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Ep. 77 - NEHGS Genealogist Lindsay Fulton on the Ins and Outs of Joining Lineage Societies… And A Canadian-American Listener Gets Research Help From a Scottish Monk!

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Release Date: 03/02/2015

Episode 486: Special Edition - RootsTech and the Astounding Arrival of “Generative AI”

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Host Scott Fisher returns with this commercial free special RootsTech edition of Extreme Genes. This recent RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City will forever be remembered as being the one at which Generative AI made its debut. And what a debut it was and is! Fisher visits with FamilySearch CEO Steve Rockwood, AmericanAncestor’s David Allen Lambert, and African American Program Manager for FamilySearch Thom Reed about the impact of this remarkable new technology, how it works, and how you can put it to work for you right now!

Episode 445 - Pair of DeWitt Descendants LITERALLY Dig Up their Ancestor

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and . The guys begin by taking a deep breath over the crazy two part guest interview has in line for the show. A pair of eighth cousins… also eighth cousins to Fisher… who have exhumed the remains of their name line immigrant ancestor, Tjerck Claessen DeWitt, who died in 1700 in Kingston, New York, and his wife and two children. David then shares stories about the DNA Reunion Project, which seeks to reunite aging Holocaust survivors who were separated following...

Fisher’s Top Tips #078

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

There are various types of DNA tests, but the Y-DNA test serves one particular purpose. Here’s why you might want to “Y.”

Fisher’s Top Tips #077

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

It’s a great thing to find an old book with loads of information. But just how trustworthy are these “sources?”

Episode 471: CLASSIC REWIND - British “Who Do You Think You Are?” Host and Researcher Learns Great Uncle was a Soviet Spy

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and . The guys begin with the story of a Canadian man who learned from a newspaper birth listing from the early 1950s, and DNA, that he had been switched at birth. Then, one of the oddest stories of the year… a married couple is freaking out because they learned that they share ancestors eight generations back! Then, a cannon ball has shown up at a beach in Rhode Island. You won’t believe where the finder is keeping it. At Colonial Williamsburgh, a dig has revealed...

Fisher’s Top Tips #076

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Public on line trees can reveal great information. They can also lure you into a trap.

Fisher’s Top Tips #075

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

It happens all the time. One record says one thing, and another says something else. Here’s how to sort things out.

Episode 485 - The Weekly Show Finale! / Dr. Duffy on DNA from the Air / Diahan Southard and Nathan Dylan Goodwin on RootsTech Murder Mystery

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and . As the long running weekly broadcast show comes to an end, the guys begin Family Histoire News with talk of the Boston Tea Party 250th anniversary celebration this weekend. Then, David reveals his role in setting the record straight on the last survivors of the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. Ever wonder how large the largest family tree in the Library of Congress might be? Wonder no more! Then, the guys give a brief update on the 23andMe data breach. Next, Fisher...

Fisher’s Top Tips #074

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

We all love to show off family photos and documents, but it puts them at risk. Here’s a better way.

Fisher’s Top Tips #073

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Tracking down keepsakes of ancestors isn’t always easy. But sometimes there are mementoes just below your feet!

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Fisher opens the show with information about the Preserve the Pensions program which is seeking private funding to digitize and make available for free all War of 1812 pension files. In Family Histoire news, Fisher tells of a woman who just turned 106, and you won’t believe her diet staples! Also, blood from Winston Churchill is up for auction. Catch the whole story of where it came from. And, the Danish government and MyHeritage.com are releasing all kinds of “new” old records from Denmark.

In segment two, Lindsay Fulton, Genealogist from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston talks about the challenges of navigating the application process of major genealogical societies like the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution and the Mayflower Society. Want to celebrate your ancestors in this way, or simply have your research validated by independent eyes? Lindsay has some great tips.

Fisher then visits with Isabella Prete, who only started her research journey in the last couple years. And she’s already begun having those experiences that only family historians have. You won’t believe how a Scottish monk stepped in to connect her with living family back in the old country!

And Tom Perry is back with more on preservation. That’s this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!

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