Author Archives: Leland Meitzler

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

FamilySearch Adds Over 145 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from BillionGraves, England, Russia, & the USA

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The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 145 million indexed records and images to collections from BillionGraves, England, Russia, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 65,593,352 indexed records from the new England and Wales, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 145 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from BillionGraves, England, Russia, & the USA→

Preregister for the 2014 Salt Lake Christmas Tour – and Break your Brick Walls!

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It’s now been almost a month since the 2013 Salt Lake Christmas Tour. This last year we had a total of 60 researchers at the Tour, even after illness and weather kept a number of the regulars away. We had Continue reading Preregister for the 2014 Salt Lake Christmas Tour – and Break your Brick Walls!→

Michael LeClerc & Thomas MacEntee to do an Online “Fireside Chat” on January 15.

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Every couple weeks, Michael LeClerc (with Mocavo.com) hosts a fireside chat with one of those folks who we might call movers and shakers in the genealogy community. In the past he’s had Maureen Taylor, Paula Stuart-Warren, Kelvin Meyers, Dr. Michael Continue reading Michael LeClerc & Thomas MacEntee to do an Online “Fireside Chat” on January 15.→

British Red Cross to Digitize 244,000 WWI Voluntary Aid Detachment Index Cards

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The following excerpt is from an article by Jenna Pudelek, posted in the January 6, 2013 edition of thirdsector.co.uk: The British Red Cross has been awarded an £80,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to conserve and digitise historic documents Continue reading British Red Cross to Digitize 244,000 WWI Voluntary Aid Detachment Index Cards→

Dallas Genealogical Society Announces 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes

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The following is from the Dallas Genealogical Society: Dallas, TX , January 3, 2014 – – The Dallas Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its 2014 Writing Contest for original material on topics of interest to genealogists and family historians. Continue reading Dallas Genealogical Society Announces 2014 Writing Contest with Cash Prizes→

Online Historic Digitized Canadian Newspapers

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Bowling Green State University has links to digitized Canadian newspapers that are freely available on the Internet. The site is broken down into eleven tabs covering the twelve Canadian provinces. They are: Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland & Continue reading Online Historic Digitized Canadian Newspapers→

Call For Papers for the 2015 NGS Family History Conference in St. Charles, Missouri

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The following is from the National Genealogical Society: Speakers as well as organizations interested in sponsoring lectures or tracks are invited to submit lecture proposals between 1 January 2014 and 1 April 2014 for the NGS 2015 Family History Conference, Continue reading Call For Papers for the 2015 NGS Family History Conference in St. Charles, Missouri→

Access to Social Security Death Index Information Has Been Limited by Congress

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According to a must-read blog at The Legal Genealogist website, the much-heralded budget bill that was signed into law on December 26th included the partial-closure of the Social Security Death Index along with the exemption of SSDI information from the Continue reading Access to Social Security Death Index Information Has Been Limited by Congress→

FamilySearch Adds Over 4.1 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Belgium, Canada, Portugal, & the USA

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The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 4.1 million indexed records and images to collections from Belgium, Canada, Portugal, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 799,816 images from the new U.S., Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 4.1 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Belgium, Canada, Portugal, & the USA→

Jackie Kennedy Hospital Birth Records Donated to the Kennedy Presidential Library

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The following excerpt is from an article which was published in the December 10, 2013 edition of Newsday.com: On July 28, 1929, a healthy baby girl was born in Southampton Hospital. The girl, Jacqueline Bouvier, grew up to marry John Continue reading Jackie Kennedy Hospital Birth Records Donated to the Kennedy Presidential Library→

Ancestry.com’s Branch Out Sweepstakes – ending Dec. 31, 2013

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Would you like to win a sweepstakes worth $3,346 that includes research done by the ProGenealogists firm, DNA testing, and photo book, and an Ancetry World membership! If so, check out the Branch Out Sweepstakes being conducted by Ancestry.com. Enter Continue reading Ancestry.com’s Branch Out Sweepstakes – ending Dec. 31, 2013→