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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 Collection Updates to Australia, BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, & the U.S.A.

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following News Release is from FamilySearch.org dated January 15, 2013: FamilySearch added an additional 7 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 1,747,863 indexed records and images in the Slovakia Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Collection Updates to Australia, BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, & the U.S.A.→

The Federation of Genealogical Societies forms the Society of Preservation Patriots

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The following news release was received from Thomas MacEntee: January 16, 2013 – AUSTIN, TX. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces the creation of a new society to promote the preservation of records in the National Archives and Records Continue reading The Federation of Genealogical Societies forms the Society of Preservation Patriots→

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Family HIstory in Pictures

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

A group of folks from NPR went over to the Supreme Court to retrieve a suitcase a while back. The suitcase belonged to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and in it was her family history in photographs. They spent time Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Family HIstory in Pictures→

Over 200 Headstones Destroyed by Vandals in Columbiana County, Ohio

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — 2 Comments ↓

What could possibly cause vandals to attempt to destroy over 80% of the headstones in the Springhill Ceemetery in Wellsville, Ohio? Is there something about our culture (or lack thereof) that’s making our young people do destructive things like this Continue reading Over 200 Headstones Destroyed by Vandals in Columbiana County, Ohio→

Archives.com Expands U.S. Vital Records Collections by 58 Million

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Leland Meitzler — 1 Comment ↓

The following information is from Julie Hill at Archives.com: With the holidays behind us, it’s time to dig into finding more ancestors and Archives.com is here to help. We recently added more than 58 million United States vital records. These Continue reading Archives.com Expands U.S. Vital Records Collections by 58 Million→