Episode 60: Interview with Darby Hinton of the TV series Daniel Boone & new history TV show

Published: March 2, 2009, 7:49 p.m.

Published March 2, 2009 In this 60th episode we celebrate the two year birthday of the Genealogy Gems Podcast.\xa0 And Lisa's very special guest is Darby Hinton who played the son of Daniel Boone on the hit TV series Daniel Boone that ran from 1964 to 1970.\xa0\xa0 Darby is currently working on a television pilot for a new series called Hinton Living History. In today's episode is part one of Lisa's interview with Darby, who talks about his TV career which started before he could even walk.\xa0 Darby has appeared in in movies like the Son of Flubber, and classic TV shows like Mr. Ed, Wagon Train, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and The Big Valley.\xa0 But of course we all know him as Isreal the son of Daniel Boone, played by the wonderful Fess Parker.\xa0 He had a fascinating childhood meeting the likes of Walt Disney and having Charleton Heston for a godfather.\xa0 GEN CLASS WINNER:\xa0 Linda Scham of Illinois is the winner of the two free genealogy classes courtesy of\xa0 Congratulations Linda! MAILBOX:\xa0 Listener Teresa Redway emailed a brickway about her ancestor Isaac Lovell born in 1844 in Bristol, England.\xa0Lisa recommends\xa0 investigating both Isaac and Alfred further in England.\xa0 Look in church records for Alfred as a witness to the events of others in the church. Locate birth records in Allegheny County, PA:\xa0 Start with the site to find out more about the records available in that county as well as the history of county.\xa0 \xa0 Another option is the website. Click through to Pennsylvania and to find more information on the vital records for the county.\xa0Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, PA hold birth records for Pittsburg from 1870 to 1905.\xa0 Fee: $5 US which is a non-refundable fee for search and copy of a Birth record.\xa0 For Historical Context, Teresa can check out what was going on in Pennsylvania from 1869-1874 at the website.\xa0 About.com website has a timeline on .\xa0 also has a chronology of the city\xe2s history and lots of other great info.\xa0 The March 2009 issue of article called "Hard Times" by Fern Glazer on page 29.\xa0 GEM: Interview with Darby Hinton of Daniel Boone Fame\xa0 Darby Hinton was just seven years old when he signed on to play Isreal, the son of Daniel Boone which ran from Sept 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC.\xa0 And over 165 episodes he worked and played alongside the 6 foot 6" actor Fess Parker on the film sets in California and Utah.\xa0\xa0 \xa0In this episode you'll hear part 1 of my three part interview with Darby Hinton\xa0 and his lovely wife Shan.\xa0 Today we're going to start back at the beginning as Darby shares his memories of how he broke into the TV business, and what it was like to be working on the set of Daniel Boone. Watch The with Fess Parker on YouTube