Episode 294 - The Pirate Next Door / Genie Finds Jesse James In Story Of Husband’s Ancestor / Finding World War II Records

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and American Ancestors.org. David shares what’s in the 19th century Bible of his great grandparents after obtaining it this week. Fisher then shares some 1895 instructions on “how to use a telephone.” David then tips his hat to a 12-year-old listener who is VERY into Extreme Genes! The guys open Family Histoire News talking about a light up cane that saved over two dozen people on the Titanic. It was recently auctioned off. Hear what it sold for. Then it’s a new adventure for the man who found the Titanic in the 1980s, Robert Ballard. Find out what he’s looking for now. Then David shares news of a new database of people paying the Hearth Tax in the UK from the 17th century.

Next, Fisher visits with Dr. Mark Hanna, a professor at UC-San Diego. Mark is an experts in colonial pirates and talks about “the pirate next door,” and how they were accepted back in the colonies despite their brutal adventures on the high seas. Hear why that was and how Fisher’s ancestor pirate story fits what Mark describes.

Then, Fisher visits with Jen Rickards, a genie from the St. Louis area, who learned that her husband’s great grandfather had a run in with Jesse James! Hear the story and how she found it.

In Ask Us Anything, Melanie McComb of NEHGS takes questions on obtaining World War II records and metals.

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