Credit to the BBC?

[Lindad]

A few weeks ago I went to the TNA at Kew on a Saturday and had a lovely peaceful, productive day.

I went again yesterday and it was a completely different story! There were whole families crowding around the microfiche screens and queuing up to get to the index boxes. Many of them obviously didn't have much of a clue about what they were looking for... or about how creative you sometimes have to be when looking for information about an event that was supposed to have occurred at a definite time. Some conversations, that you couldn't help but overhear, were quite amusing! "But darling, they couldn't possibly have been married in 1949... you were born in 1948."

Credit to the BBC perhaps? There appears to have been an explosion of interest in family history during the past six weeks...

[ruthrrr]

Think you could be right - have the horrid feeling that I perhaps bore my colleagues rotten with my family history talk, but in the last couple of weeks several of them have been talking about getting started and what did I suggest they do... Do they realise how highly addictive it all is though? :-)

Ruth

[Terry Waters-Marsh]

A few weeks ago I went to the TNA at Kew on a Saturday and had a lovely peaceful, productive day.

I went again yesterday and it was a completely different story! There were whole families crowding around the microfiche screens and queuing up to get to the index boxes. Many of them obviously didn't have much of a clue about what they were looking for... or about how creative you sometimes have to be when looking for information about an event that was supposed to have occurred at a definite time. Some conversations, that you couldn't help but overhear, were quite amusing! "But darling, they couldn't possibly have been married in 1949... you were born in 1948."

Credit to the BBC perhaps? There appears to have been an explosion of interest in family history during the past six weeks...

Let's hope the BBC realise they have a winner there so it gets onto the TV in other parts of the world. What was the series called? (Was it the one the TNA newsletter refers to?).

[ruthrrr]

Let's hope the BBC realise they have a winner there so it gets onto the TV in other parts of the world. What was the series called? (Was it the one the TNA newsletter refers to?).

It is the one that the TNA are refering to "Who do you think you are?" I've been enjoying it. It's worth having a look at the BBC website too.

Ruth

[Lindad]

Think you could be right - have the horrid feeling that I perhaps bore my colleagues rotten with my family history talk, but in the last couple of weeks several of them have been talking about getting started and what did I suggest they do... Do they realise how highly addictive it all is though? :-)

Ruth

Me too! I have to stop myself from getting too enthusiastic! However I was chatting to a friend today who comes from the Witney area of Oxfordshire. I asked her if she knew the nearby village of Bampton (where all my Dutton ancestors are from). "Yes, very well" she said, "infact there used to be a shop in the village called Duttons". I know, I said, it was opened in about 1830 by one of my great greats! Wow, she said, I'd love to trace my family roots...

[ruthrrr]

Me too! I have to stop myself from getting too enthusiastic! However I was chatting to a friend today who comes from the Witney area of Oxfordshire. I asked her if she knew the nearby village of Bampton (where all my Dutton ancestors are from). "Yes, very well" she said, "infact there used to be a shop in the village called Duttons". I know, I said, it was opened in about 1830 by one of my great greats! Wow, she said, I'd love to trace my family roots...

But you see that's when I pounce... with offers of books and help! and it seems to be working.

[arthurk]

Me too! I have to stop myself from getting too enthusiastic! However I was chatting to a friend today who comes from the Witney area of Oxfordshire. I asked her if she knew the nearby village of Bampton (where all my Dutton ancestors are from). "Yes, very well" she said, "infact there used to be a shop in the village called Duttons". I know, I said, it was opened in about 1830 by one of my great greats! Wow, she said, I'd love to trace my family roots...

Well, if your ancestors had Duttons shop in Bampton, then you must be related to my wife
I'll pass this on to her, and you may like to look at her website.
Arthur

[Lindad]

Well, if your ancestors had Duttons shop in Bampton, then you must be related to my wife
I'll pass this on to her, and you may like to look at her website
Arthur

indeed! How exciting! I've yet to find anyone else looking for the Bampton Duttons!!