Episode 169 - Door Knocker in Slovenia Finds Family / Bernice Bennett Talks National Archives

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 10:30 a.m.

b'Fisher opens this week\\u2019s show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org.\\xa0 David begins by sharing great news from FamilySearch.org. The Freedmen\\u2019s Bureau records have been completely digitized and presented to the African-American Museum.\\xa0 David has the details. Next, the alleged \\u201cCanal Killer\\u201d of the 1990s in the Phoenix area has been caught thanks to the help of a California genie. You\\u2019ll be amazed by the details. Then, cremation ain\\u2019t what it used to be! Learn about a company that\\u2019s doing more with ashes than just spreading them around. David then shares his Tip of the Week, and another NEHGS Guest Member Database. Next, Fisher opens the next segment with a West Virginia woman who was determined to find her Slovenian ancestry. Nancy Moore went with a Slovenian genealogy group to her ancestral home armed with an ancestor\\u2019s address. She and a translator knocked on the door and learned\\u2026. Well, you\\u2019ll want to hear it all from Nancy. Then Fisher visits with Bernice Bennett, host of a podcast on research in the National Archives. (blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett)\\xa0 Bernice shares her insight on preparing for your trip to the Archives and what you might expect to find there. She also talks about her latest genealogical \\u201cpassion project.\\u201d The techniques she uses are something we can all learn from. Tom Perry, the Preservation Authority, returns to talk about what appears to be the introduction of Virtual Reality to family history! How will it work? Tom explains.\\xa0 In Tom\\u2019s second segment, he reminds us the rules of copyright when it comes to reproducing commercial disks. Can it be done, legally? No. And Yes! Tom will explain. That\\u2019s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\\u2019s Family History Show.'