Fisher’s Top Tips #53… Google Search Tricks
Searching Google is a great way to find family history. Here are a few tricks for improving your searches.
Mar 13, 2019•1 min
Extreme Genes
Extreme Genes is a genealogy show hosted by Fisher. Fisher has 30+ years of radio experience and has had a passion for genealogy since he was a teen. On Extreme Genes Fisher sets out to educate the audience on resources and techniques for completing any gaps found in your family tree. Each week Fisher interviews national experts in the field of genealogy as well as news related to all of our genealogy. Be sure to visit ExtremeGenes.com for all the latest on the show.
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Episode 231 CLASSIC REWIND - David’s Big Scores / DNA Specialist Paul Woodbury With Tips On Corresponding With DNA Matches
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. David shares the stories behind two recent historic and family historic “gets” he made. They cover two world wars, and each is remarkable in its own right. David then begins Family Histoire News with a remarkable story from England that began with the attempted murder of a baby, and ended with that baby, now in her 80s, learning the identity of her birth family from an o...
Mar 11, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #52… Coats Of Arms and Family Crests. What Are The Differences?
Have you ever considered ordering your family Coat of Arms or Crest from one of those on line companies? Here is what they are and why you might want to think again about buying.
Mar 09, 2019•59 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #51… Directories And Maps Can Sometimes Tell Stories As Plainly As A Personal History
Directories and maps are great genealogical tools that can work together to reveal all kinds of family history detail.
Mar 06, 2019•1 min
Episode 273 - Grandson of Mt. Rushmore Chief Carver On Struggle To Get Recognition/ Tom Perry On Stablizing Your Documents And Photos
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin Family Histoire News discussing an 81-year-old Irish orphan who has found her mother through DNA… alive… at 103! Hear the details. Then, David and Fisher shake their heads over another incredible DNA story involving two sisters, two DNA tests, and TWO parental secrets revealed! David also has a sad story about a literal family tre...
Mar 04, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #50… Someday You’ll Be The One Researched. Why Not Keep A Journal
Journal keeping is a simple, old fashioned, and effective way to document your life’s adventures. And what a treasure it will be for your descendants.
Mar 02, 2019•54 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #49… The Benefits Of Tying Historic Figures And Events To Your Ancestral Stories
Want your kids to find history a little more interesting? Try sharing family stories about how your ancestors were connected to historic figures and events.
Feb 27, 2019•55 sec
Episode 272 - An Unusual Source For Researching Your Female Ancestors/ A DNA Story 65 Years In The Making
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. They begin Family Histoire News with the tale of a bed that was bought for a song at antique show. It turns out THIS bed could be worth millions! Hear why. Then, it’s the story of a “letter to the editor” that never got sent. Dated in 1893, hear what the discoverer did with her special find. Next, Sundance TV and Ancestry have teamed together to...
Feb 25, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #48… Your Ancestral Museum… What Will Become Of It?
Over many years anyone, like Fisher, can accumulate quite an Ancestral Museum. But without proper planning, where it goes after you might be to the dump!
Feb 23, 2019•1 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #47… Oral Traditions Are Rooted In Truth… But You Have To Find It
Many families have long running oral traditions. But just how accurate are they?
Feb 20, 2019•51 sec
Episode 271 - Family Researcher’s Surprise DNA Results Is Still A Source Of Pain
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Family “Histoire” News this week is really one huge story in the family history world… the story about FamilyTreeDNA. The company is said to be “working with” law enforcement. The guys share the story along with founder Bennett Greenspan’s rebuttal to the report. The report is resulting in mixed response by those supportive of the use of public ...
Feb 18, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #46… What To Do With Those Pesky Family Secrets?
We all have family secrets. And if you’re concerned about how to handle those secrets in a history, Fisher has some thoughts.
Feb 16, 2019•1 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #45… Pictures From Before Photography That May Add To Your Family Story
Over 40 years before photography became a thing, a printing process paved the way for the publication of numerous images, some of which may help tell your family story.
Feb 13, 2019•1 min
Episode 270 - The Legal Genealogist On What You Need To Know About Copyright / David Gets Library Naming Honor
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Fisher begins the segment reviewing David’s recent honor… a genealogical library in Brockton, Massachusetts is naming their genealogical section the “David Allen Lambert Library.” (And David isn’t even dead yet!) Hear David’s reaction to the news. David then shares news from RootsTech and their Virtual Pass. Listen for how you can get a 10% Extr...
Feb 11, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #44… Creating Photos From Your Home Movies
Your old home movies may be a treasure trove of photographs you didn’t even know you had. Here’s how to get to them!
Feb 09, 2019•1 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #43… What Does It Mean To Be “Removed?”
Have you ever been told that you are a cousin one or more times removed? What that means is simpler than you may think.
Feb 06, 2019•56 sec
Episode 269 - Researcher Loathes Middle Name Until Researcher Gives Her The Link To Automobile Pioneers / What You Need To Know About RootsTech 2019
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin their Family Histoire News with word that our Neanderthal DNA is not reducing over time. David explains what science is telling us. Then, they share the wonderful story of how a baby was found in an ash can in Korea in the early 1950s by some US Navy men and what has happened to his life since. David then talks about a couple of i...
Feb 04, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #42… Your History Matters, Too
Have you been hesitant to write your own history? Everyone has a story to tell! Don’t deprive your descendants of the lessons and events of your life.
Feb 02, 2019•57 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #41… Historical Context And How It Can Help You Learn Your Ancestors’ Stories
Are you considering writing an ancestral history, but feel their life story is “spotty?” Here is how historical context can help you fill in the gaps.
Jan 30, 2019•58 sec
Episode 268 - The Great Migration Project Hits 30 Years / Fisher Visits With GMP Director Robert Charles Anderson
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin their “Family Histoire News” with the story of a family that has been in the same unique business for 400 years! Hear what they make and how many generations this covers. Then, it’s DNA again that reveals some unexpected ancestry in an entire people in Latin America. The guys will tell you what has been confirmed. Germany is now s...
Jan 28, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #40 - Your Family Archive May Have Many “Branch Offices”
Most people have records, photos, or heirlooms in their homes. But other relatives almost certainly do as well. And often the things they have are different than what you’ve had passed down. Perhaps it’s time for an inventory of all the Family Archive “Branch Offices!”
Jan 26, 2019•57 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #39 - Looking For An Incredible Source That Costs You Nothing? Listen To This!
Imagine a library that stores billions of webpages from sites that no longer exist, and digitized texts of millions of books and other assets. It’s not in Greece, and it costs you nothing to visit.
Jan 23, 2019•47 sec
Episode 267 - The Kindness Of A Stranger Yields Video Of Family Dad On 1952 Game Show / Milking The Max From Digitized Newspaper Sites
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. In the first new show of 2019, Fisher shares with David his first big find of the new year… a treasure trove of family newspaper stories from the 1920s and 1930s. David has also already had a major discovery. Hear what it is. David then shares a hilarious post he recently found… a parody of an ancestor from 1852 and his resolutions meant to keep...
Jan 21, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #38 - Dying? Aren’t We All. Where Will Your Family Research Wind Up When You’re Gone?
There’s a time for collecting and a time for distributing. While you’re still here, it’s time you figure out how that’s going to happen. Fisher shares some thoughts on protecting your life’s family history work.
Jan 19, 2019•52 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #37 - Which Are You… A Genealogist Or Family Historian?
Genealogy and family history, believe it or not, are actually defined very differently. Hear why the two terms are not the same.
Jan 16, 2019•51 sec
Episode 233 - Classic Rewind: Young Man’s Job Interviewing World War II Combat Vets Every Day
(Show first aired in April 2018.) Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Fisher begins with his personal story of another brick wall coming down thanks to a pair of family DNA kits. And this one goes back quite a ways! David then shares the story of a woman who took a DNA test and learned, in her 30s, that Dad was not her father! You’ll be as shocked as she and her parents were to le...
Jan 14, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #36 - Squeezing The Most Out Of Digitized Newspapers
Wondering why you can’t always find articles you believe should be there in a digitized newspaper? Here are some tricks for squeezing it all out of digitized newspapers!
Jan 12, 2019•50 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #35… Swedes Often Leave A Helpful Clue In Their Church Records.
If you’ve ever dug into Swedish ancestry, you know the issue. Tons of people have the same name and live in the same places. Well, Swedish Church records can at least help a little in sorting out which Hans Olsen might be yours. Fisher explains.
Jan 09, 2019•49 sec
Episode 244 CLASSIC REWIND - Meet The Driveway Sisters- And They Didn’t Even Know It! / Property Records May Hold Keys To Breakthroughs
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin Family Histoire News with the story of a remarkable new find… a type of xray that can reveal the image beneath the damage on a daguerreotype photo. ( See ExtremeGenes.com .) Then, the guys tell the story of a DNA match that led a 79-year-old adoptee to her 100-year-old mother! Next, David tells about an 8,000-year-old iron age vil...
Jan 07, 2019•48 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #34… Yes, The Irish 1841 and 1851 Census Records Were Destroyed… But Wait…!
Two key census record sets were destroyed in Ireland in 1922, but some of that information was preserved in another way. Fisher explains why your ancestors’ data from those census records may still be available.
Jan 05, 2019•48 sec
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