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Aurora
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11-24-2006

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
I just read that Lisa Kudrow is the executive producer of the show.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Short interview with Lisa Kudrow on the making of the show:

Lisa Kudrow

ETA I looked at Robert Martindale's records this morning, it turns out he was an English immigrant who died in the Civil War. Sad that he came to the U.S. likely looking for a better life, only to die in our great conflict. A hero indeed.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
The show always inspires me to dig into my family tree more, and this morning I found my father's original draft registration card from WWI. Ancestry.com has gotten a lot more sophisticated over the last year or so.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
The WWI draft registration cards have proven to be EXTREMELY interesting and helpful. I found all of my gg-uncles in there, and they helped fill in a lot of family information from that generation.

Aurora, that's excellent you found another primary source of info for your father.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Does Ancestry.com just have documents related to Americans? While my dad lived in the States for the last 10 years of his life, he lived in Canada, Israel, and Rumania too. I'm really keen to find out about his ancestors and especially to track down our relatives in France. Oh and his brother and his mother also died in the USA.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Mameblanche, Ancestry.com has records from all over the world, the majority of them from the U.S. and Great Britain. However, they do have search options such as this:

Romania: Jewish Names From the Central Zionist Archives.

You never know what you're going to find that's helpful on there once you dial down on a particular ancestor, their records are constantly increasing.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Here is another resource you may find helpful, Mameblanche:

Jewishgen.org

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks GAL! No luck so far with dad's side of the family, but pretty sure I just found my mom's eldest brother who died 2 years before I was born. They were from Poland.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I'm working on my Polish cousins and my Russian/Jewish uncle right now, actually having a good deal of success on the Russian side. The Polish provinces are kicking my ass, though, the same towns were Russian, Polish, or Austrian, etc. at different points in time, and the Americanized spellings of the grodeks/gorodoks is NEVER right. If you speak a slavik language you're about 20 lightyears ahead of me on these research sites.

Spelll
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09-16-2005

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spelll a private message Print Post    
ancestry.ca is Canadian and if you click down there at the bottom right of the home page on either ancestry.ca or .com, you can find more sites.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
GAL, it sounds like you get a lot of enjoyment from doing the research yourself, but if you ever get stuck with Eastern European stuff, I can personally recommend these guys:

http://www.bluebirdresearch.com/about-bluebird-research/

They have some interesting blogs there too. They're pretty enthusiastic.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Excellent, Kitt, thank you I will certainly look into it.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
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Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the info, Aurora.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, April 02, 2010 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
New episode tonight - Brooke Shields.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, April 02, 2010 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
After this there's a three week break before Susan Sarandon, for some reason.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
This was a snoozer last night. Shields (whom I like, by the way) seemed to be more interested in doing some very bad acting for the camera than truly engrossed in finding her heritage. There was no indication that she did any legwork herself (maybe none of the others did, either, but at least there was an indication that research took place and how/where it took place, as well as the subjects presenting themselves in archives, libraries, etc. to be advised of HOW the find was made).

I can understand it to a degree with Shields, because her father is gone and as I understand it her mother is mentally infirm and not capable of appreciating the information flow. Everyone to this point has had family - brothers, sisters, parents - whom they were excited to present with their newly-found information. Brooke Shields has - well, no one at this point. Her husband isn't affected by it, and her children are too young to appreciate it. So basically Shields is celebrating by herself. Sad. Really sad. No one to go home to and say "look at who we are, can you believe this?"

I had to sit and think about why I was annoyed by this episode. I guess because Shields was presented with a platinum pedigree on a piece of rolled-out lambskin, didn't seem truly engaged in the process, and had the princess in a castle ending that many people would love to find (as if her life hasn't been blessed enough with fame and fortune). But I had to realize that I actually feel sorry for her for the reason stated above - she is very alone in this world, regardless of her husband and family. Who is left that is related to her and has experienced the entire trajectory of her life from front to back? Pretty much no one. Sad to think about.

Riviere
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09-09-2000

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Riviere a private message Print Post    
The NBC affiliate in St Louis, MO, opts to pre-empt this show with local programming! Luckily in the 'computer age' I can watch any missed episodes on NBC.com ~ for free with no local commercials, they last 41-43 minutes each...

Hunting my Belgian ancestors (immigrants landing at Ellis Island) I needed help from across the pond, as they say... A nice man living in West Flanders offered his services. After several months of negotiating his hours & fees I settled on a basic lineage quest. He mailed Granmere's actual birth certificate copy signed by her father! Also pages of her husband's ancestry, back to 1558 ~ gasp!!! Then he stunned me, he'd thought the name RIVIERE was familiar ~ turns out he's my 5th cousin... What are the odds? Pretty good actually, many of west Europe people traced to America are cousins or inlaws... His total fee cost me $91 after the wire xfer fees on either side. I got 10 generations and a new cousin when $91 wouldn't have got me as far as NY otherwise...


Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That's amazing Riviere!

I agree Brooke Shield's story lacked heart. I wondered also if it was because it was so surreal - none of her stories were ones most of us could relate to, few struggles, just data on the family tree rather than stories on the family tree.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
From Ancestry.com, they're repeating Sarah Jessica Parker's search next Friday. I missed it the first time, so am happy to hear that. Maybe they're repeating the first three shows before running new episodes?

Did you miss the premiere with Sarah Jessica Parker?
Watch it next Friday, April 9th at 8/7c
Join Sarah Jessica Parker on her journey through family history as she discovers an ancestor who was accused during the Salem Witch Trials.


Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Great story, Riviere!! I had a first cousin like 8 times removed contact me from Germany (after reading an obscure post of mine on a genealogy board) with all kinds of information from the family bible his family still keeps. It's a wonder to find relatives over there who have kept the flame and are similarly interested. You got a bargain on the search for real.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Please send up a flare if and when they repeat Lisa Kudrow's ep!!! Thanks in advance. :-)

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I saw last night's episode. Did they say whether either / both of her parents had siblings? If they didn't have siblings, Brooke is even more alone than I am. (Though she does have husband and children.) I'm an only child, never married, no children. Both my parents had brothers. All my aunts and uncles are gone. I do have app. 25 cousins (son of one kinda famous in his way), but none are physically close or otherwise. So...pretty much no family here.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
I was curious if Brooke's mother had siblings also, Color. In one part they did say that Brooke's Grandmother was the oldest and 'so was her Mother.' Brooke went on to say that her Mother chose to run away/leave, but it sounded like her Grandmother had more than one child.

I was confused about the French ancestry that involved Christine Marie. Was that on her paternal grandmother's side or was it still on her paternal grandfather's side?

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, April 03, 2010 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Aw, Colordeagua - that hurts my feelings. Maybe you could start working on a history and make some connections with your family that way - there is more that exists beyond your first cousins, I can assure you.

Her mother I believe had siblings. I don't recall whether her father did. They really focused in on her mother's mother early on, and the hardships she endured as the oldest of a family who lost their mother very early, and lost a brother at the age of 13 (during the years her grandmother would have been busy raising him). They spoke of the resentment her grandmother would have had over Terri (Brooke's mother) being also the oldest of her group and peeling out when she was 18 (therefore not helping raise her brothers and sisters as Grandma had).