#wdytya — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wdytya, aggregated by home.social.
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So watching #WDYTYA - Katrina Johnson-Thompson (who is an amazing person and athlete). Her ancestors moved to Miami - from the Bahamas. And where subjected to appalling racist apartheid. Subject to the wrong end of the Jim Crow Laws. Seeing the KKK marching through the streets.
This was all a long time ago - well, 70-80 years. Not ancient history. and it all sounds very contemporary.
I want to say FUCK THE US. But I know it is not everyone in the US. It is not even all the white people in the US. So I will just say FUCK THE WHITE RACISTS.
And the program shows that this separation, based on skin colour, is still present.
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So watching #WDYTYA - Katrina Johnson-Thompson (who is an amazing person and athlete). Her ancestors moved to Miami - from the Bahamas. And where subjected to appalling racist apartheid. Subject to the wrong end of the Jim Crow Laws. Seeing the KKK marching through the streets.
This was all a long time ago - well, 70-80 years. Not ancient history. and it all sounds very contemporary.
I want to say FUCK THE US. But I know it is not everyone in the US. It is not even all the white people in the US. So I will just say FUCK THE WHITE RACISTS.
And the program shows that this separation, based on skin colour, is still present.
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Watching Toby Jones in Who Do You Think You Are, and struggling somewhat with the framing of his ancestor’s participation in events in India in 1857. It feels like an extremely colonial mindset. #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #India
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Watching Toby Jones in Who Do You Think You Are, and struggling somewhat with the framing of his ancestor’s participation in events in India in 1857. It feels like an extremely colonial mindset. #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #India
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Always interesting watching #WDYTYA and seeing how many people find in their background something ugly. Either they have an involvement in the slave trade, or (like |Toby Jones) an ancestor who was part of the Indian invading army (or some other colonial oppression).
And if not, they were in the workhouse.
Because that is our heritage. That is what some people want to take us back to.
No thanks.
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Always interesting watching #WDYTYA and seeing how many people find in their background something ugly. Either they have an involvement in the slave trade, or (like |Toby Jones) an ancestor who was part of the Indian invading army (or some other colonial oppression).
And if not, they were in the workhouse.
Because that is our heritage. That is what some people want to take us back to.
No thanks.
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So #WDYTYA - with Ruth Madeley - absolute amazing story.
I loved her already, she is always amazing, but this makes her seem utterly extraordinary.
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So #WDYTYA - with Ruth Madeley - absolute amazing story.
I loved her already, she is always amazing, but this makes her seem utterly extraordinary.
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Watching #WDYTYA - new series back, with Zoe Ball. And, of course, a tragic story in the background.
And it reminds me that the people who want to return to some mythical glorious past - they expect to be the mill owners. Whereas most of them would be the workers. Who so often die young. Who have large families many of whom who die young.
Most people in the industrial revolution cities - like Glasgow, Manchester, and many others - had very short lives, full of pain and tragedy.
It sucked. Why would we want to go back to that?
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Watching #WDYTYA - new series back, with Zoe Ball. And, of course, a tragic story in the background.
And it reminds me that the people who want to return to some mythical glorious past - they expect to be the mill owners. Whereas most of them would be the workers. Who so often die young. Who have large families many of whom who die young.
Most people in the industrial revolution cities - like Glasgow, Manchester, and many others - had very short lives, full of pain and tragedy.
It sucked. Why would we want to go back to that?
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Watching Fred Sirieix’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are. And there was briefly a photo with a gigantic bottle of cider in it. Which reminded me of my Dublin gg-aunt’s wedding photo. Look at the two blokes in the back. Not cider! #genealogy #familyHistory #Dublin #WDYTYA #Guinness #TV #Ireland #photography
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Watching Fred Sirieix’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are. And there was briefly a photo with a gigantic bottle of cider in it. Which reminded me of my Dublin gg-aunt’s wedding photo. Look at the two blokes in the back. Not cider! #genealogy #familyHistory #Dublin #WDYTYA #Guinness #TV #Ireland #photography
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Watching Paddy McGuinness’s Who Do You Think You Are, and getting very annoyed by how much they’ve totally ignored another Irish ancestral line! That popped up earlier in the research, but has been totally skipped. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ireland #WDYTYA #TV #PaddyMcGuinness
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Watching Paddy McGuinness’s Who Do You Think You Are, and getting very annoyed by how much they’ve totally ignored another Irish ancestral line! That popped up earlier in the research, but has been totally skipped. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ireland #WDYTYA #TV #PaddyMcGuinness
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Did anyone see Who Do You Thin You Are last night, with Paddy McGuinness?
Fascinating how he knew almost nothing about his grandparents -- not even names.
But, can he talk... He never seemed to stop. :qq_043:
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Did anyone see Who Do You Thin You Are last night, with Paddy McGuinness?
Fascinating how he knew almost nothing about his grandparents -- not even names.
But, can he talk... He never seemed to stop. :qq_043:
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Who forgot to tell me 'Who Do You Think You Are' is back for a new series in the UK?
I rely on you guys! 😉
I don't really watch TV so never saw any promos for its return.
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Who forgot to tell me 'Who Do You Think You Are' is back for a new series in the UK?
I rely on you guys! 😉
I don't really watch TV so never saw any promos for its return.
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My latest Scottish GENES Newsletter can be read at https://lnkd.in/ekxgsfS5 - with the latest family history news, and forthcoming events. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scotland #ancestry #WDYTYA
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My latest Scottish GENES Newsletter can be read at https://lnkd.in/ekxgsfS5 - with the latest family history news, and forthcoming events. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scotland #ancestry #WDYTYA
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From "Who Do You Think You Are?" Magazine: The National Archives has published a notice seeking expressions of interest in digitising Second World War Home Guard records.
#FamilyHistory #WW2 #HomeGuard #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday #WDYTYA
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From "Who Do You Think You Are?" Magazine: The National Archives has published a notice seeking expressions of interest in digitising Second World War Home Guard records.
#FamilyHistory #WW2 #HomeGuard #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday #WDYTYA
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Watching Lesley Manville’s Who Do You Think You Are, and spotting many echoes of my husband’s ancestry, including long term non married couples (in his case his Cornish great great grandparents married late in life, after a first spouse died) and ancestors transported to #Australia (a g..uncle in his #Suffolk ancestry). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WDYTYA #LesleyManville #Cornwall #Transportation
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Watching Lesley Manville’s Who Do You Think You Are, and spotting many echoes of my husband’s ancestry, including long term non married couples (in his case his Cornish great great grandparents married late in life, after a first spouse died) and ancestors transported to #Australia (a g..uncle in his #Suffolk ancestry). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WDYTYA #LesleyManville #Cornwall #Transportation
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In an online #WDYTYA Magazine article, #workhouse expert Peter Higginbotham explains what a workhouse infirmary was, who was treated there, and how to find the records in which your ancestors (or #OnePlaceStudy residents) might be found: https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/workhouse-infirmary/
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #Workhouses
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In an online #WDYTYA Magazine article, #workhouse expert Peter Higginbotham explains what a workhouse infirmary was, who was treated there, and how to find the records in which your ancestors (or #OnePlaceStudy residents) might be found: https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/workhouse-infirmary/
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #Workhouses
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Anyone on here been involved in the making, or research, of a Who Do You Think You Are?
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Anyone on here been involved in the making, or research, of a Who Do You Think You Are?
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Watching Chris Ramsey’s Who Do You Think You Are episode, and remembering my own great granddad’s experiences at #Gallipoli. Here’s something I wrote about it. https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/remembering-great-granddads-ww1-service-100-years-after-he-enlisted/ #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WW1 #Melrose #ScottishBorders #Scotland
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Watching Chris Ramsey’s Who Do You Think You Are episode, and remembering my own great granddad’s experiences at #Gallipoli. Here’s something I wrote about it. https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/remembering-great-granddads-ww1-service-100-years-after-he-enlisted/ #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WW1 #Melrose #ScottishBorders #Scotland
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Great to see the new edition of Who Do You Think You Are? magazine (August 2023) which features an article by yours truly on Scottish censuses - should be on sale shortly! #genealogy #FamilyHistory #wdytya
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Great to see the new edition of Who Do You Think You Are? magazine (August 2023) which features an article by yours truly on Scottish censuses - should be on sale shortly! #genealogy #FamilyHistory #wdytya
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Enjoyed tonight's Who Do You Think You Are? with Dev Griffin. If interested in connections to Ireland's revolutionary period, my book Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd edition) has a chapter dedicated to 1912-23 in Ireland. Available to buy from Pen & Sword in the UK at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483 and in the USA from https://www.penandswordbooks.com/9781526757814/tracing-your-irish-family-history-on-the-internet/ #wdytya #Ireland
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Enjoyed tonight's Who Do You Think You Are? with Dev Griffin. If interested in connections to Ireland's revolutionary period, my book Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd edition) has a chapter dedicated to 1912-23 in Ireland. Available to buy from Pen & Sword in the UK at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483 and in the USA from https://www.penandswordbooks.com/9781526757814/tracing-your-irish-family-history-on-the-internet/ #wdytya #Ireland
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CW: slavery, who do you think you are
Catching up with this week’s Who Do You Think You Are and there’s a powerful section about an ancestor heavily involved in the slave trade in the Dutch West Indies. Also a nuanced discussion about the multitude of emotions this leads to and the importance of acknowledging it. It’s the same number of generations back that I have a slave owning ancestor, a #Melrose man in #Jamaica, my 6xg-uncle. #BlackHistory #Slavery #DutchHistory #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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CW: slavery, who do you think you are
Catching up with this week’s Who Do You Think You Are and there’s a powerful section about an ancestor heavily involved in the slave trade in the Dutch West Indies. Also a nuanced discussion about the multitude of emotions this leads to and the importance of acknowledging it. It’s the same number of generations back that I have a slave owning ancestor, a #Melrose man in #Jamaica, my 6xg-uncle. #BlackHistory #Slavery #DutchHistory #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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I love it when I can find complete episodes of #WDYTYA! #Ancestry #genealogy
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I love it when I can find complete episodes of #WDYTYA! #Ancestry #genealogy
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The second episode of the new series of WYTYA will be broadcast on Thursday 8 June at 9pm on BBC One.
This weeks episode features actor Claire Foy
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The second episode of the new series of WYTYA will be broadcast on Thursday 8 June at 9pm on BBC One.
This weeks episode features actor Claire Foy
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problem solved
I watched "Who Do You Think You Are" yesterday with
Andrew Lloyd Webber who, like me, has Magito ancestors.Johannes, Rotterdam city music master; the father of Henry and cellist Alexis Magito was 2x uncle of the tightrope walker Pieter Magito, who is my 6X greatgrandfather. Pieter played the violin.
Unfortunately online I can't find the episode, which I of course loved, outside the UK.
Anyone have an idea?https://dats-er-vast-een-van-maziton.jouwweb.nl/magito/johannis-alexis-magito-1687-en-huybertje-van-hasselt/alexius-magito-de-cellist-1711-1780?_gl=1*1c9iypp*_ga*MTUxMTQ0NTU4NS4xNjg1Njk1ODA4*_ga_E6PZPGE4QM*MTY4NTY5NTgwOC4xLjEuMTY4NTY5OTI3Ni42MC4wLjA.
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problem solved
I watched "Who Do You Think You Are" yesterday with
Andrew Lloyd Webber who, like me, has Magito ancestors.Johannes, Rotterdam city music master; the father of Henry and cellist Alexis Magito was 2x uncle of the tightrope walker Pieter Magito, who is my 6X greatgrandfather. Pieter played the violin.
Unfortunately online I can't find the episode, which I of course loved, outside the UK.
Anyone have an idea?https://dats-er-vast-een-van-maziton.jouwweb.nl/magito/johannis-alexis-magito-1687-en-huybertje-van-hasselt/alexius-magito-de-cellist-1711-1780?_gl=1*1c9iypp*_ga*MTUxMTQ0NTU4NS4xNjg1Njk1ODA4*_ga_E6PZPGE4QM*MTY4NTY5NTgwOC4xLjEuMTY4NTY5OTI3Ni42MC4wLjA.
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Just watched the @[email protected] #WDYTYA again where he traces the story of his 9 x great grandfather David Antonio Mendoza to Jaen, Andalusia who was a master swordsman and tortured & tried as part of the Spanish Inquisition. Wonderful story
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Just watched the @[email protected] #WDYTYA again where he traces the story of his 9 x great grandfather David Antonio Mendoza to Jaen, Andalusia who was a master swordsman and tortured & tried as part of the Spanish Inquisition. Wonderful story
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Just completed another soldier study for "Who do you think you are?". I doubt this one will make it to the screen, unless being sent home and discharged due to haemorrhoids forms a central part of the story. #ww1 #geneaology #wdytya
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An excellent summary of #Huguenot ancestors and how to find them by Kathy Chater. Many settled outside London, including #Bedfordshire #Buckinghamshire #wdytya #nonconformists https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/who-were-the-huguenots/ @genealogy @geneadons
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An excellent summary of #Huguenot ancestors and how to find them by Kathy Chater. Many settled outside London, including #Bedfordshire #Buckinghamshire #wdytya #nonconformists https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/who-were-the-huguenots/ @genealogy @geneadons
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A historian tells of life before the NHS "The ramshackle structure of competing and overlapping services meant real hardship for a significant proportion of the British public" Lesson for politicians thinking of further reorganisation and 'reform'.
https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/healthcare-lbefore-the-nhs/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2024/06/2022_1921257_Who%20Do%20You%20Think%20You%20Are%3F_Newsletters_5334795&utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=Read%20the%20full%20story&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2024/06/2022 #wdytya