Who When Where

I expect that's what a number of people will say, Thunder.

For anyone who is a regular viewer of Strictly Come Dancing you may remember her doing well on that show a number of years ago.

Singer-songwriter Pixie Lott sets out to confirm the family story that she has Italian ancestry from Verona. However, her genealogy search takes her to a tale of poverty and hardship in London, and a harrowing and surprising experience in the First World War. She’s also interested in finding out whe...

I enjoyed the episode as it was a good example how only relying on one or two census returns or documents can give a very distorted picture of an individual's life and how to obtain a full picture as many avenues as possible need to be explored. However, I found Joe Lycett irritating, in much the sa...

Comedian Joe Lycett sets out to research his family history, starting out with his Edwardian great-grandad, a member of the fraternal RAOB organisation in Nottingham. Things get darker with his two-times great-grandad Robert Wilkinson, a boy chimney sweep in the 1850s. He learns his ancestor eventua...

The subject of tonight's episode is Dame Judi Dench. Star of stage and screen Dame Judi sets out to research her ancestry, beginning with her father Reginald Dench. He never spoke of his experiences during the First World War, so she tries to find out how he won his gallantry medals. Judi's investig...

Athelstan Braxton Hicks was actually the son of John Braxton Hicks after whom the 'false' contractions are names.

Looking at the two boys on the left of the photo, I would say they both had a slight under bite. In other words a slightly protruding bottom jaw. To me, I would think of this as a 'family trait' so suggesting that they are brothers.

The celebs for the new series of WDYTYA have been announced - Dame Judi Dench Ed Balls Josh Widdecombe Alex Scott Joe Lycett Pixie Lott Joe Sugg If you're a viewer of Strictly Come Dancing many of the names will be familiar! At first glace some may not be your cup of tea but they'll all have interes...

Thanks Norfolk Nan. It certainly brought us a flurry of new members.

I hope they're finding we're living up to expectation

I was at boarding school in the early '70s with a number of girls whose father's were in the military and serving abroad and the families were with them. Usually they joined their families overseas for the school holidays. Most I think were in Germany, although I do remember one girl's father was st...