Who Do You Think You Are (III) #2: Robert Lindsay

[alveleyhistorian]

Maybe Robert should join Rootschat I'm sure someone will find his uncle Bert

I have found some info "Uncle Bert" and have just spent the last 20 mins trying to find a postal  address for Robert Lindsay.
I hope the postman is nice around his area, because I can't find an exact address !  But I'm sure it'll get there 

alveleyhistorian

[aspin]

Well done

Elizabeth

If he is like me when I am waiting for a certificate I cannot wait for the posty to come

[Dave Francis]

I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's programme - some strong stories and not a single Census return in sight!

As regards Bert, it is quite easy to find his birth and death registrations. A researcher for the programme would have had no difficulty at all and probably looked into this. I imagine there were good reasons for casting a veil over Bert's life, so perhaps we should respect that and not dig too deeply - if at all?

Dave

[ozlady]

I get really green with envy every time I read this thread! We haven't had that series here and at the moment it doesn't look as if we will. We do get "Time Team" which I love and "The Worst Jobs in HIstory" which is hysterical whilst being informative. I've been a Tony Robinson fan since the days of "Fat Tulip." I'll have to see if some rellies can get the CD's of WDYTYA for me.

[Simon G.]

Looking forward to seeing this (I taped it, since we had the cricket on).  Robert Linday always reminds me of my uncle, especially with the character he portrayed in "My Family".

[ozchook]

Colette, Thank you for the URL. It's now in my Favorites. We don't get this program in Australia unfortunately, though I think someone made reference to it being shown here last year. You lucky Pommies.
Regards, Irene

[julianb]

I thought this was a good programme - while it didn't go far back, it did give a lot of steers for people researching 20th century info.  And the material they did cover was very interesting.  Spooky stuff at the cemetery!

JULIAN

[kerryb]

I disagree that this programme should have gone further back, sometimes when you find something interesting about someone it is nice to stop and concentrate on finding out about how they lived, the interesting things about their life and what they did.  Robert obviously didn't know much about his grandparents and it was obvious he wanted to know so I am glad the programme concentrated more on the social history of a period which effected many family members of us all and less on running around getting census returns to see how far back he could get.

Sorry but that is my opinion!

Kerry 

[CarolBurns]

I think he may just find outallhe can about his Grandads and then start searching for everyone else

You might even see him on here soon - but under a nickname.

We'll know it's him though as we will know who is looking for now

Carol