Ep. 118 - Same Docs/Different Views & Baseball Hall for Woman's Ancestor?

Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 10:30 a.m.

b'Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist for the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org.\\xa0 The two talk about using the "Skywalker" family tree as a great teaching moment for children.\\xa0 Fisher & Lambert then talk about the Christmas traditions of England\'s Royal Family.\\xa0 (Just what do you give the Queen?!)\\xa0 David then discusses the oldest remains found showing evidence of tattoos.\\xa0 You won\'t believe how far back we\'re talking!\\xa0 Plus, hear the value of those ancient coins found on British farmland this past October.\\xa0 David will also have another Tech Tip and the NEHGS free database.Next up, Fisher visits with renowned genealogical blogger, "The Legal Genealogist," Judy Russell.\\xa0 Judy has some terrific year end observations on dealing with various views of the same documents and how you can avoid misinterpretations.\\xa0 She\'ll also discuss the genealogical trap best known as an "obituary!"Fisher\'s next guest is a Connecticut woman named Marjorie Adams, a descendant of Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams, a baseball pioneer who played for the New York Knickerbockers in the mid-1800s.\\xa0 Most importantly, Doc was the man who led the way to standardizing rules by which we know the game today.\\xa0 Listen to hear which rules Marjorie\'s great-grandfather fought to standardize, and why she thinks he should now be part of the Baseball Hall of Fame.Tom Perry of TMCPlace.com, the Preservation Authority, then talks about the challenges of conversion of digital video files.\\xa0 What do you need to know to save, view, or edit your files?\\xa0 Tom\'s got the answer... as usual!It\'s all this week on Extreme Genes- America\'s Family History Show!'