Aug 26, 2019
Host
Scott Fisher opens the show with Drew Smith, co-host of the
Genealogy Guys podcast. Fisher and Drew begin Family Histoire News with a
story of a 104-year-old survivor of the Holocaust. And what a
birthday party she has had! Find out what made this celebration
extra special. Then, the guys talk about the resolution of the
Centerville, Utah assault case that was recently solved using
genetic genealogy, and resulted in the “opt in” for law enforcement
change on GEDMatch.com. Then, Fisher talks about some recently
found letters of King Edward VIII from before his days as king.
Find out why these letters are so fascinating in a historical
context. Then, Drew shares the news about a modern day royal who
has gone high tech. Hear what she is up to. Drew then updates us on
some recent endeavors of the Genealogy Guys.
Next,
Fisher visits with Jessica Howe from Legacy Tree
Genealogists. Jessica
is focused these days on cases involving children fathered in Asia
by American military men. Jessica shares stories of reuniting and
explains how she solved one particularly remarkable case. There’s
much to be learned from Jessica’s efforts.
Then,
Fisher visits with Thomas Lester and Molly Rogers. The two are key
players in the
New England Historic Genealogical
Society and Boston’s Catholic Archdiocese
in achieving the eventual goal of
indexing over 11 million records from the Catholic Churches of New
England. Find out where the project stands now and what information
these records contain and how they might help your research
efforts.
Then,
NEHGS Senior
Genealogist, Rhonda McClure, answers a question about records
needed for dual citizenship between the United States and Italy.
Wait til you hear what Italy requires for you to become one of
them!
That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family
History Show.