Fisher’s Top Tips #215r
Fisher’s Top Tips #215r - What’s Going to Happen to Your Records and Heirlooms When You’re Gone?
Oct 14, 2020•46 sec
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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Episodes
Episode 346 - Mayflower Ancestor Research Gets New Boon / Workin’ On the Railroad… Records
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 a host of interesting information. First, FamilyTreeDNA has joined Ancestry.com in updating their ethnicity estimates. Fold3 has released a new collection of amazing military materials from Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. Plus, the oldest Roman body armor ever found has been dug up in Germany. It dates ba...
Oct 12, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #214r
Fisher’s Top Tips #214r - Can’t Find Your Key Record on Line? Try the Old-Fashioned Way.
Oct 10, 2020•50 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #213r
Fisher’s Top Tips #213r - Got an Ancestor Who Served? Look to Military Records as a Source for Incredible Family Stories.
Oct 07, 2020•43 sec
Episode 345 - CeCe Moore On Request For Exhumation Of President Warren G. Harding, Genetic Genealogy For Solving Crime, Latest On Her TV Show
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 with news of a great new database from the Library of Congress that allows you to search the captions in newspaper photos to find pictures tied to your family or area of interest. Then the Russian State Public History Library has now made public a huge number of genealogical documents, largely covering the Soviet Union era. Next,...
Oct 05, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #212r
Fisher’s Top Tips #212r - Got DNA Skills? Become A Search Angel for Others!
Oct 03, 2020•47 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #211r
Tracing Forward Can Yield Family History Gold
Sep 30, 2020•47 sec
Episode 344 - When the Records Don’t Agree / Another Ordinary Person with an Extraordinary Find
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys open with talk about Ancestry.com’s latest adjustment in ethnicity estimates. Have you checked yours recently? Next, famed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin says her childhood interest in one sports team contributed to and enhanced her career choice. Then, an island in New York likely contains the remains of over a million people, and New ...
Sep 28, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #210r
Once you’ve gone from the land of the researcher to the land of the researched, you no longer control what happens to your heirlooms and research records. Here’s what you can do now!
Sep 26, 2020•42 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #209r
Have you become reliant on online sites for your key records? If so, you’re missing out on the thrill of the hunt the old-fashioned way!
Sep 23, 2020•47 sec
Episode 343 - Free RootsTech Connect Takes Conference Virtual and Global / To Run 24 Hours For Three Days / FamilySearch In The Pandemic
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org . The guys open the show talking with Fisher’s latest communications with high school friends of his much older brother, who died when Fisher was eight. In Family Histoire News, the guys talk about two people, in two stories, one Australian, one Canadian, who recent learned some shocking things about themselves with the help of DNA. (The DNA stor...
Sep 20, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #208r
Who deserves to have their history recorded more than our veterans? Fisher shares some great places for finding military records and often the stories that can be uncovered through them.
Sep 19, 2020•49 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #207r
Adoptees in particular, but many others as well, are looking for answers. If your skilled in the DNA world, you might want to consider helping these folks as a “search angel.”
Sep 16, 2020•48 sec
Episode 342 - Old Books, What’s Forgotten Inside? New Group Seeks Access To National Archives
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 by talking about an awesome gift given to Fisher… a musket ball from the site of the Great Swamp Fight of 1675 during the King Philip’s (Native) War. Two of his direct ancestors were killed there, and another wounded. Then, they share the news that RootsTech for 2021 is full steam ahead virtual. You can now sign up for free! Next...
Sep 14, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #206r
Want to find rare family photos, family Bibles, and who knows what else? Fisher suggests that you try tracing forward!
Sep 12, 2020•55 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #205r
Believe it or not, Fisher HATED history as a kid. How he came to love it can work for your child or grandchild, too.
Sep 09, 2020•47 sec
Episode 341 - Kitty Cooper Talks Why Note Longest DNA Segments / Ask The Experts- Kitty Cooper On Her Personal Favorite Breakthrough
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org . The guys open talking about some fascinating finds in Fisher’s family this week. David then shares a great story about a man in Toronto who stumbled upon a World War I era Bible. Hear what he did with it. Then, a school teacher has an interesting hobby involving used books and what she finds in them. Find out what she does next. Next, archaeolo...
Sep 07, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #204r
Fisher shares a simple strategy for growing your ancestral photo archive.
Sep 05, 2020•49 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #203r
Continuing his conversation on family photo archives, Fisher gives a quick overview on what you have to do to keep them safe.
Sep 02, 2020•49 sec
Episode 340 - When And How Did Your Ancestors Get Here? / New York Man Learns Father Fought Nazis… In USA
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. David shares his plans for a family trip and a visit he plans to make to a place he’s been before. Hear what he has in mind. David then shares the news that the Mayflower 2 is back at Plymouth after several years of repairs and maintenance. Then, the pandemic has led to the discovery of all kinds of historic and family items in a manor house in ...
Aug 31, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #202r
OK, you’re the one in your family with all the family pictures. Now what? The first thing you have to do has nothing to do with technology.
Aug 29, 2020•49 sec
Fisher's Top Tips #201r
Fisher talks about the “luck” he has enjoyed through the years in genealogy, and how it really isn’t as much by chance as you would think.
Aug 26, 2020•46 sec
Episode 339 - Man Regains Citizenship for Deceased Grandmother / Dr. Sarah South on New Ancestry Health
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys open with news of the sale of 75 percent of Ancestry.com . Hear who the company is going to. The guys then share that MyHeritage.com is allowing non-subscribers to use two of their top apps for free until September 10th. Find out which features you can take advantage of. Then, it’s a story of Irish girls being shipped out of Ireland dur...
Aug 24, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #200r
Fisher explains what lineage societies are and why you might want to join one.
Aug 22, 2020•1 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #199r
As more and more secrets are exposed by DNA tests, are we prepared to discover that our ancestors were simply human?
Aug 19, 2020•1 min
Episode 338 - Dr. Blaine Bettinger on Ancestry’s Centimorgan Change and How DNA from Heirlooms Could Lead to Great Breakthroughs
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org . David begins by explaining a case of serendipity from which he was the recent beneficiary. Hear what happened! David then shares a great project opportunity for all of us… transcribing anti-slavery manuscripts at the Boston Public Library. It’s something you can do from home! A tribe in California has regained possession of some of their ancest...
Aug 17, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #198r
Fisher explains the significance of “gateway ancestors” and how you can find out if you have any on your family tree.
Aug 15, 2020•48 sec
Fisher’s Top Tips #197r
With all the scams happening in the world today, it’s not always so easy to connect with a “new” cousin. Fisher has some thoughts.
Aug 12, 2020•1 min
Episode 337 - What’s There? Fisher Gets His “Big Reveal” On DNA From Family Envelopes / Melanie McComb On Researching Minister Ancestors
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys open with the latest news on the GEDMatch security breach. Then, Delaware is removing a public whipping post, largely used to punish African-Americans for petty crimes. Hear where it’s going. Next, it’s another son finding another car that once belonged to his father. Only this time it’s a unique car and it’s over in England. Catch the ...
Aug 10, 2020•44 min
Fisher’s Top Tips #196r
New techniques are revealing the good and the bad in our DNA test results. Are you prepared for the unexpected?
Aug 08, 2020•1 min
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