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The Lighter Side / Re: WDYTYA series 4 # 7 Matthew Pinsent
« on: Monday 22 October 07 20:35 BST (UK)  »



God says one thing at a time - he's still checking his calculations on early kings of England. Edward I he doesnt mind too much but he has a real problem with Henry VIII. Shifting sides all the time apparently.

More seriously I have now discovered a whole arm of Pinsents in Canada. Indeed there are towns named Pinsent in Newfoundland. Is it most likely they emigrated one way across the Atlantic? or equally possible there was a too and fro? The Pinsent records run out in Devonport so some maritime link might seem logical. Is there an obvious way to check - are passenger manifests available and how far back do they go?

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The Lighter Side / Re: WDYTYA series 4 # 7 Matthew Pinsent
« on: Monday 22 October 07 20:10 BST (UK)  »
Hello, it's Matt here. This is my first toe in the water of this forum so be kind!

The last week has been a deluge of interest from WDYTYA to home, work and website with so much extra information on my family. during the filming of the episode it really took me from disinterested to fascinated in two short weeks and I now have a hunger to know more. in the process of following some of the leads I stumbled across the Rootschat forum and what's more a thread in my honour!

i found the episode good to watch - i was out the night it went out so had to catch up 24 hours later - and found myself thinking oh they cut that bit and where did that go? but all in all a well edited reflection of the fortnight schedule. As many people have commented I genuinely had no idea when they rolled out the last parchment as to where it was going.

I don't promise to be on here every day but happy to find a group of people who enjoyed the show.

Matt

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