Just a bit of fun really. If you Google your real name, what comes out? The search results don't have to be you exactly, just people who share your name across the world. I thought I had a rare surname, but it turns out they are all over the place, mostly abroad. So when I googled my real name, this is what I found: I was born in 1914, died in 2009. I briefly managed Lenny Henry before setting up an Estate Agency in the Brighton area. I've been known to sneak off to Plymouth to do some plumbing, before taking the train up North to rescue some failing companies. Then, when I get a bit of spare tine, I'm a deputy CEO at some kind of tecnology company. Turns out most of my family name live abroad, most of them served in the Royal Navy and often jumped ship in places like America, Canada or Australia. Obviously the thought of returning to blighty was too much. No wonder I seem to love being in far away places like Hong Kong or the Philippines, I'm just following my ancestors desire to escape this crowded little island.
Done it to other people but never to myself,.... I must definitively cut my online presence, it is getting embarassing...
I got lost in the 90's and somehow ended up in Mid Wales, still trying to find a way back to Newport where I belong. Nope, I'm not in any search engine, I'm a very private person, however if you search my username, you'll see I like to bother/hassle/participate in many online forums like these. Makes me look like a spammer almost.
I am well down the listings if even findable these days. The most famous chap with my name is a Bishop and has consistently topped the google search for me for well over a decade
I just did it. Amazingly there seems to be another 4 with my name. One is the owner of a rather lovely pub.....sounds just up my street. All on 192.com I'm the oldest though
Even the hidden past is being taken online these days. One of my relatives was researching family history a few years ago, and searched recently digitised copies of a local newspaper. He discovered that in 1882, one of our ancestors, a teacher with a rather unique name, was summoned to the local magistrates court for giving a lad "a right down good thrashing" after there had been a fight resulting in a black eye. The father complained, but eventually the magistrates dismissed the case against the teacher, after evidence given by another teacher that "many a boy had received a more severe thrashing".
I tried it and seen my 1 dart match when played county darts for West midlands in 1995 against Dorset and won 3-0 lol.
