... "Who Do You Think You Are?" is a series I can highly recommend to people with a curiosity about family history as an entertaining as well as educational experience.... Read review
To accompany the third series of the award-winning BBC television series, this book gives ... more
the amateur genealogist all the tools to trace their ancestors back over six centuries, taking them on a fascinating historical journey into the past. For the first time in a popular genealogy book, author Anton Gill and "Who Do You Think You Are?" family history expert Nick Barratt have created a wonderfully readable book which takes the reader back through time past the usual family tree landmark of 1837, when birth, marriage and death registration were made mandatory, to allow the reader to trace their ancestors back to Tudor times.
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Advantages: Entertaining, engrossing, intriguing, at times sentimental, very pleasant viewing Disadvantages: Geneaological research is limited to trace back only about 150 years
...elders from one's childhood community, who are still living and can provide information about other family members who had passed away too long ago for the host celebrity to recall. Then all possible archives of communities, schools or places of employment would be searched for more details as well as additional branches of the family tree.
We learn about how people lived, what sort of work they had to do, what difficulties they had ... ...were born after them. There are many emotional moments, where the hosting celebrity might even break down sobbing, when confronted with the incredible hardships family members only a few generations back had to endure.
There is plenty of humor in each episode, and plenty of wonderful moments where memories are cherished and pleasantries exchanged. For those reasons alone, this series is a joy to watch. The one detail I would find fault ... more
As an avid amateur genealogist, I had anticipated the arrival of this series. The concept is simple: Each episode features a different celebrity on a quest for information about their ancestry. The journey usually begins with immediate family members like parents, aunts, uncles or in some cases grand parents or even elders from one's childhood community, who are still living and can provide information about other family members who had passed away too long ago for the host celebrity to recall. Then all possible archives of communities, schools or places of employment would be searched for more details as well as additional branches of the family tree.
We learn about how people lived, what sort of work they had to do, what difficulties they had to overcome, and how their lives had affected those who were born after them. There are many emotional moments, where the hosting celebrity might even break down sobbing, when confronted with the incredible hardships family members only a few generations back had to endure.
There is plenty of humor in each episode, and plenty of wonderful moments where memories are cherished and pleasantries exchanged. For those reasons alone, this series is a joy to watch. The one detail I would find fault with, is the fact that the genealogy of each family is traced back only to about the middle of the 19th Century. In my own genealogy efforts, family lineages are traced much farther back than merely a century and a half. To learn about the parents of my grandparents would not be a big thrill; I'd want to dig much deeper to the roots, or climb much higher up into a family tree.
The DVD quality is excellent, although there are no unique special features except for biographies for each guest celebrity. "Who Do You Think You Are?" is a series I can highly recommend to people with a curiosity about family history as an entertaining as well as educational experience.
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Television
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United Kingdom
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ACORN MEDIA; ARVATO SERVICES
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English
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Nick Barratt filmography
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Dolby Digital
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Explore the world of genealogy and learn how to trace your family history. Follow celebrities as they search into their past and find out interesting and surprising facts about their ancestors. Celebrities featured include: David Baddiel, Jeremy Clarkson, Leslie Garrett, Ian Hislop, Sue Johnstone, Bill Oddie, Amanda Redman, Vic Reeves, Meera Syal and Moira Stuart.
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