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Offline Rishile

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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #198 on: Wednesday 16 March 11 12:34 GMT (UK) »
I love this thread.  It got me thinking.  How about:-

The only living boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
Don't give up - Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
Down Under - Talking Heads (?)
I'm a little dinosaur - Jonathan Richman
A Thousand Trees - Stereophonics

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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #199 on: Wednesday 16 March 11 13:42 GMT (UK) »
Its been a great response so far Richile, both by postings and viewers.


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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #200 on: Saturday 02 April 11 00:27 BST (UK) »
I've just found a belter! The words could easily be the anthem of the ancestors.

Dire Straits - On Every Street.

They don't write them like that anymore!
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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #201 on: Saturday 02 April 11 01:21 BST (UK) »
 :)  I'm Nobody's Child  -   Hank Williams plus a whole host of cover versions

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FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #202 on: Saturday 02 April 11 01:31 BST (UK) »
No strictly a song title but theme for TV Show   "Tombstone Territory"

then
Song to the Orphans  -  Springsteen
Got no more to say- going back to my roots - dunno who sung it though
I Lost my Mummy - Good old Rolf Harris 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUHjLlK8EI

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"We analyse the evidence to draw a conclusion. The better the sources and information, the stronger the evidence, which leads to a reliable conclusion!" Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.

MATHEWS, Ireland, England, USA & Canada, NZ
FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
WATSON,  England, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
McAUGHTRIE, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
MASON,     Scotland, England, NZ
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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #203 on: Tuesday 31 January 12 17:27 GMT (UK) »
Hi All, Having been away from Ancestry/Genealogy for almost a year, its a case of Welcome Back,- John Sebastian.
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Re: Ancestry Top Twenty
« Reply #204 on: Tuesday 31 January 12 17:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi All, Having been away from Ancestry/Genealogy for almost a year, its a case of Welcome Back,- John Sebastian.

A year away from family history, StephEv?  Good gawd - what have you been doing?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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