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

[Guy Etchells]

I'm sorry if that sounds harsh and I don't want to offend anyone, but I do think there's legal implications regarding privacy involved there.

Silvilocks

Whilst agreeing that there may be moral reasons for not delving into his family, I must correct the assumtion that there is a privacy issue.
Here in the UK we have no privacy laws and so there would be no legal implications involved.
Cheers
Guy

[Silvilocks]

  I agree I would not dream of telling anyone about their own family...please don't think I was snooping....I thought if the death date was given that would be an end.

I don't think anyone on this topic has any intentions of getting in touch with Robert Lindseys family or Herberts!! and frankly I feel quite offended that forum members would think that we are that insensitive to do so!


Shell

Sorry you're offended Shellsbells. Perhaps you and I have interpreted post 63 differently.

Silvilocks

[lizdb]

Yes, another good programme.

I thought it interesting - and a good point for us all to remember - how the 'family stories' , although having a lot of truth in them, could end up misleading if not checked out.
E.g - grandad who 'had his chest blown open' actually had the end of a finger amputated, and shrapnel removed from his leg and pelvis.
Other grandad, who served on the ship Prince of Wales 'had his ship blown up, was rescued , and then the ship hit again'. Research shows it was likely that it was a rowing boat he was on that suffered the shell hit, and then subsequently some sniper fire.

Family stories are great, useful, and interesting - but always need checking out and backing up by fact. In this case it didnt make any of difference to the family tree, but in many cases a bit of exageration or misquoting of information over the years can send us off on completely the wrong track!!!

[Shellsbells]

On the question of Robert's uncle, isn't it slightly invasive to bombard him with information? ....

....  I'd imagine it could pose problems if Robert now receives unsolicited information from complete strangers who have been digging around into his ancestry - it could be walking a very line between interest in a public figure and stalking. ....

Silvilocks

Hi Silvilocks

In my opinion, I took the above statments (amongst other replies) as an insinuation that people from this forum (perhaps myself included) were going to be contacting Robert and perhaps his immediate family and spend hours trying to establish his ancestory to the point of obsession!

Myself and Tazzie have simply stated that research doesnt just have to stop where it did with regard to Herbert - this was an example of fact - proven by Tazzie with the possible death information and as far as we are concerned, that was it, our "research" on Robert Lindseys Uncle stopped on our behalf there and then!  Not once has anyone stated that they shall be taking this further.

Anyway, back to the topic in hand .... I hope Robert and his family have learnt more and it certainly was a heartfelt journey for all invlolved.


Regards

Shell

[CarolBurns]

I'm sorry if that sounds harsh and I don't want to offend anyone, but I do think there's legal implications regarding privacy involved there.

Silvilocks

Whilst agreeing that there may be moral reasons for not delving into his family, I must correct the assumtion that there is a privacy issue.
Here in the UK we have no privacy laws and so there would be no legal implications involved.
Cheers
Guy

Unfortunately we can now be prosecuted under the Harrasment act if we offend anyone

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,178469.0.html

The above thread shows a letter I found in one of my Family Tree mags last month

Carol

[Shellsbells]

Yes, another good programme.

I thought it interesting - and a good point for us all to remember - how the 'family stories' , although having a lot of truth in them, could end up misleading if not checked out.
E.g - grandad who 'had his chest blown open' actually had the end of a finger amputated, and shrapnel removed from his leg and pelvis.....

Ha ha .. .how very true!  I remember one of my family relatives stating he was deaf because of shellshock received at the Somme .... well we were all in awe of this man and his war stories - until we found out only a couple of years ago that he was and remained a pig farmer for the duration of the war!  

Still ... I used to love listening to the old stories when I was a kid - no matter how untrue they might be - especially when you had a power failure and you sit by candle light listening to your parents or grandparents tales ... thats what memories are made of!  

[CarolBurns]

We had to listen to the story about being related to Johnny Walker (of Whisky fame) and how my Gran's Grandmother had been disowned by her family as her husband was "below" her. There were pictures of the family in the Walker Gallery as well

Everyone in awe until about a year ago I found out that Gran's Grandmother's father was a Clerk for a brewery - Cain's of Liverpool - not Walkers Whisky! The Walker bit came about because Cain's was taken over by Walkers of Warrington. As for the Gallery - well I suppose the family lived near to it.

The bit about her being disowned was also wrong - she ignored them! She was left a fair amount of money when her father died in 1904 but never claimed it - one of her Grandsons did in the 1940's and said it as a Pools win.


Oh yes I love family stories - just trying to sort one out now that I have js=ust remembered - we have a famous Tenor in the family. Funny though that it is my Gran who started that one as well 

Carol

[Watermusic]

Power failure!

Well, I did manage to see some of the programme! ... but our kitchen roof was finally demolished yesterday at about 6pm. Roof off = rain. It started raining (heavy drizzle) at 6.30.
Started watching at 9.00. Plunged into darkness 9.20. First rain after Summer usually has this effect due to build up of dust on insulators - and a good drizzle seems to ascabarate the problem!

Will have to watch again on Tuesday, BBC2, 7pm.

Watermusic

[CarolBurns]

Oh poor Water music - make sure that roof is fixed by then

Just got rain this morning but still hot and muggy - horrible really

Carol