WDYTYA is coming to SBSTV in OZ

[trish251]

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Gee, I'd like to go to Ireland and be presented with some interesting documents related to of my unfindable Irish gggrandparents ...

Did you see Amanda in Ireland tonight! Information from the Protestant and Catholic churches. We'll have to go visit & see if they can find all our mysterious Irish - I'm not sure how I will find the one who keeps changing his place of birth!

Trish

[Ruskie]

Yes, I saw Amanda Redman - enjoyed it.

Criticism: - the programme was too focused on her search for her uncle 

My gggrandfather was born in New Ross, so I was interested to see this area of Ireland mentioned. Thing is, I always thought New Ross was in Wexford, not Waterford as Amanda's relative said. I looked up Genuki after the programme but could not find a New Ross in Waterford, though there is still one in Wexford! Don't know if there is there are two, or they were wrong, or I am wrong ....

Looking forward to David Baddiel next week 

PS. If anyone is interested the first Aussie series is available to buy (saw them in the ABC shop).

[Gadget]

Ruskie

I'll check with my cousin who lives in Wexford when they return from Spain 


Gadget

Added - just checked the map - it is in Co. Wexford but nearer to Waterford than Wexford towns:

http://www.wexfordtourism.com/map_of_wexford.htm

and

http://homepage.eircom.net/~newrosschamber/

[deeiluka]

Yes....it was certainly a different kind of search, wasn't it? Rather a sad story....

The family resemblance between Amanda, her mother and the new niece/cousin was very obvious.  

.....dee

[Ruskie]

Thanks for the map Gadget.

Oh, you have a handy Wexford cousin. Ummm, don't suppose they frequent the catholic churches looking for ancestors and are available for lookups by any chance  ?

I wondered if there had been a border change at some time. My ancestor was born c1864 and said he was born in New Ross Wexford. Amanda Redman's uncle was born 19?? ....

Gadget, you may be interested in the Aussie series orderable online:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/02sq/
Don't know if they'll post abroad .... oh yes, it looks like they will ...

Yes, it WAS quite different Dee. In some ways quite good to see a bit of realism. I think there are many of us who idolise and admire our ancestors - this showed a darker side. I know many of my ancestors were b******s and I would not have liked them at all ....

[Gadget]

I'll ask her, Ruskie - if you can be more specific (PM me). They're quite up in the RC circles.  Took me to see their burial plot - it's all ready for them 


Gadget

[Ruskie]

Oh, thanks Gadget - I'll get my notes together and PM you 

[MarieC]

Missed Amanda.  My other love, cricket, won out when it came to the point!  Will catch up with the new episodes soon....

MarieC

[Les de B]

I think I'm cursed by this TV show. I only managed to watch three of the Aussie series which I enjoyed (Thompson, Buttrose and Robertson), while the others I missed because;

1) I got home too late,
2) Taped ABC instead of SBS
3) Video stopped 15 mins into the show

Had a chance to watch the first Aussie repeat last Friday night - but I've already seen Jack Thompson!

Sat down to watch the English version on Sunday night - 2 phone calls, and only saw the last 10 minutes.

But overall, what I have seen I have enjoyed, but as others have commented, everything seems so easy to find. Just walk into a building, and there's someone there to hand over all the information/photo's you need, or jump on a plane, head overseas, and there's the house your ancestor lived in.

I wish I could cram in 10 years of researching into one hour, but then again it wouldn't be as much fun

Les