Episode 290 - The Georgetown Memory Project / Lambert On Researching Revolutionary Ancestors

Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org.  Fisher begins with a tip of the hat to David’s 50th birthday which he celebrated last week. In Family Histoire News, the boys discuss the news that CeCe Moore’s first solved case has ended with a conviction in the 1987 double murder in Washington state.  Then, David shares an interesting story about the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. Cobain apparently had an interest in his family history. Hear what he learned. Next, turning back the clock much further, another high profile figure also traced his genealogy. Find out who it was and why, and where this 18th century record can be seen. David then adds the story of a woman who was the wife of one signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the daughter of another. Learn about her connections.

Fisher then opens his two part visit with Richard Cellini, founder of the Georgetown Memory Project, and Claire Vail, Director of the GU272 Memory Project at AmericanAncestors. Hear about this remarkable project, identifying the over 300 people sold as slaves to plantations in Louisiana by Georgetown College in 1838, in order to financially save the school, as well as all their descendants. It’s a multi-faceted story you’ll want to hear.

Then, David Lambert returns for Ask Us Anything about researching Revolutionary War ancestors. There are a lot of resources waiting for you out there!

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