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.

27 Million New Records & Images of U.S. Marine Corps Activities During WW II & Korean War Now Available on Ancestry.com

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PROVO, UT- (Marketwire – May 24, 2012) – Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced that more than 27 million new records and images detailing U.S. Marine Corps activities during World War II and the Continue reading 27 Million New Records & Images of U.S. Marine Corps Activities During WW II & Korean War Now Available on Ancestry.com→

The Genealogy of Vermont AG Candidates Bill Sorrell & T.J. Donovan

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It’s not often that we run across family histories of state-level politicians in our newspapers or on their Internet websites. However, this afternoon I ran across an interesting and detailed article about the intertwining family histories of two men squaring Continue reading The Genealogy of Vermont AG Candidates Bill Sorrell & T.J. Donovan→

Obama Voted History’s Third Greatest Political Leader With Irish Ancestry, Behind JFK First, Reagan Second

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SANTA MONICA, California, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ Barack Obama is one of history’s three greatest political leaders with Irish ancestry, according to an international poll. John F Kennedy, however, is voted the greatest such leader, ahead of Ronald Reagan second Continue reading Obama Voted History’s Third Greatest Political Leader With Irish Ancestry, Behind JFK First, Reagan Second→

Genealogy Research is Easier Than Ever Via the Internet and Millions of Digitized Images

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The following teaser is from an excellent article about the state of genealogy research, published in the May 24, 2012 edition of the Columbus Dispatch. NEW YORK — America suddenly knows that Rob Lowe has an un-American ancestor. On a Continue reading Genealogy Research is Easier Than Ever Via the Internet and Millions of Digitized Images→

1940 U.S. Census Community Project Nearly Halfway Complete

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The following news release was received from FamilySearch.org: 22 May 2012 – The halfway point for indexing the 1940 U.S. census is fast approaching. Congratulations and thank you to all of the volunteers participating in this unprecedented genealogical community effort. Continue reading 1940 U.S. Census Community Project Nearly Halfway Complete→

2012 National Genealogical Society Awards

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The following NGS Awards were announced at the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday, 11 May 2012. Fellowship in the National Genealogical Society Kay Haviland Freilich, cg, cgl, fngs President’s Citation Melinde Lutz Byrne, cg Continue reading 2012 National Genealogical Society Awards→

A History of St Edmund’s Catholic Church, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Published

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The following excerpt is from an article posted at the Bury Free Press website May 19, 2012. A NEW booklet chronicling the history of St Edmund’s Catholic Church, in Bury St Edmunds, [21 Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England] Continue reading A History of St Edmund’s Catholic Church, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Published→

Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court

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Genealogists have long used coroners’ records to fill out our family histories. These records are what we call “public records,” making them available to researchers as well as the media, and anyone else for that matter. Since most of the Continue reading Time Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Coroner’s Act Argued Before the State’s Supreme Court→

Loretta Lynn Married at 15, Not 13 as Reported in “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”

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I’ve been a Loretta Lynn fan most of my life, and find the latest revelation by the AP about her age to be interesting. Those pesky documents like birth certificates and marriage applications, as well as the 1940 census can Continue reading Loretta Lynn Married at 15, Not 13 as Reported in “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”→