See http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/comment/london-2012-yorkshire--the-county-thats-trouncing-australia-in-the-olympic-medal-table-8010174.html Susan..as long shot...do you have Burton Stanley Harrison b Ontario 1894 on your tree? May be not but worth checking Victor On 07/08/2012 1:54 PM, Susan Harrison wrote: > The Brownlees might have done so well because Simon Whitfield (Canada) had a crash on the bicycle part of the Triathalon !!! > > But perhaps I can take pride in the Yorkshire successes despite the fact my ancestor left North Yorkshire (Bolton upon Swale) in 1819 > > Susan Harrison > Ontario Canada > > > ________________________________ > From: "roy.stockdill@btinternet.com" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 8:25:06 AM > Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! > > FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! > > Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to > serve a 15-second penalty stop). > > One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place > overall in the medals table. > > Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so > interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and > especially Yorkshire's - success. > > > -- > 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 > > > > > ..... > 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