DON'T READ THIS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO WATCH THE REPEAT OR I-PLAYER
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Watching this evening's WDYTYA, I found myself thinking: "I've seen/heard that before". It was all rather like my errant grandfather (EG) - leaving a wife and two sons in 1916 (during WW1) to nip off to Canada and behave as a single man, then move on to the USA, and marry at least once more - possibly three times - I don't know if there were any more children.
Today's show, the EG left just before WW2, after a failed stowaway emigration to the USA, then moved to the other side of Northern England, marrying again, and having a whole new family before emigrating to Australia. 'Irresponsible and selfish' - the words I've found myself using about my EG, over and over.
An interesting show, but - as has been remarked - less and less about genealogy; more and more about celebrity personal family history (with little about the technical steps to find it).
Christine
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Watching this evening's WDYTYA, I found myself thinking: "I've seen/heard that before". It was all rather like my errant grandfather (EG) - leaving a wife and two sons in 1916 (during WW1) to nip off to Canada and behave as a single man, then move on to the USA, and marry at least once more - possibly three times - I don't know if there were any more children.
Today's show, the EG left just before WW2, after a failed stowaway emigration to the USA, then moved to the other side of Northern England, marrying again, and having a whole new family before emigrating to Australia. 'Irresponsible and selfish' - the words I've found myself using about my EG, over and over.
An interesting show, but - as has been remarked - less and less about genealogy; more and more about celebrity personal family history (with little about the technical steps to find it).
Christine
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