Thank you for highlighting this broadcast. I did manage to listen to it from North Hertfordshire using my computer. The queries answered may have explained why I cannot find my great grandfather, George Rickards (b c 1870), in the 1901 census. His wife and children are at home in Ludlow but there is no Head of the household. He is a slippery devil as I have not been able to locate him for sure anywhere except on his children's birth and his own marriage certificates. I was hoping for a census entry with his family to identify his place of birth but it seems that he may well have been away at war. Surprising but possible. He was a miner/excavator, apparently, and I know that he died in Burghill Mental Asylum before December 1944, when his remains were moved from Burghill by one of his children to Hereford cemetery. Any further help in tracking this rascal down would be much appreciated. Not a nice man, I gather! Kind regards Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "origins" <origins@ihug.co.nz> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 April, 2006 10:06 Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Re: Family History on Radio Shropshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Jassie" <dave.jassie@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:38 PM Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Fw: {not a subscriber} Family History on Radio Shropshire | | From: "Michael J Hulme" <mike@mjhulme.fsnet.co.uk> | To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> | {not a subscriber} | | | Hello Everyone | | If any of you are able to listen to BBC Radio Shropshire on Monday 10th | April between 10am and 11am (British Summer Time) they are having a | Family History phone in for listeners. | | If you don't live in Shropshire you can listen on the Internet at | http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/ then click on the Listen Live link at | the bottom right hand corner. | | You can of course e-mail questions in if you live outside the UK. | | Mike | | | | ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== | TO post a message to the list for *every* subscriber to read, please *always* use - | ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx | | ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== TIPS on list etiquette and how to maximise your chances of receiving help can be found at ~ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/expectations.htm ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx