tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post7861453605478676729..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: A Lot of Chatter About Helen Hunt Episode on Who Do You Think You Are?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-60724980812004328852012-03-28T21:47:31.351-04:002012-03-28T21:47:31.351-04:00I liked that Helen was honest about her ignorance ...I liked that Helen was honest about her ignorance and was open to the journey. I got the feeling that she needed to process everything she learned.<br /><br />I think the challenge of the show is that it is hard to pack all the detail into an hour. Thus documents appear out of thin air and they leap to simplified conclusions. Jerome Bettis seemed shocked that his ancestors were illiterate and Absolutely Literatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807508458598497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-12436935212956023512012-03-25T12:11:42.624-04:002012-03-25T12:11:42.624-04:00I really enjoyed this episode also. I thought Hel...I really enjoyed this episode also. I thought Helen Hunt was admirably reserved and I appreciate that in a person. I teared up myself several times during this episode. We have such an amazing history in this country and so much of it is unknown to the descendents. If nothing else, WDYTYA helps to showcase that history which I think is incredibly important.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518797858366448475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-5555950938744471582012-03-24T23:27:55.816-04:002012-03-24T23:27:55.816-04:00A lot of good comments here...esp about Ancestry b...A lot of good comments here...esp about Ancestry being free for a bit after the show. But I agree, some more "how-to" is definitely necessary with WDYTYA. My opinion is the Helen Hunt episode was the epitome of the worst of that...documents appeared from thin air! I, too, found her difficult to understand. The history side was interesting, though.Jenny Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342746793201329515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-88397838886391541612012-03-24T23:22:13.521-04:002012-03-24T23:22:13.521-04:00Generally agree with all the pro-con here. What wa...Generally agree with all the pro-con here. What was left unsaid in the HH episode, however, was that some of the branches in the Hunt line of the tree go all the way back to some of the "first families" of early America. This includes Dwight, Dudley and Bulkeley. Quickly noting this, even if it had only been via a sentence or two in passing, might have provided the viewer with a more rdh26noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-75512064665422705592012-03-24T18:20:12.649-04:002012-03-24T18:20:12.649-04:00I loved the episode. Totally different story line ...I loved the episode. Totally different story line to the last ones. Not to take away from their stories, but their history was all the same. Helen is a gifted woman. She is incredibly intelligent. I thought she handled herself very well. I loved her reaction to her gt grandma that was in the CWTU -one a lot of people would have and then she admitted that it was her ignorance about the CWTU that Christine Woodcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331745848648738905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-7689132132989730482012-03-24T13:46:15.375-04:002012-03-24T13:46:15.375-04:00Here's the Ancestry contest I was talking abou...Here's the Ancestry contest I was talking about<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/Ancestry.com/app_408675595813920<br /><br />I should do a blog post about it!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-34606657207431581052012-03-24T13:42:46.592-04:002012-03-24T13:42:46.592-04:00CallieK - yes I think too she is a woman of few wo...CallieK - yes I think too she is a woman of few words! often she only had one or two word commentsOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-58879436799548658182012-03-24T13:42:13.095-04:002012-03-24T13:42:13.095-04:00Cannuk - good points about women, thanks for comme...Cannuk - good points about women, thanks for commenting! One thing that I'd like to add is that the ease or non-ease of tracing women depends on the time period and the culture (location)<br /><br />For example my Dutch female ancestors who settled in what is now New York in the 1600s had many rights. They could and did own property in their names. They could sue in court on their own behalf.Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-22510534302005498972012-03-24T13:41:25.753-04:002012-03-24T13:41:25.753-04:00I agree with Cannuk.
And I saw a lot of emotion...I agree with Cannuk. <br /><br />And I saw a lot of emotion. To me she seemed very moved by the role her ancestor played in women's history and it was clearly an important thing to be able to pass on to her daughter. I loved how they explained women's roles as social activists in the context of their time.<br /><br />I teared up when she learned Augusta had been give the honor of Frances Elizabeth Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318677841148391758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-28919351282998062322012-03-24T13:39:20.302-04:002012-03-24T13:39:20.302-04:00Lisa those are excellent points.
Re celebrity jo...Lisa those are excellent points. <br /><br />Re celebrity journeys: I think I saw somewhere that Ancestry has a contest for one person to win the chance to be featured - or am I imagining this? <br /><br />I kind of recall taking a peek but it was only open to Americans so I didn't read the details.<br /><br />Mind you I still enjoy watching as I don't care if it's a celebrity or not,Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-90762394579306855742012-03-24T13:29:00.244-04:002012-03-24T13:29:00.244-04:00I agree with Cannuk, the whole temperance movement...I agree with Cannuk, the whole temperance movement angle was interesting. I think my problem is that I have become disenchanted with the show in general. I ended up not even watching all of the episodes from last season. <br /><br />As I tweeted last night, I think the novelty of "celebrity roots' in and of itself has worn off. They need a new schtick. Maybe Ancestry is free for 2 Liesa Healy-Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199346578382937358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-91533453888238464742012-03-24T13:03:57.383-04:002012-03-24T13:03:57.383-04:00This episode was actually my favourite because at ...This episode was actually my favourite because at long last they addressed women's history and tracing women ancestors. <br /><br />We had to work hard for our achievements and it was good to see them recognized. It was also good to see the prejudices against the WCTU faced. Not only were they front and centre in the suffrage movement, they were also big in the People's Health Movement.Cannukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007000434271046821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-82790695383811404172012-03-24T10:11:41.126-04:002012-03-24T10:11:41.126-04:00I too found her a bit stoic but that didn't of...I too found her a bit stoic but that didn't offend me - what bothered me more was there were times when it was difficult to make out what she was saying- her voice was so low and monotone!CallieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991717349717389292noreply@blogger.com