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Goals for 2008
by Scott Bird
Whilst I’m not one to make New Years Resolutions, I do have a few things I plan to identify (within the family tree) in 2008. These include : Focus on 7 generations : I plan to focus my attention on…
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John Bird
Posted 03 Jul 06 by Scott Andrew Bird. Filed in Bird or Byrd.
Born 22 November 1936 in Nottingham, John Bird is a satirist, actor and comedian. As with many English satirists he was educated at Cambridge, becoming well-known shortly afterward in the 1960s' television series That Was The Week That Was.
In the 1970s he gained further notoriety as a satirist with the popular recording The Colleckerted [sic] Broadcasts of Idi Amin (based on Alan Coren's anti-Idi Punch columns).
Despite acting in several films - in both straight and comedic roles - he is now best known in the UK for his work alongside John Fortune and Rory Bremner; particular the award-winning Bremner, Bird and Fortune series.
In Australia he is currently seen alongside Stephen Fry in the 2002 series of Absolute Power.
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Welcome to the Family Tree of noted Australian writer and photographer Scott Andrew Bird. Here you'll find a number of fascinating aspects to this ever-growing database, including :
- the tree itself (currently produced using Reunion and The Next Generation)
- Scott Andrew Bird's Ahnentafel (the first 20 generations, anyway)
- links to various genealogy articles by this site's authors
- an index of surnames found in the abovementioned tree, and their origins
- overviews of the key locations lived in by the families in this tree
- overviews of the key occupations held by people in this tree
- photographs of many family members
Additionally, there are a great many certificates, grave photos and other source material which is freely available to other people researching the same family lines. Send me an email or leave a comment on this site.
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