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Re: Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 01 April 12 06:55 BST (UK) »
I am looking forward to Kerry O'Brien too.
I am sure Shaun's Mum is lovely, but she was worried about a potential convict on the tree. :o
I am a direct descendant of at least four. I have another that fathered a half relation of mine, and I think, but maybe cannot prove that there are likely to be 1-3 more. :-X
Anyway, Mrs Michallef's was a false alarm!
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Re: Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 01 April 12 08:22 BST (UK) »
I am sure Shaun's Mum is lovely, but she was worried about a potential convict on the tree. :o
first time iv come across an aussie that doesn't want a convict in their tree. are they not supposed to be like royalty down here

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Re: Australian "Who Do You Think You Are? Series 4 commences on SBS tonight 27th Mar
« Reply #38 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 11:40 BST (UK) »
Sadly, I completely forgot about the first one and missed it!  :'( :(

I'm watching Kerry O'Brien at present - very interesting!  I have to say that it still niggles me that people keep meeting him bearing heaps of documents. I've done research at a couple of the same places, and while all the staff at the Qld State Library are always very helpful (including Stephanie, who is wonderful!), the State Archives is so lightly staffed that you struggle to get any help from an archivist (not their fault) - certainly never all these documents found and presented!

Also noticed while Charles O'Brien's obituary was on screen briefly that he seems to have headed off towards Warwick at one stage, early in the peace.  Would have liked to know something about this but it was not referred to or followed up.

It may have been useful to new family historians to show how obituaries etc can be found on Trove, rather than produced as printouts at the Library or Archives.

Still interesting to watch the stories, though!  (Just have to squash the little voice that keeps telling me that this is not reality!)

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Re: Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA
« Reply #39 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 12:09 BST (UK) »
I'm going to be interested to see if I've discovered a little of the O'Brien story in Queensland......and the right gg-grandparents!   :)   :-X   :-X

Mustn't spend any more time on this....why is it so addictive?    ;D

I did! I did!   ;D   ;D
Plus another little happening.   ;)

I thoroughly enjoyed Kerry's story as well.
Had quite a few smiles at his reactions at times.


I thought his comments at the opening of the show about him thinking family history was totally unimportant when he was a young man, but realising its importance as he's got older, can be said for so many people.


Dee    :)

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Re: Australian "Who Do You Think You Are? Series 4 commences on SBS tonight 27th Mar
« Reply #40 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 15:13 BST (UK) »
Hi Marie, thanks for your feedback.

If Kerry had gone online to Trove (which he didn't know about prior to our filming and as a general punter) and found Charles's obituary well...................it would have been a very short WDYTYA?

Re the Warwick connection there were absolutely NO records to be found of Charles's time there. Believe me I looked long and hard.

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Re: Australian "Who Do You Think You Are? Series 4 commences on SBS tonight 27th Mar
« Reply #41 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 15:17 BST (UK) »
(Is there a seperate post for us to discuss tonight's episode or do we do that here?  :))

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Re: Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA
« Reply #42 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 15:29 BST (UK) »
I missed the introduction but saw the rest of the programme. It was nice to see some of my regular haunts on the show.  ;)

I didn't enjoy this as much as last week's episode, though I did think the story was interesting ... possibly a little too predictable? I may have been a little disappointed that Kerry wasn't whisked off to Ireland, and went to Dalby instead. Not that there is anything wrong with Dalby - it's a nice little place.

I did enjoy his gg(?)grandmother's antics - thieving, drinking and running a brothel - I bet she could tell a story or two.

Generally, very enjoyable.


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Re: Australian "Who Do You Think You Are? Series 4 commences on SBS tonight 27th Mar
« Reply #43 on: Tuesday 03 April 12 23:43 BST (UK) »
Perhaps we should ask to have the two threads combined.   


Dee  :)
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Bauer (London, France), Blades, Parker (Surrey)
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Ehmcke, Deimel, Appelkamp (Germany)
Watts (Somerset, Wiltshire) Selway, Churchill, & Chappell (Somerset)
Redwood (Devon, Essex) Button, Archer, Leach (Cambridgeshire)

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Re: Australian Series #4 of WDYTYA
« Reply #44 on: Wednesday 04 April 12 00:12 BST (UK) »
Oh rats, I missed it!  Must see if it's available online!  ::)
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