Ep. 48 - The Journey of Beethoven's Hair and A Research Shocker: Prominent Cali

Published: June 30, 2014, 2:51 p.m.

b'Fisher\\u2019s Family Histoire News talks about a real life \\u201cSaving Private Ryan\\u201d family.\\xa0 Only they weren\\u2019t American.\\xa0 And it wasn\\u2019t in World War II.\\xa0 He\\u2019ll tell you all about it.\\xa0 Plus, there is one nation in the world with solid family records going back over a thousand years, minimal immigration, and a population that generally came from the same place.\\xa0 No research challenge there!\\xa0 But geneticists love this place.\\xa0 Fisher will tell you just what country we\\u2019re talking about.
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Family memorabilia can often lead us on a journey through a family\\u2019s history.\\xa0 Stan Lindaas of HeritageConsulting.com returns to tell us the remarkable story about the journey of a locket of hair from Ludwig von Beethoven, and the family that owned it.\\xa0 Stan did some of the research on this project, and you\\u2019ll want to hear it.
Just about anyone who has ever started a family history research project can tell you, rarely does it go in the direction you expect.\\xa0 It was certainly that way for Janet Lancaster of Modesto, California who was asked to dig up just a few, simple facts on a prominent citizen of Modesto from the 19th\\xa0Century.\\xa0 Both Janet and the town were astonished at what she learned!\\xa0 You\\u2019ll enjoy both the story and learning about the process.
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Tom Perry, our Preservation Authority from TMCPlace.com returns to talk about your best options in a digital video camera, and to answer a listener question about preserving her great grandparents\\u2019 \\u201ccourting\\u201d letters.'