Episode 211 - Ordinary Person Makes Extraordinary Find / The Archive Lady Returns With More New Finds

Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 2 a.m.

b'Host Scott Fisher opens the show with a welcome to several new members of the Extreme Genes Patrons Club. He\\u2019s then joined by David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org who shares \\u201cFamily Histoire News.\\u201d David begins with the latest news from \\u201cReclaim the Records.\\u201d The group that is making a name for itself forcing government entities to make indexes to records available to the public, has pulled off another big score. David will tell you what it is. Then, a pair of infants that shared space in a hospital on the day they were born have met up again. And now they\\u2019re married! Hear the details! Next\\u2026 want a ride in a B17? You can, but it\\u2019s going to cost you. Find out where you may want to go. David then talks about a new idea for connecting to your ancestors that has caught fire on his blog\\u2026 collecting coins from the years your ancestors were born. Find out what it has done to interest his daughter. David\\u2019s blogger spotlight this week is chiddicksfamilytree.wordpress.com, where Paul Chiddick asks \\u201cWhat Does the Future [of Genealogy] hold?\\u201d \\xa0 Next, Fisher visits with Lisa Murphy of Orem, Utah, an \\u201cOrdinary Person With An Extraordinary Find.\\u201d Lisa\\u2019s grandfather was a family enigma. He died without ever telling anyone exactly where he was from, and very little about the family itself. But along comes DNA and\\u2026 well\\u2026 you know the rest. Hear the story Lisa and her family has learned about her long deceased grandfather\\u2019s origins. \\xa0 Then, Fisher talks new archive discoveries with \\u201cThe Archive Lady,\\u201d Melissa Barker of Houston County, Tennessee.\\xa0 Melissa is always digging up inspiring items in her archive to encourage people to get back to where many family treasures may be waiting. Hear what she\\u2019s found this time. Then, Tom Perry, the Preservation Authority, returns to talk about audio\\u2026 wire recordings, eight track tapes, vinyl records, and cassettes. Hopefully you\\u2019re not throwing any of these things away! Tom will tell you what you need to do with them things, and what NOT to do! That\\u2019s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\\u2019s Family History Show!'