very true but to me that's not family history, learning about just one person does not a family tree make trace ----- Original Message ----- From: <famh1story@aol.com> To: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@polomint.plus.com>; <yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com>; "Richard Tetley" <richard.tetley@virgin.net>; <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > Was best prog they ever did. Showed how much info about one person can be > discovered. You want more do it yourself > > Rob > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@polomint.plus.com> > Sender: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:39:14 > To: Richard Tetley<richard.tetley@virgin.net>; <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > > i personally thought it was the worst ever episode of who do you think > youare, i know we like to fleshout the bones of ourancestors but that > wasn't > family history research at all it was just a documentary about patrick > stewart's dad. i was really looking forward to it too as i'm a bit of a > trekkie!! > > trace > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Tetley" <richard.tetley@virgin.net> > To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > > >> Roy, >> >> Although I enjoyed the programme, I found myself criticising them for >> jumping to conclusions. >> >> From a newspaper report saying that he was suffering from shell shock >> in 1940, they seemed to conclude that the reason he was a wife-beater >> was all down to that. >> >> However, he went on to have much further involvement in the war, indeed >> he volunteered for the paras and was promoted to RSM. That doesn't sound >> like a man who was suffering from shell shock, post traumatic stress or >> whatever you like to call it these days. >> >> I think it is entirely possible that he was in a marriage that he didn't >> really want to be in (he initially joined the army to try to escape his >> responsibilities), and that he was happier in the army than out of it. I >> think it's true that many men who fought in WW2 just couldn't adapt to >> civilian life after all the excitement of wartime service. (Some of them >> actually got a buzz out of fighting, and the camaraderie of being >> amongst men). A man who had risen to the rank of RSM would be accustomed >> to men jumping at his every command. Maybe he couldn't cope with a wife >> and kids who didn't blindly obey him. >> >> I don't think that the programme actually drilled down enough to find >> the character of his father (which is really what it was about). >> >> As with many of these programmes, I was left wanting to know more! I >> know that they can only fit so much into an hour, and there are >> limitations to how much research they can do with the resources >> available. Nevertheless, to jump to a handy conclusion is against my >> instincts. >> >> regards >> Richard >> >> >> On 29/08/2012 22:20, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com wrote: >>> I have just watched tonight's episode of Who Do Think You Are? about the >>> actor Patrick >>> Stewart, born at Mirfield in 1940. >>> >>> I don't think I have ever seen such a superb and moving programme in >>> this >>> entire series >> >> ..... >> Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I had hoped that this thread would not persist. Please spare a thought for those of us that chose to watch the opening ceremony of the Paraolympics and intend to watch missed programmes on the i player. Thank you Chris ________________________________ From: Spring Flower <spring.flower@polomint.plus.com> To: famh1story@aol.com; yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com; Richard Tetley <richard.tetley@virgin.net>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2012, 10:59 Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart very true but to me that's not family history, learning about just one person does not a family tree make trace ----- Original Message ----- From: <famh1story@aol.com> To: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@polomint.plus.com>; <yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com>; "Richard Tetley" <richard.tetley@virgin.net>; <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > Was best prog they ever did. Showed how much info about one person can be > discovered. You want more do it yourself > > Rob > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@polomint.plus.com> > Sender: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:39:14 > To: Richard Tetley<richard.tetley@virgin.net>; <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > > i personally thought it was the worst ever episode of who do you think > youare, i know we like to fleshout the bones of ourancestors but that > wasn't > family history research at all it was just a documentary about patrick > stewart's dad.  i was really looking forward to it too as i'm a bit of a > trekkie!! > > trace > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Tetley" <richard.tetley@virgin.net> > To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] WDYTYA? Patrick Stewart > > >> Roy, >> >> Although I enjoyed the programme, I found myself criticising them for >> jumping to conclusions. >> >> From a newspaper report saying that he was suffering from shell shock >> in 1940, they seemed to conclude that the reason he was a wife-beater >> was all down to that. >> >> However, he went on to have much further involvement in the war, indeed >> he volunteered for the paras and was promoted to RSM. That doesn't sound >> like a man who was suffering from shell shock, post traumatic stress or >> whatever you like to call it these days. >> >> I think it is entirely possible that he was in a marriage that he didn't >> really want to be in (he initially joined the army to try to escape his >> responsibilities), and that he was happier in the army than out of it. I >> think it's true that many men who fought in WW2 just couldn't adapt to >> civilian life after all the excitement of wartime service. (Some of them >> actually got a buzz out of fighting, and the camaraderie of being >> amongst men). A man who had risen to the rank of RSM would be accustomed >> to men jumping at his every command. Maybe he couldn't cope with a wife >> and kids who didn't blindly obey him. >> >> I don't think that the programme actually drilled down enough to find >> the character of his father (which is really what it was about). >> >> As with many of these programmes, I was left wanting to know more! I >> know that they can only fit so much into an hour, and there are >> limitations to how much research they can do with the resources >> available. Nevertheless, to jump to a handy conclusion is against my >> instincts. >> >> regards >> Richard >> >> >> On 29/08/2012 22:20, roy.stockdill@btinternet.com wrote: >>> I have just watched tonight's episode of Who Do Think You Are? about the >>> actor Patrick >>> Stewart, born at Mirfield in 1940. >>> >>> I don't think I have ever seen such a superb and moving programme in >>> this >>> entire series >> >> ..... >> Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message