http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/07/who-do-you-think-you-are-hugh-quarshie/ The official Ancestry.co.uk blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/09/07/who-do-you-think-you-are-hugh-quarshie/#comment-501 Moira Fidler Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:12:06 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1070#comment-501 I agree with Russell I thought the show was great because it was so different and showed when there's a lack of offical records the importance of oral history. Hugh was lucky that the land of his forebares have a tradition of oral narrative, unlike our British button-lipped Victorian society who never talked about anything! I particularily enjoyed the end of the show, the look on Hugh's face when his Dutch Kamerling relative produced that enelope of wonderful photo's! My only complaint- I would have liked them to try and find Hugh's mystery Philips ancestor- perhaps they did but were unable to, but wouldn't it make a great follow-up show to try! I agree with Russell I thought the show was great because it was so different and showed when there’s a lack of offical records the importance of oral history. Hugh was lucky that the land of his forebares have a tradition of oral narrative, unlike our British button-lipped Victorian society who never talked about anything!
I particularily enjoyed the end of the show, the look on Hugh’s face when his Dutch Kamerling relative produced that enelope of wonderful photo’s!
My only complaint- I would have liked them to try and find Hugh’s mystery Philips ancestor- perhaps they did but were unable to, but wouldn’t it make a great follow-up show to try!

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