BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 6 Alex Kingston

[Welsh Jules]

Definately a considerable improvement on last week, I really enjoyed this episode.

Is it me or has it been good episode, bad episode, good episode, bad episode, good episode so far, wonder if next weeks episode will be bad .... Hope not  

The war part of this episode was interesting.. it was good to see what information could be found without having a service record and makes me hopeful that maybe I'll have some luck tracing my gg grandfathers records eventually.

Michelle

Indeed I really enjoyed that episode and found Alex funny and engaging

Although his war record no longer exists, through using internet genealogy websites,  I was lucky enough to be sent an extract of a WWI war diary for my great uncle's regiment on the day he died, he wasn't named, but it all pointed to him being one of the 12 people who died from his regiment that day. So there is information out there even if many of the service records no longer exist  

[peggysmum]

i really enjoyed the episode, i found myself concentrating properly on this one and even put the laptop down something i havent done all series so it must have been good. i love discovering strong women like elizabeth, it reminds me of when my dad paid of his mortgage and got all his doccs from the bank to do with his house, in there was a will of a woman who owned the house 100 yrs ago and she owned several houses in the village and left them to female relations only. very intresting.
tracey

[Jolly Roger]

Well the first half was boring as I am getting sick of WW1 stories yet again.

But it certainlt picked up in the second part - so became interesting. 

[Paul Caswell]

I just loved this one. She came across so thrilled with everything she found. I was so happy that she was proud of her "Madam" ancestor. I would be absolutely thrilled to finally prove that my 3rd gt. gran was in the trade. Sadly it only seem likely.

Also, my grandfather was in the 3rd Londons. I didn't catch the regimental number but my grandads was 550040. Does anyone remember her grandads number? I think it started 550 but I didn't catch the rest.

Paul

[ReadyDale]

Also, my grandfather was in the 3rd Londons. I didn't catch the regimental number but my grandads was 550040. Does anyone remember her grandads number? I think it started 550 but I didn't catch the rest.

Paul

550483

[genjan1953]

I liked this one too, even the WW1 bit - good to know so much can be discovered even without the army service record.  The research work on these ancestors was really thorough, I thought, so much information found.  It was funny to see Alex's reaction to what she discovered about Ms Braham - what an eye opener  and what a canny lady too.

I wonder how many of us will be scrutinizing those Census returns for some of our female 'Head of the Household' ancestors with fresh eyes  .  I have one or two groups of female 'Needlewomen' living together in the mid 19th Century - what d'ya think?  .  Great episode!

[weste]

I enjoyed this one, she seemed to enjoy what was found. More realistic for me as i was fed up of them finding www1 records when my main ones, i only had medal index cards for. I will eventuslly get round to sending for the war diaries but it they won't answer what i need to know unfortunately.

[panda40]

I enjoyed this episode as well but was shouting at the TV when they assumed the grandaughter must be the daughter of Lewis as she had the same surname. If she had been an illigitimate daughter of one of his sisters then she still would have the same surname as everyone else. Without displaying a birth certificate to prove this it was another leap of faith that as professional researchers they should not be demonstrating on TV to individuals with no experience. How many others will now jump to this conclusion I wonder? Leading to a load of bogus information being added to family trees on well know internet websites without sources to back the information up (rant over)

panda

[baggygenes]

Really enjoyed the episode -  before it started I was thinking it was going to be yet another WWI or a Holocaust focused episode.
It was funny and interesting and I loved Alex Kingstons enjoyment of what was being found.
Agree with Panda re the assumption of the granddaughter by surname - would have been good to see some proof of that but otherwise a thoroughly entertaining WDYTYA! (must have closer look at 2xGGrans lodging house entries!)