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RTE Genealogy Roadshow

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  • #62
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭jos28


    Bit annoying that they didn't complete the Argentina story. No mention of what happened to the husband and other children :(


  • #63
    Alicat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,264 ✭✭✭✭Alicat


    Yes, I noticed that too. My mum said, "Is that where you go?"

    It bloody well is not :(


  • #64
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    Hello Derek, thanks for allowing me on your show.. I want to see if I can track down the b*stard that christened me Turtle Bunbury.. :mad:


  • #65
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    It's quite a slick production to be fair.. The screens with the videos, graphical presentations, skype calls. It's edited as well to keep a good pace...


  • #66
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Turtle is just a nickname.

    Why are the family trees they show so small? I'm straining to read them properly.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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  • #67
    The Kurgan
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭The Kurgan


    jos28 wrote: »
    Bit annoying that they didn't complete the Argentina story. No mention of what happened to the husband and other children :(

    Totally agree, I have been tracing ancestors who left from Wexford to Buenos Aires & then returned back in the 1890's .
    Was hoping they might go into a little more detail apart from mentioning the Dresden Affair . I suppose they have a lot of stories to fit into an Episode.


  • #68
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭jos28


    The Kurgan wrote: »
    Totally agree, I have been tracing ancestors who left from Wexford to Buenos Aires & then returned back in the 1890's .
    Was hoping they might go into a little more detail apart from mentioning the Dresden Affair . I suppose they have a lot of stories to fit into an Episode.

    I know they gave to edit the programme into 1 hour but they could have given a brief mention about them or even given details to help people like yourself.


  • #69
    Alicat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,264 ✭✭✭✭Alicat


    They have a new Facebook page.


  • #70
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    jos28 wrote: »
    I know they gave to edit the programme into 1 hour but they could have given a brief mention about them or even given details to help people like yourself.

    But it’s not about genealogy, it is about ‘gen-tainment’ with some voyeurism thrown in for spice. A bit like taking a peek at somebody’s diary, or poking around inside their family. It’s the same with TV cookery programmes, nothing to do with teaching cookery or learning about method or ingredients, they are ‘menu-tainment’ with pretty people and cleavage. Compare Nigella to Julia Child.:), one can really cook, the other is more for .....


  • #71
    hjr
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭hjr


    As someone who's been doing their family tree for over two years, and been on this forum for most of that time, my biggest shock on the programme was finding out that the word is pronounced GeneAlogy...! I've always presumed and pronounced it GeneOlogy.... :(

    For shame....

    And me a supposed intelligent individual!


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  • #72
    Waitsian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    hjr wrote: »
    As someone who's been doing their family tree for over two years, and been on this forum for most of that time, my biggest shock on the programme was finding out that the word is pronounced GeneAlogy...! I've always presumed and pronounced it GeneOlogy.... :(

    For shame....

    And me a supposed intelligent individual!

    Meh.

    Tomato, oregano, genealogy. I pronounce it the same way as you do; people know what you mean.


  • #73
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    People do say both.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #74
    blue banana
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭blue banana


    pinkypinky wrote: »
    So weird. Turtle Bunbury went to Joyce House to get Maria Ball's great-grandmother's death cert!! I thought this was only filmed a few months ago. I guess Werburgh St doesn't look good enough on camera. But that's really misleading for anyone watching who doesn't know better.

    The Cork one (on next week) was filmed April/May 2013 from memory, so I imagine that piece was filmed before the opening of Werburgh St.


  • #75
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Really? It was filmed a whole year ago? Wow.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #76
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭OU812


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    "...our ancestry SWAT team..."

    They do know SWAT is Special Weapons And Tactics, right?


  • #77
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Quote: "Illegal adoptions in 1930's Ireland"

    That is going to get a lot of people's hopes up. I doubt there is much information they can get really.


  • #78
    kerash
    Registered Users Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭kerash


    (Mod's feel free to delete if this has been posted already)

    Just saw this on RTE's Website http://www.rte.ie/tv/audienceparticipation/thegenealogyroadshow.html
    Perhaps you have always wondered whether one of your relations was involved in a dramatic part of local or national history? Perhaps you need help tracing a missing branch of the family. Maybe you have a mysterious family document or an heirloom that you just can't explain. If there is any kind of mystery in your family tree, then the team of experts can help you solve it.

    Tell them the story and they will search for the evidence.

    People who are interested in finding out more should contact genealogy@bigmountainproductions.com or call Ciara on 04830834046
    Visit www.bigmountainproductions.com for a form today.


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