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

[kerryb]

Hi Pam

Do I take this is how this series will be different from the other two.  They will focus on one particular type of record.  If it is, I have to say it will be an interesting series. 

For me doing the two chaps instead of loads, indepth was far more interesting because that is the stage I am at with my own tree now.  I keep trying to find those elusive ones, but my main focus is finding out more about how they lived and how it effects who I am today!

Kerry

[Keziahemm]

Hi Arranroots

The following BBC link gives more information on researching military records

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/archives_01.shtml

Susan 

[julianb]

Susan

Thanks for the link - very helpful. 

On reflection, those of us in the UK are very lucky to have a top-notch public service broadcaster who supplies such useful supporting information to broadcasts which are not only entertainment in themselves, but educational too.  Well done BBC!

JULIAN

[Guy Etchells]

It would have to be fairly extreme family history to come anywhere near this legislation!  But I don't see how section 4 exonerates anyone on the ground that they're a family historian (?)

Anna

Section 4 of the 1997 Act contains paragraph 3(b) his course of conduct was pursued under any enactment or rule of law or to comply with any condition or requirement imposed by any person under any enactment, or...

The various BMD Acts make it legal for anyone to research any others birth, marriage and death details therefore compiling someone's family tree would not entail a course of conduct which amounts to harrassment.
Cheers
Guy

[Please continue discussion of legality on a seperate thread]

[PaulaToo]

Gosh, just managed to get a few minutes before starting tea, and took most of the time reading the thread down.
I found the programme fascinating from start to finish. Oh, I know about family legends all right. grandfather Joe died after falling from a roof, no...he died in an asylum....next?
Used to be quite good with a crystal ball myself, once, an old lady who was a professional taught me back in 195.........well.....so I could understand the creepy coincidence feeling Robert had at the baby aunt's graveside.
When he read his half uncles name I would have laughed, but I was so into the programme I couldn't. All those notches on Eliza's bedpost, and all the children with strange names...Walter HARMSWORTH Moore, Ellen HARMSWORTH Moore, Harriet WEBB Moore. Probably the researchers had contacted Bert's descendants and they didn't want to be involved.
Not into the army stuff, but found it interesting all the same, and it will help a lot of people who are working down those lines.
Yes, I liked the programme very much.

[Shellsbells]

Susan

Thanks for the link - very helpful. 

On reflection, those of us in the UK are very lucky to have a top-notch public service broadcaster who supplies such useful supporting information to broadcasts which are not only entertainment in themselves, but educational too.  Well done BBC!

JULIAN

I agree!

I hope theres a celebrity who wants to research his ancestors Merchant Navy records too and hopefully some useful links will aspire from that too.

[Lainys]

I enjoyed this one too...with exception to wondering why they didn't go back further 

Dolly

[Comosus]

I enjoyed this one too...with exception to wondering why they didn't go back further 

Dolly

I think there have been plenty of episodes where they just go back and back using the census.  It's nothing new and we all know how to do it - it's a simple search on the computer and the same for the IGI.  I think they could have put some time into covering his bigamist ancestors because that hasn't been covered before but this episode was about finding records in WWI, which hasn't been covered much, if at all (from what I remember).

Andrew

[kerryb]

Also I think I am right in saying that WW1 and WW2 are more likely to have effected one of our ancestors than other wars before, so it is probably more relevant to more people.

Kerry