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.

19th Century Card Photos KwikGuide™ – A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards

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Phototree.com™, the leader in delivering historical photograph information to genealogists and collectors, unveiled at the RootsTech 2013 conference their latest book titled 19th Century Card Photos KwikGuide™, A Step-by-Step to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards. Written Continue reading 19th Century Card Photos KwikGuide™ – A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards→

Fold3 Offering FREE Access to its Confederate Civil War Records thru April

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Fold3.com is one of my favorite websites. Having had a number of family members who served with the United States (and Confederate) Armed Services, the site has given me a wealth of detailed service information about them. Now I see Continue reading Fold3 Offering FREE Access to its Confederate Civil War Records thru April→

FamilySearch Adds 19,206,333 Images to New United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, Collection

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The following is from FamilySearch, April 2, 2013: FamilySearch has added 23.9 million indexed records and images this week with new browsable image collections from Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, England, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the Continue reading FamilySearch Adds 19,206,333 Images to New United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, Collection→

Missouri Marriage Records to 1969 Being Digitized for Free Online Viewing

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In cooperation with FamilySearch, the Missouri State Archives is digitizing marriage records dating from Territiorial times through 1969. The following excerpt is from an article published in the April 1, 2013 edition of hannibal.net: The Missouri State Archives is working Continue reading Missouri Marriage Records to 1969 Being Digitized for Free Online Viewing→

Georgia State Archives to Transfer to the University System of Georgia on July 1

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The following excerpt is from a short article posted in the April 1, 2013 edition of gbp.org: ATLANTA — As part of a long-term plan to keep the State Archives open, the General Assembly has approved transferring the research and Continue reading Georgia State Archives to Transfer to the University System of Georgia on July 1→

Loudoun County, Virginia, Residents Invited to Have Photos & Manuscripts Digitized

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The following teaser is from the 25 March 2013 edition of The Washington Post: Loudoun County [Virginia] residents are invited to take family photographs and manuscripts from the Civil War era, such as letters and diaries, to the Thomas Balch Continue reading Loudoun County, Virginia, Residents Invited to Have Photos & Manuscripts Digitized→

Ancestry.com Financial Results for 4th Quarter 2012 & Full Year 2012 Reported

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PROVO, Utah, March 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ancestry.com LLC reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. “We are pleased with our fourth quarter performance, as well as a successful and eventful 2012. Continue reading Ancestry.com Financial Results for 4th Quarter 2012 & Full Year 2012 Reported→

Free New eBook from the National Archives Celebrates Opening of Baseball Season

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The following news release is from the National Archives website: Washington, DC… Just in time for Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day, the National Archives has published a free eBook called “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives.” The Continue reading Free New eBook from the National Archives Celebrates Opening of Baseball Season→

St. Augustine, Florida Parish Register Documents from As Early as 1594 Digitized

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A group of graduate students at the University of South Florida have spent the last several months digitizing over 6000 pages of very early parish registers from St. Augustine, Florida. They date to as early as 1594 and run through Continue reading St. Augustine, Florida Parish Register Documents from As Early as 1594 Digitized→

Federation of Genealogical Societies PARTNERS WITH German ASSOCIATION of Genealogical Associations

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The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: March 28, 2013 – Austin, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces a new partnership with Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer Verbände e. V. (DAGV), an umbrella organization of genealogical and heraldic Continue reading Federation of Genealogical Societies PARTNERS WITH German ASSOCIATION of Genealogical Associations→