Ep. 125 - Handwriting Analysis on Ancestors Handwriting

Published: Feb. 7, 2016, 4:55 p.m.

b'Fisher and David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org, open the show.\\xa0 They anticipate reviewing Roots Tech, the largest family history conference in the world, that is taking place over the weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.\\xa0 David then talks about a remarkable discovery of remains under a bus station in Harlem, New York!\\xa0 Just whose remains have been discovered and what is their history in New York?\\xa0 David will tell you.\\xa0 David then talks about another discovery in Yorkshire, England involving Roman gladiators.\\xa0 He\\u2019ll share the incredible numbers and what has been learned from these recently found remains.\\xa0 Black History Month is in full swing, too, and David shares a special database related to African-American ancestral information from NEHGS.\\xa0 Fisher then fills in David on a unique app he found that allows any face to be placed over yours in photos or videos. \\xa0You can even put your ancestor\\u2019s face over yours and then tell that person\\u2019s story!\\xa0 Hear what that app is.\\xa0 David also shares news about an exciting new audio app coming from MyHeritage.com.
Fisher then visits, for two segments, with Nancy Douglas, a handwriting analyst with WriteMeaning.com.\\xa0 Nancy explains the various regions of handwriting and what they mean in learning about someone\\u2019s personality, and how she got started in this field.\\xa0 In the second segment, Nancy then reveals information on several of Fisher\\u2019s ancestors based solely on their handwriting samples.\\xa0
Then Tom Perry talks preservation, and how to know about the formats of your current media, and how you can convert them for long term preservation.
It\\u2019s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\\u2019s Family History Show!'