Episode 250 - Ancestor “Changes” Race To Educate Kids / Tom Perry On Deadlines For Digitizing Before The Holidays

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with Brooke Ganz, Founder and President of “Reclaim the Records,” who fills in for David Allen Lambert this week. Family Histoire News begins with the story of a baby who was abandoned in a phone booth in 1954. He’s all grown up now and recently took a DNA test. You’ll want to hear where it led him. Then, Brooke talks about the amazing “lost city” found beneath the fields of Kansas. It may have been one of the largest cities in ancient America. Catch some of the details. Then, an Italian woman is making up for a lot of lost time at a reunion of descendants of Leo Tolstoy in Russia! Find out about her connection and what she is learning about her family.  Brooke then talks about an important new record set that may help you in your research that has been made available to the public for free through the efforts of Reclaim the Records. Next, Fisher talks with Barbara Clements of Lombard, Illinois. Barbara had a longstanding family legend about her Native American ancestry. She recently learned how that story came down through the family and the “why” will amaze you! Then, Dr. Andrew Millard, a Durham University professor visits with Fisher about the mass grave found on their campus in England in a few years ago and the remarkable research journey it took him on, along with several colleagues. It involves the English Civil War, captive Scottish soldiers, and many that came to New England… perhaps one of your ancestors. Finally, Tom Perry is gearing up for the holidays. Yes, it’s that time again! He will share with you deadlines you will need to be concerned about if you are planning on sharing digitized family history material with your family in December. These are dates typical of digitizers like Tom across the country. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!