<roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:mailman.3.1369568839.8661.genbrit@rootsweb.com... > From: "Piercefield" <Piercefield@btinternet.com> > >> Roy Stockdill wrote, Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:00 AM >> >> > I may take a look at him, Geoff, possibly even >> > for my online Famous family trees blog, as he is >> > becoming quite a well-known national character. >> >> "If you want to know your ancestry, all you need do is to stand for >> public office, and "they" will do all the research for you for free." > > > Of the 20 celebrities I have so far done for Findmypast, they break down > into > the following categories..... > > ACTORS (3): Charlie Chaplin, Tom Ellis, Michael Kitchen > ACTRESSES (4): Anne Reid, Brenda Blethyn, Miranda Hart, Kate Winslet > TV PRESENTERS (4): Simon Cowell, John Craven, Gabby Logan, Tess Daly > WRITERS (2); JK Rowling, Colin Dexter > SPORTS PERSONALITIES (2): Victoria Pendleton, Sebastian Coe (though I > suppose > he would count as a politician also). > POLITICIANS (4): David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, Theresa May > ARTISTS (1): Tracey Emin > > Seems like a reasonable balance to me, though I should point out that > Cameron, > Brown and Clegg were all commissioned from me by FMP to tie in with the > last > General Election and Theresa May was the only one I myself put up. Seb > Coe, JK > Rowling and Tracey Emin were also commissioned to tie in with their > appearing > in the WDYTYA? series. > > I'm afraid I don't understand what your objection is, if in fact you are > making > some sort of objection! > > I'm keeping Farrage up my sleeve, as it were, because it seems to me his > future > as a public figure is rather up in the air at the present moment in time. > He > could became a major figure in politics or disappear into obscurity. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > The interest in Mr Ferridge is the changes in his name with time - and we all have examples of that; and the contrast between some of his views and those of the eras which allowed his ancestors to enter Britain and succeed. Had Herr Schrod from Frankfurt and the putative Huguenots not been welcomed we would not have the benefit of Mr Ferridge's presence today. We are not just what we make of ourselves but what our history and our genes force on us.