Hi Josephine Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I would like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in! Lin In a message dated 21/02/2011 07:57:22 GMT Standard Time, jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com writes: The BBC One series Heir Hunters returns to U.K. television screens this morning at 9.15 a.m. Information about today's programme is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jm8 There will be 25 episodes. Information on the first six programes is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1jgp/episodes/upcoming -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:30:45 -0000, <Lcsearch3528@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine > Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I would > like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. > Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in! Me, too, Lin! It's an incentive to get up early and not loaf around on the computer:-) Like you, I think the work of the Heir Hunters looks fascinating. It would be great to have all those resources at one's fingertips. As it is, we don't do so badly with all that there is online for free. I have been scooting around FreeBMD and finding out lots of interesting snippets, today. Josephine Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On 21 Feb 2011 at 14:30, Lcsearch3528@aol.com wrote: > Hi Josephine > > Thanks for letting us know, I love this programme and often think I > would like to work for Fraser & Fraser, it would be fascinating. > I hope you will forgive me but I beg to differ! In my book, these people are what I would call "ambulance chasers", much like no- win-no-fee lawyers. They are interested only in profit and have no interest whatsoever in genealogy for its own sake. I happen to know also that the percentage of an estate they demand when they sign people up can be very substantial indeed - sometimes as much as 30-35 per cent - and they refuse to release any details whatsoever until they have got mugs to sign on the dotted line. I would not call them genealogists at all - more like commission agents, i.e. bookmakers, since they take advantage of people's greed and desire to get rich quick. I used to see them operating at the dear old Family Records Centre when it was open, and they were more like spivs than genealogists and family historians. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:16:29 -0000, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > I hope you will forgive me but I beg to differ! Hi Roy, It would be dull if we all thought the same and if no one had a different opinion. Talking from my own experience, a long time ago a number of my relatives were approached by heir hunters after the death of a family member. In the event, a will was found and no inheritance came to the relatives I knew. However, each one was given a copy of the will and the paper work on the case and a lot of family history information was gleaned from both. Subsequently, I met several distant cousins and corresponded with another so lots of gaps were filled in concerning our family history because of this contact with the heir hunters. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
>>Anyway that's me glued to the tv for the next few mornings if I'm in!<< Or the iPlayer if you're not! Polly