DearMYRTLE Partners
with The SEEKER

New Call-in Talk Radio Show

Press Release:
December 27, 2001

DearMYRTLE, popularly known as "Myrt" to her genealogy readers has teamed up with Linda Hammer, THE SEEKER,  to co-host a 2 hour talk radio show -- The SEEKER with DearMYRTLE. Broadcasting live weekday evenings from 8-10pm Eastern US, the show originates in Sarasota, Florida at WTMY 1280 AM, beginning January 7, 2002.  The show will be simulcast on the internet. A follow-up broadcast on Saturdays at 2pm will feature the "Best of..." segments.

"A perfect combination!" says family historian Myrt of this partnership with The SEEKER.  "Typically 1/3 of my requests for help concern adoption and other 'finding a live person' issues. Linda works tirelessly to assist people seeking their birth parents, long lost loves, high school and military buddies."

"Understanding our heritage is a quest we all face at some point in time," says Linda. "Myrt teaches the hows and whys of sound family history research techniques with a twinkle in her eye, and has enough spunk to keep us all going through the rough spots."

The show will feature how-to segments, best of the internet spotlights in addition to guest speakers and listener telephone calls.  

The SEEKER with DearMYRTLE will draw upon Hammer's broadcast experience as the driving force behind "The Seeker Live" talk show since 1996. She says "Myrt has appeared as a guest several times, adding elements of experience and a ready wit." 

Listeners may tune in via the internet by going to either DearMYRTLE or The SEEKER's web site, to click on the show's logo. Call and tell Myrt and Linda who you are looking for at 941-954-1280 or 1-800-488-1280 during the show.

BACKGROUND:

About DearMYRTLE. Pat Richley has been writing the genealogy column since 1995 in the Golden Gate Genealogy Forum (AOL Keyword: roots) and on the internet at www.DearMYRTLE.com. She began "onlining" in 1985, when the internet was just the FIDOnet, and the modems were a mere 300baud. Her recent book "The Everything Online Genealogy Book" discusses the use of this ever changing information superhighway in conjunction with tried-and-true genealogy research techniques.

About THE SEEKER - Since 1990, the Seeker helps find missing friends and relatives. Linda Hammer, a former process server, private investigator, and Navy veteran created www.the-seeker.com . This site provides many avenues for people to research their ancestry, find missing friends and loved ones, even military pals.

WTMY 1280AM Sarasota is part of the Metropolitan Radio Group, Inc. http://www.wtmy.com/ 

Additional Reading:

• FamilySearch Web Site NEWS>Facts & Figures.  7,400,000 average number of hits per day.www.familysearch.org

• Ancestors PBS TV Series - "[Genealogy is] the third most popular hobby in the United States, the second most popular topic on the Internet. It has even generated more than 2 million separate web sites." http://www.kbyu.org/ancestors/press/ 

• RE: Senate Resolution 160 had 84 co-sponsors and was approved by unanimous consent making October 2001 Family History Month. "Researching ancestry is a very important component of identity. It can lead to long-sought-after family reunions or allow for life saving medical treatments that only genetic links will allow," Says Senator Orrin Hatch in his press release 26 Sept 2001. http://hatch.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=178829 
  

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