General Chat

hi all, well that was brilliant, robert lyndsey, alot better than last week, barbara windsor, where is his uncle though, is he still alive,? regards jean

well they said it ended there,so dont know

Herbert Dawson was born same year as my mum and m-i-l, and they are both still alive. He would have served in the second world war most likely. If he was adopted, then he may have lived under a different surname.

Surely there would be adoption records? I thought it was really interesting

are you thinking that he may still be around then val what year was he born again? catherine xx

I prefered it a lot more last week.

the only fault with this programme is its not long enough,lol.i like to see em go right back,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

He was born in1919, and would be 87 now if still alive, of course he may have died during the war, I got impression he turned up out of the blue to visit his mum during the war, If not alive he may have descendants.

yeah val you would ave thought so, maybe with it being a bit sensitive, they didn't delve more, maybe Robert might with the right guidance. good luck to him catherine xx

His name was Herbert Dawson Hallsworth and he died in 1988 in Lincolnshire - found it with one search on ancestry. Kate.

i wonder why they couldnt check that

Does anyone else find the programme frustrating and start muttering under their breath while watching it? Since when has a visit to Kew - of all places- been THAT easy??!! PLUS he got to see the original records. Janice

Wish he had gone further back, it was only one generation really. I much preferred last weeks programme.

I wondered why he didnt find the burial of the other little girl ??? I thought he was very good, but I too get annoyed when they make it look so easy .

I can't believe they would give us the details of Herbert's birth without checking first whether he was still alive. They probably traced his family and cleared it with them before including it in the programme. Just didn't divulge it to us mere mortals. Suzy

If a lead proves uninteresting or too lengthy to follow up it wouldn't be suitable for the programme which after all is only an hour

The first couple of times I went to see the local superintendent registrar here, she let me look at the original registers, alongside her. I didn't realise it wasn't normal procedure - but it was a long time ago, before genealogy became so popular. Jay

If you look at the BBC website page on it, it gives a bit more info into further back on his gran Hannah's family that wasn't included on the programme. Is it just me or do the celebrities sometimes seem a bit dumb sometimes - like tonight 'Wow, this is my grandfathers gun' - no its the same type of gun that he probably used.... And not to mention poor old Babs and her toy boy hubby and their 'oh was her maiden name Do?' when looking at the censuses... sometimes it makes me want to slap my forehead in disbelief... Lets hope the others might be a bit better! Alex

Where abouts in Lincolnshire did he die?? buried?? I to get annoyed with all the easiness of it all.Strange coincidence him finding one of the graves on the same day that she was buried. Just shows how old the programme is then as it was 20th June. I am still trying to find out details of one of my lot that went into a workhouse. Barbara Windsor got to look at the entry register to see the address from where hers came from but I cant get any details on mine.

A shame that the program was more on the history of the WW! and not on Roberts family. Lin