I found Jeremy's Glasgow links particularly interesting, since my great-grandfather and persons further back (mother's side) had once lived in similar surroundings. That tiny tenement-block room, preserved by Scotland Trust, was almost impossible to imagine as a home for an entire family. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Kvilhaugveien@aol.com <Kvilhaugveien@aol.com> To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 11 January 2006 22:32 Subject: [WSX] "Who do you think you are" >So was I was the only viewer to throw something at the TV tonight???!! > >Excellent television, I admit, but really - did JP really have to shed the >hard-man image quite so often? We (possibly) all have hard-luck stories in >our family history, but if we got that screwed up about them, then the >psychologist industry would be booming! Also - didn't anyone point out to the great >man that each generation adds another two families to trace? (...except my >interbred lot, of course - LOL!) > >Forgive the cynical opinions - actually I quite enjoyed it, especially as we >all came from the relatively pure air of Somerset (give or take the odd >emphasymic coal-miner!). If it encourages more folk to delve into their roots >and, hopefully, link up with the rest of us real-time genealogists, then so >much the better. Maybe we should petition Auntie Beeb about who we'd like to >see in the next series - anyone with the names Hunt, Talbot, Cross, Almond, >Grabham, Bartlett or Carter in my case! > >Happy hunting to all. > >Colin. > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== >Virus warnings, test message and flaming are strictly OFF TOPIC. If you need virus info, see http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/226 - Release Date: 10/01/06 > >