Ep. 130 - "Relative Race" Is Hot New Genealogy Reality Show/ Ireland Senator Talk Irish Records for St. Patty's Day

Published: March 14, 2016, 9:30 a.m.

b'This week, Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist for the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org, talking about the recent birth of a "Leap Baby" in North Dakota.\\xa0 What made this one unusual was that it is not the first Leap Baby in the family!\\xa0 Hear all about it on the podcast.\\xa0 David then shares some fascinating DNA news about the Aboriginals of Australia.\\xa0 Just how long have they been isolated from the rest of the world?\\xa0 Now we know.\\xa0 Plus, another family artifact has been found and returned to a family... only this one was from World War I!\\xa0 It\'s a century old piece.\\xa0 Also, another Civil War vessel has been found.\\xa0 What kind was it, what did it do, and where was it found?\\xa0 David will tell you.\\xa0 David also has another Tech Tip, and guest-user free database from NEHGS.Fisher then visits with host/creator/producer Dan Debenham of "Relative Race," an incredible new genealogy based reality TV show that everyone was raving about at last month\'s Roots Tech conference.\\xa0 Dan will tell you how it works, how his company came up with the idea, and what you can expect in the coming episodes on BYU-TV.Then... who\'d have thought a Senator from Ireland would appear at Roots Tech?\\xa0 Fisher talks with Senator Jillian Van Turnhout, who is a passionate genie who traveled too many time zones to count to attend the conference.\\xa0 Senator Turnhout shares a lot of good news about on line records from the Emerald Isle that are coming available for Irish Americans.\\xa0 Then, Fisher chats with Denise May Levernick about the grant her family has set up in her mother\'s memory to award a cash grant to a young adult student for genealogy!\\xa0 Hear how to make your student eligible.Tom Perry returns to wrap up the show to take on fears and offer advice on using "The Cloud" for storage of your digital material.\\xa0 Concerned about security?\\xa0 Usability?\\xa0 As always, Tom has insight you won\'t hear anywhere else.\\xa0 Have questions about preservation?\\xa0 Email Tom at AskTom@TMCPlace.com.That\'s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\'s Family History Show!'