My Interview on Extreme Genes – Family History Radio

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I was a guest on this week’s episode of “Extreme Genes”, where host Fisher interviewed me about an unlikely genealogy discovery I made on the island of Upolu, Samoa—the grave of one of my own family members I had never heard of!

Here is a link to the episode if you care to listen, with my interview coming at 25:01.

It was fun talking to him after listening to his podcast for the past several years. I didn’t have time to share all of the coincidences that were a part of this experience, so for even more information and photos of the records I found, you can read the post on the blog I kept when we were missionaries in Samoa last year.

 

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George “Eddie” Morris, 1908
George E. Morris headstone, Tuamasaga, Apia, Samoa (European Cemetery)
George E. Morris headstone, Tuamasaga, Apia, Samoa (European Cemetery)

Quick Video Tutorial: Using the Internet Archive to Find Digitized County Histories

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Every good genealogist wants to find a county history for each locality where an ancestor resides.  Well, have you checked the Internet Archive lately?  There are over 10 million digitized books and texts, and you are likely to find one or more county histories for whatever locality you choose—and I’m not just talking U.S. counties.

In this quick video tutorial (5 minutes) you can learn how to find and download these free books.