Ep. 139 - Extreme Genie Seeks To Become An English Earl / Glen Meakem of Forever.com On Prioritizing Preservation Projects

Published: May 14, 2016, 3:58 p.m.

b'Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org.\\xa0 In \\u201cFamily Histoire News\\u201d Fisher and David talk about the recent story of a couple in their 70s that just welcomed a new child into the family!\\xa0 How and where?\\xa0 You\\u2019ll have to listen to the show. David then talks about a 111 year old woman with more grandchildren than years on this earth.\\xa0 \\xa0Fisher and David will give you the math.\\xa0 A famous English ship has been found\\u2026 right under our noses\\u2026 scuttled in New England!\\xa0 Listen to find out whose and what ship it was.\\xa0 MyHeritage has come up with a new tribal history program.\\xa0 David fills you in on the details of this important initiative.\\xa0 Plus, catch David\\u2019s Tech Tip, and the NEHGS free database of the week. In segment two, Fisher visits with Forever.com founder and CEO Glen Meakem about what he views as the important process of prioritizing what is really important to pass down and how you\\u2019re going to do it.\\xa0 It\\u2019s an important conversation with many points you\\u2019re going to want to consider and act on. Fisher next visits with Joshua Arlin Collins, a Texas man and Extreme Genie in every sense of the term.\\xa0 Joshua has been seeking his ancestors for some time and in the process learned that he may be qualified to fill a vacant Earldom!\\xa0 Could he one day be the star of a reality version of Downton Abbey?\\xa0 Hear what Joshua found in his research and how he plans to claim his place among the aristocracy of England! Then, Preservation Authority Tom Perry returns to talk about preserving paper.\\xa0 What paper should be kept and how, and what paper should be scanned and tossed?\\xa0 Tom will give you some great thoughts on everyone\\u2019s great challenge\\u2026 how to collect without collecting too much! It\\u2019s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\\u2019s Family History Show!'