Hi Roy, Oh dear I hadn't looked at it that way, thanks for pointing that out Roy.......I can see what you mean..........but will still watch it anyway. Who knows they may be looking for me with some vast fortune waiting! Highly unlikely with my bunch of ancestors being either agri labourers, dock workers or miners!. Lin In a message dated 21/02/2011 20:15:34 GMT Standard Time, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com writes: 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 ------------------------------- 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