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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 14 Jun 2010 17:46

I think it's the program producers who seek out the celebrities, rather than vice versa. ;)

We genealogy hounds might watch a program about ordinary people tracing their roots, but there's gotta be a hook to attract the general public (and sell advertising ... and keep Ancestry.com's profits flowing in from new customers ...). Celebrities will do it every time.

Celebrities don't pay for anything, don't forget. They get paid to go to parties!

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 14 Jun 2010 17:57

Well ... that's what we do here. ;) And I know two of us for sure are better than the WDYTYA guy in the UK, anyhow! We easily did in a few minutes what he'd got paid to not do at all. ;)

(All because of a little spelling variation in a birth reg I found, yeesh!)

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 14 Jun 2010 18:06

The first series of WDYTYR was ordinary people. I found it very interesting. I would prefer a mixture of celebrities and ordinary people. I'm sick to death of this celebrity culture.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 14 Jun 2010 18:14

what I like most of all about WDYTYR is when they find details of ancestors or relatives that they put it into context of the time. Eventually I hope to do that with my family.

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