Fisher opens the show with word of a new scent that’s on the market to make you smell “like a Viking!” It’s the real deal! Fisher visits with Academy Award nominee Edward James Olmos who shares his family’s remarkable path. In “Family Histoire News,” a museum in Norwich, Connecticut is lauding “Benedict Arnold… Hero!” It’s all about his contributions to the cause of freedom before turning traitor. Find out what that’s all about. And, a Seattle man recently found a box full of color slides taken ...
Jan 06, 2015•53 min
Fisher has more news on the corpse of King Richard III. The modern day discovery of his body under a parking lot was well timed, as a CT scan and a 3D printer have revealed something people had only guessed about in the past. Learn what it is. Guest Daniel Swalm of Minnesota will get you looking through your database to find out… could your grandmother have died without her American citizenship as his did? He’ll tell you about the obscure law he discovered and the path that led him to the floor ...
Dec 30, 2014•53 min
Fisher opens the show a great question from a listener about displaying and preserving a century old passport, and who to trust with the project. Hear Fisher's answer as it could apply to many projects. Then, in Family Histoire News, excitement is brewing in New England, where a time capsule left by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams is likely to be opened soon! Then, Col. Gail Halvorsen, best known as "The Berlin Candy Bomber" joins the show to talk about how his one little act of kindness resulted i...
Dec 22, 2014•53 min
Fisher opens the show with an amazing story about a holiday incident in his family in the 1960s. In Family Histoire news, a new study of Viking DNA reveals that Vikings wives may have played a more "hands on" role in their conquests than previous known. Also, the Vikings are now believed to have settled on particular island city that you are well aware of. What city was it? Listen to the story to learn more. Then, a woman in Virginia discovered a home embalming kit and some very cool records in ...
Dec 15, 2014•53 min
Fisher opens the show with an exciting announcement that FamilySearch.org and Roots Magic are now utilizing MyHeritage.com's laser sharp technology to find matches on your family tree automatically. You will love what it does! Plus, paternal DNA research on the body of King Richard III shows that, perhaps, there now may be a problem with who sits on the throne of Great Britain! What's going on? Give it a listen! Then, Tennesseans Charles and James Allison visit with Fisher about their two uncles...
Dec 09, 2014•53 min
Fisher welcomes new radio stations to the family of affiliates. News this week includes a conclusion that Hitler may have married a Jewish woman! Hear how the DNA trail of Eva Braun led to this remarkable story. Also, plans for major freeway construction has led to the discovery of remains of a 250 year old French settlement in St. Louis. And, an alumnus of Virginia Military Institute has been tracking down descendants of VMI Civil War soldiers who fought in the Battle of New Market. Find out wh...
Dec 03, 2014•53 min
In Fisher's opening segment, Fisher reveals that many listeners indicated they had direct ancestors who died in their teens and 20s. In Family Histoire News, Fisher talks about Jeremy Guthrie, a Japanese-American who recently pitched in the World Series for the Kansas City Royals. Guthrie was on an All-Star tour of Japan and used a day off to connect with distant cousins his family had never met. Hear how it all came together. Next was the story of a mother and daughter who both gave birth on th...
Nov 23, 2014•53 min
Fisher opens the show with a welcome for Extreme Genes' 23rd radio affiliate. In Family Histoire News, a young officer from Wisconsin who faced down a volley of Confederate fire at the Battle of Gettysburg was posthumously presented with the Presidential Medal of Honor by President Obama. Since he died without children at age 22, the Pentagon struggled to know who to give it to. Three distant cousins and their families attended the ceremony, with the recipient being a descendant of the officer's...
Nov 16, 2014•49 min
Fisher opens the show with a review of the ExtremeGenes.com survey on ancestors named for famous people. The numbers were surprising! In Family Histoire News for the week, a fourth generation tightrope walker was doing what his family has done for a century... risk death for a living. This man even tightrope walked in vitro! Plus, the journals and letters of one man's father have led to a remarkable book on the first Americans to fight in World War II... before December 7, 1941! He wasn't on the...
Nov 09, 2014•49 min
Fisher opens the show explaining the complications of having been born on Halloween. He then gives poll results on whether or not you or a family member have ever had a deceased family member pay a visit. It may surprise you! In Family Histoire News... a family history researcher in Ireland has become somewhat obsessed with photographing graves in one particular county. You won't believe how many he has posted. Anderson Cooper of CNN recently did a lengthy video piece on his family history. But ...
Nov 05, 2014•49 min
Fisher opens the show in shock over the results of a poll about ancestral couples who were 20 years apart in age or more. Hear the results! He also shares an email about a man's cop ancestor who later arrested a man who became his grandfather! In Family Histoire News, This Old House has an amazing gallery of items found during the renovation of old homes. Find the link at ExtremeGenes.com. And, one of the last daughter's of a Confederate slave has passed. Mattie Rice made a remarkable discovery ...
Oct 29, 2014•47 min
Fisher opens the show with news of an exhibit in New York of one particular Chinese-American family, and the trials they have overcome as they became part of mainstream America. Also... European "heritage travel" is becoming a booming business in places like Scandinavia and Scotland. Want to take reindeer herding lessons to commemorate your heritage? They're waiting for you! Then... while a lot of family history can take years... even a lifetime... to find, we sometimes forget some items are jus...
Oct 19, 2014•47 min
This week, Fisher leads off with news of the discovery of another piece of rare footage... the 1924 World Series! Where was it found and how good are the images? He'll tell you. Plus... if you've ever wondered what it would be like to taste bread the way the Pilgrims tasted it, now you can! Fisher will tell you where to have the experience. Then, Senior Genealogist at ProGenealogists.com, Gordon Remington, visits to talk about how the dead really communicate with us... through probate records. W...
Oct 12, 2014•47 min
Fisher shares his Family Histoire News, which notes that GenealogyBank.com and FamilySearch.org are teaming up to index a BILLION obituaries as soon as possible. Fisher explains how you can be part of the project. Blaine Bettinger of Syracuse, New York recently responded to the article in Vox posted last week that essentially blames 23andme for the breakup of the family of one of their customers. Blaine's article, in the GeneticGenealogist, refutes many of the points made in the Vox commentary. ...
Oct 06, 2014•47 min
Fisher opens the show with a great family story about his wife's uncle, a cell phone, and a funeral! In Family Histoire News for this week, Fisher tells you about Laura Berry of BBC 1 and her list of Top 10 Family History Apps. We guarantee you don't know them all! Then, a man in Michigan went to digitize old home movies belonging to his grandparents from 1941. You won't believe what they saw, and who wanted to have it. Mimi McDonald-Hartnett of New Jersey joins the show to tell her story of a h...
Sep 29, 2014•47 min
Fisher's "Family Histoire" news this week covers two people who have had a struggle with their family history discoveries. The first is Barbara Haney from North Pole, Alaska (honest!). As an American she found out her ancestors were on the wrong side of things in the War of 1812. Find out why she struggled with this find and how she came to terms with it. The second is a man who calls himself "George Doe." George took a DNA test, and like many of us, expected wonderful and interesting things to ...
Sep 22, 2014•47 min
This week Fisher opens with information of concern for Ashkenazi Jewish women from the New York Times. Since most Jewish women in the US are Ashkenazi, the article warns they need to be tested for the genetic mutation that is associated with high rates of breast and ovarian cancer. Studies show that such women are at high risk for carrying the so called "BRCA" gene, made famous by Angelina Jolie last year, when she opted for a double mastectomy because the chance of her getting breast cancer was...
Sep 19, 2014•47 min
Fisher opens by talking about his recent experience at the FGS Conference in San Antonio. In "Family Histoire News" he tells us about what is believed to be the biggest hurricane in New England history. When did it hit? 1635! Hear what is known about the largest hurricane no one has ever heard of. Then, Fisher has the story of the discovery of cave that may prove that Neanderthals may have been able to create art! Guest Janet Hovorka joins the show from FamilyChartmasters.com. Janet has been gat...
Sep 09, 2014•47 min
Fisher begins the show with the latest on what the body of King Richard III has revealed. Found under a British parking lot just two years ago, the 500-year-old corpse is the scientists' gift that keeps on giving! Fisher then discusses the latest on cemetery business. With so many now reaching capacity they're now finding new ways to cash in on our collective demise. Some may just surprise you! Stan Lindaas is back from HeritageConsulting.com with some important advice for anyone on the family h...
Sep 02, 2014•47 min
In segment one, Fisher's Family Histoire News covers the research results covering an 18th century boat found under the World Trade Center four years ago. You'll be amazed what researchers were able to learn about this 200 year old ship! Plus, the odds were ridiculous. Find out about a young girl who drew the name of an Englishman who was killed in World War I, and learned he was her great great great uncle! Fisher visits with guest Chris Tomlinson about the first family history he ever wrote. (...
Aug 12, 2014•47 min
Fisher opens with a recap of this week's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson. (Once again, an ancestor was accused of a crime!) Rachel McAdams is featured this week. In this week's "Family Histoire News..." With the centennial of the start of World War I, a lot of new resources for researching your ancestor, as well as books about the experiences are out. Fisher talks about "Wyndham's War," from the diaries of a British man who was vacationing in G...
Aug 04, 2014•47 min
Fisher reveals survey results of the question on your oldest heirlooms. "How old are they?!" Find out in the first segment. In Family Histoire News, Fisher reports on the first episode of this season's "Who Do You Think You Are?" on TLC. "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon learns about her ancestral past. Also, a DNA study may be adding another branch to the Parker family. That same family that settled in Texas in the 1830s, and whose daughter became the mother of a Comanche chief! You'll love...
Jul 28, 2014•47 min
Fisher opens the show with an explanation of his electrolysis experiment with two family daguerreotypes. He reveals how it went and how to do it... if you dare! He also reveals the name and age of a man from Brazil that just might make him the oldest man on the planet... perhaps ever! David Allen Lambert of the New England Historic Genealogical Society joins the show to talk about the "Colonial Wars," those conflicts that happened on this continent in the 150 years before the Revolution. He also...
Jul 21, 2014•47 min
Fisher continues Extreme Genes' first anniversary month with two stories about boys photographed in dresses around the turn of the last century. Family Histoire News includes the release of over 1,000 love letters from one time President Warren G. Harding to his mistress! The oldest living American is now 116. The braids of a uniformed British Naval Officer that were cut from his uniform when he was tended to after losing his arm in World War I has been returned to the family. Wait til you hear ...
Jul 14, 2014•47 min
Fisher ushers in July and the first anniversary of Extreme Genes! Fisher shares something new he learned in the past week... how to tell if that child in the dress from the 19th and early 20th centuries is a boy or a girl! And just why did boys wear dresses? There was actually a very good reason for it. He'll explain. Guest Craig Scott, CEO of Heritage Books, then gives some incite on sources for investigating your Revolutionary War ancestors. There are stories waiting to be found! Then listener...
Jul 07, 2014•46 min
Fisher’s Family Histoire News talks about a real life “Saving Private Ryan” family. Only they weren’t American. And it wasn’t in World War II. He’ll tell you all about it. Plus, there is one nation in the world with solid family records going back over a thousand years, minimal immigration, and a population that generally came from the same place. No research challenge there! But geneticists love this place. Fisher will tell you just what country we’re talking about. Family memorabilia can often...
Jun 30, 2014•46 min
Fisher’s Family Histoire News covers the passing of the last of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers, whose unique code was never broken by the Japanese in World War II. Plus, the original words to what became our National Anthem have been reunited with the flag the inspired them. Learn where you can see this remarkable display. Photo expert Ron Fox returns to the show. Ron was on just a few weeks ago talking about collecting things relating to your ancestors. Fisher took his advice and, recogniz...
Jun 23, 2014•46 min
Fisher talks to a Michigan woman about the discovery in Wales of something that once belonged to her late father who served in World War II and the invasion of Normandy. DNA is the big thing these days in identifying long deceased ancestors as well as unknown living relatives. Fisher talks with guest Bennett Greenspan, President of FamilyTreeDNA.com, about how it all came about. The other great family history tool of the 20th century is digitized newspapers. Fisher visits with Tom Trynisky, a Ne...
Jun 16, 2014•46 min
Fisher has more news on the corpse of King Richard III. The modern day discovery of his body under a parking lot was well timed, as a CT scan and a 3D printer have revealed something people had only guessed about in the past. Learn what it is. Guest Daniel Swalm of Minnesota will get you looking through your database to find out… could your grandmother have died without her American citizenship as his did? He’ll tell you about the obscure law he discovered and the path that led him to the floor ...
Jun 09, 2014•46 min
Fisher talks about learning of the auction of a silver 1776 “Continental Dollar” that sold in New York. It is believed to have been created to experiment in the creation of “American” currency, an important issue if the United States was to be recognized as an independent nation. Learn how much the coin went for and why Fisher has a special interest in this unique coin. Fisher visits with former Munsters star, Pat Priest… “Marilyn”… about her family’s special history, which, coincidentally invol...
Jun 02, 2014•44 min
