So You Think You are Royal

[Grothenwell]

With modern technology it might be possible to x-ray these records,even if the ink had been washed away, there are still indentations.

Good point Springbok. I was thinking that they could have taken it to a museum for an expert to look at, or an Picture restorer, to at least get their opinion on whether anything could be salvaged. Perhaps it would have been too costly, but I thought they'd have looked into the possibility. I think Nick Barratt has done really well up until now, but I agree that that apparent leap of faith was hard to justify, certainly on the evidence that came across on the show. Certainly the Debretts chap wasn't having it.

On another point what is the difference between Debretts and Burke's Peerages? Do they both do the same thing, but are competitors?

Grothenwell

[Springbok]

I wasn't  100% sure of the differance but the following explains all

http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-02/moa-03.html


Spring

[Grothenwell]

Thanks Spring,

That was what I was looking for.

[Grothenwell]

How do you contact these people who make the TV programmes?

The short answer is you dont .

Otter,

Patrish appears to be correct. I have emailed both Sky and the Production company to ask if there will be a second series, and I didn't even receive the courtesy of a reply.

[robinthered]

hi
have had contact from Shine today.
The have confirmed that the rest of the series is being shown on Sky Three on Thursdays, repeated on Sunday on both Sky Three & Sky One.
So we have

George III on 21th June.
Earl of Northumberland on 28th June
Charles II on 5th July

robin

[Elliebob]

I was helping a friend trace her family tree, and found a direct (legitimate) line all the way back to Edward I!



Glen

I wondered what had happened to the series but having set the series link on the Sky+ it turned up again on my recording list.

Glen - my s-i-l is descended directly from Edward 1 (21st g-grandfather) , but thro John of Gaunt and Katherine de Roet.  Like you only ag labs, miners and pottery workers in my line!!

Ellen

[Gatacre]

Time

I have the book which was written about the Gordon Honeycombe FH programme..  All the research was checked and ammended by a very respected genealogist

There were excellent research tips in that TV programme and best of all where to stop when you found a similar name but could not prove it to belong to the Honeycombe family.  All this applies to those of us who know we cannot make up or skip a generation

[pennine]

The point seems to be missing here in my humble opinion, if programme makers want to use your story and they get all the research you have done and they only have to confirm it why aren't they paying you? They get rvenue from the programme being aired and repeated.
Years ago I answered an advert in the newspaper for people on a certain topic. I eventually met the producer who was very very keen to pursue the story but as soon as I mentioned payment they backed off. I got numerous pleading phone calls to air the story but they weren't prepared to pay anything not even expenses, in the end I told them to get lost.

Pennine

[Grothenwell]

hi
have had contact from Shine today.
The have confirmed that the rest of the series is being shown on Sky Three on Thursdays, repeated on Sunday on both Sky Three & Sky One.
So we have

George III on 21th June.
Earl of Northumberland on 28th June
Charles II on 5th July

robin

I don't have any details as far forward as the 5th July, but for some reason, Tonight and Sunday, they are showing the last two programmes together