came to us at 6 weeks old and we like to think that we are a "normal" happy family, too. My cousin has two adopted and two children of her own. My step-brother also has two adopted and two of his own. A second cousin has three adopted children. We all like to think we have "normal" families. All these families have been lucky enough to enjoy stable and strong relationships.
Unhappiness with issues around parents, whether adoptive or natural, is not uncommon, and you can't blame children for wanting to know about their origins - the usual practice is for this to be provided when the child is adopted, to be passed to the child when he/she is old enough. Current family relationships can become very complicated as people change partners and their children are expected to adapt.
I'm sure you didn't mean to offend, BumbleB, but perhaps a better, less emotive word would have been "standard".
Gillg
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Looking here
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/normal
I think I prefer it to
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/standard?s=t
I certainly would sooner have
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/regular?s=t
But then everyone to their own.
No offence meant ;)
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I think BumbleB might have meant (in the context of her reply) that some people haven't lost touch with siblings or parents, which is a very sad thing to happen.
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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.
Thank you. :)
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I think BumbleB might have meant (in the context of her reply) that some people haven't lost touch with siblings or parents, which is a very sad thing to happen.
Yes, that's how I read BumbleB's post too. To me a "normal" family is simply a family that strives to keep in touch, without judging each other. To me 'family' can be more than the "Mum, Dad and 2 kids" from the nuclear family https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nuclear_family . Perhaps .... perhaps IF 'nuclear' and 'normal' were interchangeable in BumbleB's post, then perhaps there's some concerns. But BumbleB did not use the word 'nuclear' so I am having trouble seeing any offence.
Please Gillg, please please don't read too much between the lines as I am quite sure there's many family groups who would prefer to be known as 'normal' families and who may well include adopted and/or fostered children within their family, or include within the one household, grandparents, cousins, and other family members under the one 'umbrella' expression 'normal' family. To me, born and raised in rural New South Wales, Australia, post WWII, .... we were a normal family, .... we kept in touch ... we still keep in touch .... Our normal family included grandparents, great aunts/uncles, parents, aunts,uncles, brothers, sisters, fostered brothers, fostered sisters, cousins and others.... And at school there were many other family groups of similar structures... all normally living as part of the one household per each group.
So, sorry you are offended by our fellow RChatter's word, but I am quite sure BumbleB does not intend to cause any offence.
So, simply put I don't read the word 'normal' as an emotive word in BumbleB's post.
Cheers, JM
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Agree with JM and the others. You just have to be so damn careful these days as people seem to easily take offence where none is intended. The word "normal" was also put in brackets presumably to try to avoid offending. ::)
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I record them and look at them in the evening or the next day in some cases. Then it does not matter when they first show them, you then can pick a time your self to view hnem.
Regards
Peter
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It is good that a lot of the people are doing the research themselves or getting some assistance from the Salvation Army.
I am trying to find who my grans half brothers first wife and children were but with a pretty common name it is quite hard. I know his DOB as I have his birth cert and have a middle name and I have listed potential marriages 1934-1955 and found where he died and who his 2nd wife was but thats it. I like doing the research myself, a one man research army.
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Duplicate post.
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My apologies folks - for some reason (best known only to me - perhaps :-\) I never responded to the queries relating to my statement that I was pleased to have originated from a "normal" family - way back in June. :o :o
On reflection, perhaps I came from an "abnormal" family by today's standards, at least on my side :-*:
I've been married to same man for more than 50 years.
My parents were married for 37 years, and only separated by my mother's death
My father's parents were married for nearly 50 years, separated by my grandfather's death
My mother's parents were only married for 9 years - he was killed in WW1, and my grandmother never re-married.
OH's side is slight different in that his parents divorced, and his mother was the result of a WW1 liaison.