Episode 385: Classic Rewind - Naming Kids After Assassins, British Naval Press Gangs

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Fisher begins the conversation revealing coming changes to the Extreme Genes website and some coming new video courses. Fisher then talks about researching Civil War figures he's reading about to see who he and his wife Julie might be related to. In the process he learned a remarkable thing about Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Wait until you hear this! Then David talks about a fascinating story about how people kept cool back in the 19th century. (They were pretty creative back then!) Next, Fisher visits with author Lori Erickson. Lori discovered family history research after losing several family members and describes her journey in her new book "Soul of the Family Tree: Ancestors, Stories, and the Spirits We Inherit." Then, Professor Christopher Magra of the University of Tennessee talks about British "Press Gangs" and how their virtual kidnapping of young men to man their Navy contributed to the breakout of the Revolutionary War. David then returns for two questions on "Ask Us Anything." That's all this week on Extreme Genes, America's Family History Show!