Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast show

Extreme Genes - America's Family History and Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Summary: Extreme Genes is a genealogy show hosted by Fisher. Fisher has 30+ years of radio experience and has had a passion for genealogy since he was a teen. On Extreme Genes Fisher sets out to educate the audience on resources and techniques for completing any gaps found in your family tree. Each week Fisher interviews national experts in the field of genealogy as well as news related to all of our genealogy. Be sure to visit ExtremeGenes.com for all the latest on the show.

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Podcasts:

 Fisher’s Top Tips #36 - Squeezing The Most Out Of Digitized Newspapers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50

Fisher’s Top Tips #36 - Squeezing The Most Out Of Digitized Newspapers

 Fisher’s Top Tips #35… Swedes Often Leave A Helpful Clue In Their Church Records. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49

Fisher’s Top Tips #35… Swedes Often Leave A Helpful Clue In Their Church Records.

 Episode 244 CLASSIC REWIND - Meet The Driveway Sisters- And They Didn’t Even Know It! / Property Records May Hold Keys To Breakthroughs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:27

Fisher visits with two Wisconsin women who have come to call themselves “The Driveway Sisters.” One moved in just last year and shares a driveway with the other. What they didn’t know is that they are sisters! Hear the odd way they learned the truth about their close relationship. And it didn’t involve DNA!

 Fisher’s Top Tips #34… Yes, The Irish 1841 and 1851 Census Records Were Destroyed… But Wait…! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48

Fisher’s Top Tips #34… Yes, The Irish 1841 and 1851 Census Records Were Destroyed… But Wait…!

 Fisher’s Top Tips #33… Church Transfer Documents… What Might They Tell You? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47

Fisher’s Top Tips #33… Church Transfer Documents… What Might They Tell You?

 Episode 266 - Dick Eastman On 2018 Genie Highlights And What Happens When We’re All Like Iceland | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:57

Dick and Fisher discuss the year’s top story… DNA and privacy, and police work. Dick shares his insight  from his background in security.

 Fisher’s Top Tips #32… Was Your Ancestor A Free Mason? There May Be Some Records Waiting For You | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40

Fisher’s Top Tips #32… Was Your Ancestor A Free Mason? There May Be Some Records Waiting For You

 Fisher’s Top Tips #31… Doesn’t The Slave Name Come From The Most Recent Slaveholder? Not Always! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40

Fisher’s Top Tips #31… Doesn’t The Slave Name Come From The Most Recent Slaveholder? Not Always!

 Episode 265 - George H.W. Bush: (Almost?) Everybody’s Cousin/ Internet Archive- A Genealogist’s Gold Mine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:56

Fisher talks with renowned presidential and royal researcher Gary Boyd Roberts about the late President George H.W. Bush. Gary shares fascinating stories about other presidents that Bush (and son G.W.) relate to and how you may very well be related to them yourself!

 Fisher’s Top Tips #30… The Southwest And The Boundary Challenges The Region Presents | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47

Fisher’s Top Tips #30… The Southwest And The Boundary Challenges The Region Presents

 Fisher’s Top Tips #29… Where’d He Go? Thinking Your Ancestor May Have Moved? He May Have Been In The Same Place All Along. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54

Fisher’s Top Tips #29… Where’d He Go? Thinking Your Ancestor May Have Moved? He May Have Been In The Same Place All Along.

 Episode 264 - Determined Researcher Changes 300-Year-Old Family History / Dealing With Aliases And Name Changes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:26

Fisher visits with Ali Stocker, a passionate geni who led a remarkable effort that has changed the last 300 years of the recorded history of the Sanderson family of Massachusetts. (And some descendants are not happy about it!) Hear the story of the family, what she learned, and how she did it.

 Fisher’s Top Tips #28… End Of The Line? Try This Trick And See If It Doesn’t Shine A Light On The Problem. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52

Fisher’s Top Tips #28… End Of The Line? Try This Trick And See If It Doesn’t Shine A Light On The Problem.

 Fisher’s Top Tips #27… Fumbling To Find Your Females? Have You Considered This? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49

Fisher’s Top Tips #27… Fumbling To Find Your Females? Have You Considered This?

 Episode 263 - Blaine Bettinger Talks Ancestral Spit & Police Use Of DNA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:26

Fisher visits with renowned DNA specialist Blaine Bettinger. Blaine is excited about new DNA technology that may be able to reveal to you the full profile of your long deceased ancestors through the analysis of old, licked envelopes. Hear what Blaine has to say about the benefits to your research and the potential costs. In a second segment, Fisher and Blaine talk about the ethics issues involved in the use of DNA on GEDMatch for solving horrific cold cases.

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