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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: carol8353 on Monday 22 June 15 10:15 BST (UK)
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For those of you who have been following http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=660456.0
The story of how we got Diane and her half brother John together, is to be featured on BBC on Family Finders at 11-30am on Tuesday 23rd June.
They asked if a few of us would go on there and speak ,Marg did,but I preferred not to,but they promise to mention those who helped and to sing the praises of Rootschat as a whole.
Hope it turns out okay!
Carol
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That's great news :D
Pat on the back to all involved :)
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Hope someone can put it on You Tube somehow?? It would be great to be able to see it from the other side of the world!
Jeanne
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:) Have just watched Family Finders with Rootschat mentioned. It made me feel proud to be a member of the site. Well done everyone ;D
Barb
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I watched it too.....yes well done to all who helped re unite them.....so rewarding :)
Liz
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I have just watched Family Finders and was so pleased that Rootschat was featured. Well done to the founders of the site and to those chatters who participated in finding Dees family. I read the post when it first started and was amazed at the results. This is an fantastic site. I personally have received some invaluable help and do my best to repay this to others when I can. It is very little though when compared to the amount of time freely donated by many chatters to help others. You are all stars.
Regards
Kathy
Moderator comment: topics merged
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That is how I found this site ;D
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I watched it just now. Congrats to all involved who helped Diane. And congrats to Diane on finding her long lost brother John.
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I have yet to watch this episode but wonder if the sudden influx of people posting on here this morning looking for living relatives has anything to do with this broadcast.
There is already a post running on this mornings broadcast
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=723581.new#new
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I am wondering if this broadcast has led to the sudden influx of people looking for living people on here this morning ::) ;)
Rosie
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I think so Rosie as three appeared within minutes of the broadcast. Manchester seems to be on top of it.
Barb
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A lovely story on the TV, that is the first episode I have watched and its quite an interesting programme, better without presenters. Having read the backstory thread on here last night, seeing John and Diane on the TV this morning made me a little teary! :)
Congratulations to all those involved in the search.
Kerryb
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agreed rosie but it's still good to see a happy outcome. :)
however we still need to take care as not all enquiries will have such a good reason behind them
taffie
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Missed the first 2 or 3 minutes but saw the rest - very good programme
Mr Marma was impressed when i told him the John & Diane featured were a Rootschat success story!
Put my trip last week to photograph a local grave for a fellow rootschatter more into perspective for him :)
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I think so Rosie as three appeared within minutes of the broadcast. Manchester seems to be on top of it.
Barb
I thought I was losing the plot when every new look up I clicked was for living people ;D Still I will look forward to watching this episode tonight.
Rosie
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I have the programme on series link but I was out this morning
I watched the episode when I got home.
Well done to all RCs involved
Great Job Xxx
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In view of the influx of new members looking for possibly still-living relatives after this morning's programme, would it be advisable / possible to add something to the home page announcement to emphasise that Rootschat is aimed at looking for ancestors not living relatives?
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I am wondering if this broadcast has led to the sudden influx of people looking for living people on here this morning ::) ;)
It certainly has. I wondered what on earth was going on until I read this thread which explained everything ::)
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Me too :)
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I am wondering if this broadcast has led to the sudden influx of people looking for living people on here this morning ::) ;)
Rosie
I would think that is very likely. Perhaps Trystan and Sarah need to start a sideline, The Rootschat Detective Agency! ;D
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I just watched it on BBC iPlayer. It is wonderful- well done to everyone who was involved. It was great to see Marg!
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I just watched it on BBC iPlayer. It is wonderful- well done to everyone who was involved. It was great to see Marg!
And me (twice!) on the right of John at the party,in the final shot,sat talking to Marg at the table behind them.
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I just watched it on BBC iPlayer. It is wonderful- well done to everyone who was involved. It was great to see Marg!
And me (twice!) on the right of John at the party,in the final shot,sat talking to Marg at the table behind them.
I will look out for you when I watch it tonight ;D ;D ;D
Rosie
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I just watched it on BBC iPlayer. It is wonderful- well done to everyone who was involved. It was great to see Marg!
And me (twice!) on the right of John at the party,in the final shot,sat talking to Marg at the table behind them.
I'm going back now to look ;D
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I already been asked by someone new to family history about helping find a half sibling yesterday morning. Perhaps I'll tell her to watch the programme.
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Found you Carole! I had missed Marg at the party too. I think I had a tear in my eye at that point.
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Looks as if you are right rosie99 never seen so many living relatives query at the same time.
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Absolutely terrific - well done to all RC's involved. ;D
Sandra
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I had never followed Diane's query and 30 pages following. But as I read through it, wow what a perfect example of the rootschat community pitching in and helping out.
What a fantastic bunch!
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I watched this evening. :) it made me feel very proud of all the helpful people on this site and grateful for all the help i have received too.
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Great to see how a free genealogy site can be as (if not more) interesting than any tv show where £££££'s is no object......well done all ;D
I do hope it's added to the "Rootschat" CV ??? ;D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootschat
Great site & can't thank the RC's enough for the help I've had over the years
Annie
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It was great to see RC getting a mention. Just a pity that it gave the impression it was a family finding site - hence why there are quite a few new posts asking about living people. I bet they cut out the bits with Marg saying that, as it didn't suit the programme! It was a fabulous result for RC though.
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It was great to see RC getting a mention. Just a pity that it gave the impression it was a family finding site - hence why there are quite a few new posts asking about living people. I bet they cut out the bits with Marg saying that, as it didn't suit the programme! It was a fabulous result for RC though.
Diane mentioned a lot of us by name,and they cut all that out too!
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It was certainly a lovely story. I did not follow it originally though read through it the other day. It was certainly a breakthrough finding her maiden name so quickly in the thread. :)
The programme certainly brought rootschat some instant attention. Well done to you all.
Rosie
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It was great to see RC getting a mention. Just a pity that it gave the impression it was a family finding site - hence why there are quite a few new posts asking about living people. I bet they cut out the bits with Marg saying that, as it didn't suit the programme! It was a fabulous result for RC though.
Hi,
I'm not quite sure if I'd like to be found if I didn't want to be found, and to have my family names splashed over the internet. The numerous number of new posts today that are looking for living people makes me feel a bit on the uncomfortable side.
Well done to all those who were involved though. I didn't see the programme, I'm in Aus, but it seems a very good result :)
Kind Regards :)
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Hi,
I'm not quite sure if I'd like to be found if I didn't want to be found, and to have my family names splashed over the internet. The numerous number of new posts today that are looking for living people makes me feel a bit on the uncomfortable side.
Well done to all those who were involved though. I didn't see the programme, I'm in Aus, but it seems a very good result :)
Kind Regards :)
Admins are doing a very good job at removing names from all the newbie posts asking for help tracking down living relatives -- and referring the posters on to other sources of info
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Hi,
I'm not quite sure if I'd like to be found if I didn't want to be found, and to have my family names splashed over the internet. The numerous number of new posts today that are looking for living people makes me feel a bit on the uncomfortable side.
Well done to all those who were involved though. I didn't see the programme, I'm in Aus, but it seems a very good result :)
Kind Regards :)
Admins are doing a very good job at removing names from all the newbie posts asking for help tracking down living relatives -- and referring the posters on to other sources of info
They certainly have their jobs cut today that's for sure ;D
I've seen too many of the posts before the names are removed.
Kind Regards :)
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I've not been on here for ages but after watching the show on tv ,reminded me of how helpful this forum can be
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I've just watched the programme and read the thread. What an amazing story.
I felt though that the programme gave rather the wrong impression of Rootschat, describing it as '...a free internet family finding service......staffed by amateur people finders.....' :-\
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They certainly have their jobs cut today that's for sure ;D
I've seen too many of the posts before the names are removed.
I doubt that the mods have time to look at every post to check. I do sometimes use report to moderator to bring things to their attention ie email addresses & living people. I have been told in the past that they appreciate this being done. ;)
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I do the same, Rosie. It isn't always obvious from the title that living people are mentioned, so the more of us that report it the better.
It is just a pity that so many people were given a false impression by the way RC was mentioned by the programme producers and will therefore have their hopes dashed. Hopefully though, if they follow the links people are giving them they may have some success.
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I'm another who frequently uses the "Report to moderator"!
I reckon the mod's need all the help they can get! ;D
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I've just spent the last hour immersed in this story! Well done and congratulations to everyone involved!
Best regards,
Josephine
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And now I've just watched the program and the tears are flowing. I'm so glad they had a happy outcome.
Rootschatters are the best.
Josephine
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It's a shame that the new members don't read what the forum is about before jumping in and posting their requests. I suppose they are looking for a glimmer of hope after seeing the programme.
They are certainly keeping us very busy.
Please continue to use the 'report to moderator' button if you do spot the ones that slip through the net.
Unfortunately the moderating team isn't online all of the time but we all get the r2m notifications.
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Maybe the email we all got sent (after we registered) should include a note of explanation? ;D
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I admit to wondering whether the chap who says that if anyone can find a particular person it will be him, uses the fantastic free help given by RootsChatters. :-\
(the cynic in me coming out) :)
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I admit to wondering whether the chap who says that if anyone can find a particular person it will be him, uses the fantastic free help given by RootsChatters. :-\
(the cynic in me coming out) :)
There certainly have been a few posters in the past who seemed to want all their research done by PM, rather than publicly (and no, it wasn't recent/ nor had ancestors who misbehaved.)
I think they were making a fast buck / claiming credit for "our" research. Others agreed with me (RC was smaller then) I took to refusing any requests by PM.
Pauline
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I've just watched the programme and read the thread. What an amazing story.
I felt though that the programme gave rather the wrong impression of Rootschat, describing it as '...a free internet family finding service......staffed by amateur people finders.....' :-\
It seems that Rootschat was referred to in exactly the same way on BBC "People Finders" again this morning and there has since been several requests from people to help find living family.
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I've felt it was perfectly clear that there was never any question of people likely to be living being involved, either by tracing relatives who may be alive, or giving any information about them ... although if there are enough centenarians there are a few may have crept through!
I'm very grateful for help and guidance so generously given on here, and do try to help out where I can, ... I do note though that some people ask for help with A & B, ...then their parents & families .... then their parents and families ... nearly back to Adam & Eve, and I get the feeling that they do rely on the wonderful people who help us all here doing EVERYTHING for them, which surely isn't in the spirit of researching your family history, is it? The joy lies in getting a clue and then ... yes, it's possible ... checking it out ... YES! it is ... and now I've got the proof! (Cert etc). I'm still delighted about a problem last year that was solved by a clue pointing me in the right direction, last year.
If someone's being paid a professional fee as a professional researcher, then he/she surely ought to be at least professional enough to mention it, when requesting help ... and let rootschatters decide if they wish to help out?
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I wondered why we have an influx of birth mothers and missing fathers today. Thanks for posting.
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Mmmm, it drops into place, there have been quite a few requests today, I wondered why, did a quick search and found this thread.
Frank.
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Honestly...I think most Rootschatters are very respectful/wary of entering into research on possibly living people on the main boards. We get many requests, genuinely connected to the OP/interested connected family member or third parties (proffessional researches maybe?). With few exceptions, we all tend to feel awkward to be discussing people who may still be alive and their details published here. I think this is a strength of RootsChat compared to other forums.
What happens via the private messages (PMs) is ok really. Does not affect the spirit of RC and the interest of genealogy and the truly dead that we research and help others find really... ;)
Monica
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The programme this morning showed the forum member who helped with the research and referred to her as an amateur people finder.
I'm not at all surprised by the number of posts made by people wanting to find family as a result of the programme today!
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Is this the programme www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06srht5/family-finders-series-1-30-minute-versions-episode-8
Have to admit, haven't ever watched it...
Monica
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Is this the programme www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06srht5/family-finders-series-1-30-minute-versions-episode-8
Have to admit, haven't ever watched it...
Monica
It was episode 12. I think you can watch it on Youtube