Episode 429 - NEHGS Researcher's Supreme Court Passion Project Blows Up! Plus, 19th Century Kidnapping Mystery Solved By DNA

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. This week, the show begins its 10th year! Thanks so much to all of you who have made this possible! David begins by sharing what he learned about a cemetery he was about to explore. Then, in Family Histoire News, David reveals a new NEHGS database from the War of 1812. It could be a game changer for researchers! Next, a 19 year old has assembled a massive collection of World War II material including uniforms, ephemera, metals, and other treasures. Where is this museum? In his basement! David will tell you more. Connecticut witches are now getting attention after exoneration of witches in other states. Hear about this spellbinding project. Did you know that sliced bread was once illegal? (Honest!) David explains why, when, and where.

Next, Fisher visits with Sarah Dery, Head Researcher at NEHGS and AmericanAncestors. Sarah took on a passion project to better educate herself on African American research. Hoping to simply write a blog about the ancestors of new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, her findings have blown up! Hear all about it from Sarah.

In Segment 3, Fisher visits with Terri O'Connell, a Chicago woman, who has long known about a kidnapping that took place in her family in the late 19th century. Wouldn't you know that with DNA… what happened to that kidnapped child is now an open book!

David then returns for another couple of questions on Ask Us Anything.

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