Episode 268: Classic Rewind - The Great Migration Project Hits 30 Years / Fisher Visits With GMP Director Robert Charles Anderson

At this time of year we're thinking Thanksgiving and the early colonial ancestors, so we've chosen this classic rewind from 2019, which features guest Robert Charles Anderson of the Great Migration Project.

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin their "Family Histoire News" with the story of a family that has been in the same unique business for 400 years! Hear what they make and how many generations this covers. Then, it's DNA again that reveals some unexpected ancestry in an entire people in Latin America. The guys will tell you what has been confirmed. Germany is now sharing more and more records from that country's most shameful times… World War II and the Holocaust. One family has taken advantage of these records to learn many of the specifics of their family members' final days. Then, David talks about an Irish woman who found a 19th century photo album on eBay. As a passionate researcher of such pieces, even she was shocked to learn who was portrayed in it. David's Blogger Spotlight this week shines on MissingRoots.com, managed by Michael Lee Stills. Michael has been tackling Amy Johnson Crowe's "52 Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge."

Next, Fisher visits with Robert Charles Anderson, the man behind thirty years of the "Great Migration" Project. In two parts, Robert talks to Fisher about the Project as well as his new book, Puritan Pedigrees: The Deep Roots of the Great Migration to New England. The book explains why so many of America's New England ancestors took the risky voyage across the ocean to settle here.

Then, Tom Perry is back with a great suggestion for a family history Valentines Day gift.

That's all this week on Extreme Genes, America's Family History Show!