Fisher's Top Tips #33… Church Transfer Documents… What Might They Tell You?
Within the United States, it was not uncommon for churches to give a "letter of transfer" to a member of their congregation who is moving to a new location. But sometimes they came with immigrants fro...
2 Jan 201947s
Episode 266 - Dick Eastman On 2018 Genie Highlights And What Happens When We're All Like Iceland
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. David begins with an all too brief accounting o...
31 Dec 201848min
Fisher's Top Tips #32… Was Your Ancestor A Free Mason? There May Be Some Records Waiting For You
Obituaries often reveal connections to the Free Masons. If you have an ancestor that belonged to this organization, his membership application may provide great information on him. Fisher has more.
29 Dec 201840s
Fisher's Top Tips #31… Doesn't The Slave Name Come From The Most Recent Slaveholder? Not Always!
Slave research is hard enough, and this little nugget, unfortunately, might make it harder. Not all slave names come from the most recent slaveholder. Fisher shares some other possibilities.
26 Dec 201840s
Episode 265 - George H.W. Bush: (Almost?) Everybody's Cousin/ Internet Archive- A Genealogist's Gold Mine
Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Fisher speaks briefly about a recent breakthrou...
24 Dec 201848min
Fisher's Top Tips #30… The Southwest And The Boundary Challenges The Region Presents
The settling of the west wasn't much unlike the settling of colonial America a century or two earlier. And as people came, more and more lines were drawn. Fisher shares just a few so you know what to ...
22 Dec 201847s
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.
War, population growth and shifting can all contribute to boundary changes. And boundary changes mean that, even if your ancestors stayed in the same place, their records could be hiding in many place...
19 Dec 201854s
Episode 264 - Determined Researcher Changes 300-Year-Old Family History / Dealing With Aliases And Name Changes
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 with talk of the recent passing...
17 Dec 201848min
