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Generations Find Your Roots TalkSpot

A Web-Interactive Family History Talk Show with Elon Gasper on TalkSpot.com: a simultaneous chat group, audio broadcast, and more!


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Generations Find Your Roots

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Elon Gasper
Elon Gasper

Cyndi Howells
Cyndi Howells

Cousin Mel Walker
"Cousin Mel" Walker

Join the fun every Wednesday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT or 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. GMT!
Genealogy fans, from newcomers to experts, can join in this live Webcast with show host Elon Gasper and guests.

The first broadcast on March 6 was a huge success, with almost 600 participants. See what everyone is so excited about!

A Truly Interactive Experience
Like a radio talk show, you can just sit and listen in. Like a TV talk show, you can see the hosts and guests, and other images that they choose to show you. And, just like any talk show, you can call in with your questions and comments to an "800" number.

At the same time, listeners are typing away in a chat group everyone can see. Host Elon Gasper, along with co-host "Cousin Mel" Walker, and frequent guest and occasional co-host Cyndi Howells meet and greet people entering the Webcast, answer questions from guests, and share their own personal experiences to help others research their family heritage.

But there are even more ways to interact with the hosts and other participants!

In recent shows, guests have marked their family origins on an interactive map, and taken polls that give them instant feedback about how their interests mesh with those of other guests. You can find out who else is researching the same surname as you, what parts of the world other guests are researching, and much more.

The possibilities for interaction are endless!



Upcoming Guests
To see who'll be joining Elon on Find Your Roots, check out the schedule!

Recent Find Your Roots guests include Brad Steuart, founder of the American Genealogical Lending Library; Dick Eastman, manager of the Genealogy Forums on CompuServe; and life-story-writing author and lecturer Jerry Hawley.

Learn Something New Every Week
Each week there will be new tips on family research, news and stories shared from listeners, plus regular features that explore new surnames, regions, and various other family heritage topics.

There will be a weekly call-in report from author and genealogist Myra Vanderpool Gormley, giving her World RootsWeb Report on what's new at RootsWeb. Along with Julia M. Case, Myra is the co-editor of Missing Links and RootsWeb Review, two popular weekly e-zines.

Erin Wallace and Steve Sellers will also be phoning in each week from their Genealogy Road Show as it tours the country!

Plus, every show has a segments for newcomers and surnames, and a calendar of events.

About Elon Gasper
Elon Gasper is an avid genealogy researcher and senior designer responsible for the Generations line of software. He has traced his roots back to the 13th century, with links uncovered in his family to Salem witches, Mayflower passengers, Scottish nobility, and both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Elon is following in the footsteps of his great-great-aunt, a noted genealogist and Fellow of the Institute of American Genealogy.


Generations — Find Your Roots Schedule

July 28

DearMYRTLE — a writer and genealogist whose column appears daily on AOL — dispenses practical, down-to-earth advice for beginning and intermediate genealogists. 5 p.m. PDT.

August 04

Guest Sam Eneman talks about how to make your own genealogy video. 5 p.m. PDT.

August 11

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

August 18

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

August 25

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

September 01

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

September 08

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

September 15

Guest and topic TBA. 5 p.m. PDT.

September 22

Guest: Kathy Hinckley, owner and operator of FamilyDetective.com. Kathy will talk about her new book, Locating Lost Family Members and Friends.

September 29

The winner is announced for AOL'S Wacky Ancestors Photo Contest! 5 p.m. PDT.