Episode 262 - Integrating Family History & The Holidays / Your Relative Race Winners Describe Their Experience

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society & AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin with the story of a Massachusetts couple that have been married to each other twice. In the same year. Wait til you hear why! Then, it was an American that saved the theft of a copy of the Magna Carta in the UK. David explains. David then talks about how the US government is refusing DNA tests on found remains of Civil War soldiers. If you ever wondered what buildings your ancestors lived in in New York City, you may be in luck! In 1940, photos of every building were taking as part of the tax assessment process. Over 700,000 of these images are now on line. Find out where you can browse them. And finally, tombstones that have not seen the light of day for decades have been found in a shed. Might your ancestors’ be among them? David will tell you all about them. David then shines his spotlight on ConferenceKeeper.org. It’s a great site for tracking genealogy conferences big and small wherever they may be. Next, Fisher visits with genealogist Janet Hovorka of FamilyChartMasters.com who shares some of her secrets for integrating family history into your holiday experience. She talks about everything from gifts and recipes to “tales from long, long ago!” Then, Fisher has scored an exclusive interview with the winners of BYUtv’s “Relative Race.” Team Red, consisting of father/daughter team Michael Brown and Austen Williams, shares their experiences in getting answers to questions they never thought could be answered, as well as what it took to score the $50,000 grand prize! Then, of course, it’s Tom Perry with more important things you need to know about preservation of your records, photos, videos, and home movie films by refreshing the disks you may already have them on. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!