Jacqueline Depelle - The Hat Lady

You HAVE to see this lady's hat. This is another interview from the recent National History Show in London. Jacqueline certainly had the most interesting hat at the show. She carries her genealogy on her hat.

You can see this video by clicking on the link below:

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Comments

[Bob Hunter]

Well done Jackie, good to see you on TV,
from one ofyour family history students!

[theKiwi]

These videos seem to be being "squished" when viewed on Mac OS X - the image area is 480 x 270 pixels- 16:9 - but they seem stretched - ie wide "fat" faces?

Roger

[M. Diane Rogers]

Congratulations, Jacqueline Depelle, for finding such a great way to make family history 'approachable' and fun! I think your classes must be great.
Jacqueline may see some other versions of her hat showing up around the world soon. Our British Columbia Genealogical Society marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade every year in Vancouver. I'm thinking about a Canadian family tree hat already! (I'll make sure it has a proper credit to Jacqueline somewhere on it.)
And, thanks very much, Dick, and Roots Television, for bringing us all the news from the London show.

[Marilynn B]

Roger, the aspect ratio is correct on my 17" Mac Powerbook, OS X 10.4.9. I am using Firefox browser. However there are several rather large people who appear in the background that give the visual effect of short & wide.

[theKiwi]

Here's what I see on the Paul Blake interview page..

http://LisaAndRoger.com/squished.jpg

that image is 480 pixels wide and little over 200 tall. Compare Dick's image in the interview with his image in the side column.

Something is amiss me thinks.

Roger

[Marcy Brown]

Thanks very much to those who are offering technical feedback on the Roots Television site. We are working through the aspect ratio issues and experimenting with various encoding formulas. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience with the occasional "squished" images and other hiccups in our system! We are always happy to receive viewer comments at info@rootstelevision.com, and we really do pay attention to the feedback, even if we don't answer everything directly. And thanks to Dick Eastman for being such a terrific host at the London show. Hats off to the Hat Lady and all who so graciously agreed to be interviewed there. Hopefully next year we will be able to cover even more! Cheers!