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.

DNA Testing May Lead to Arrest – Not Necessarily Yours, But a Blood-Relative

It seems that all this DNA testing is having consequences not all of us have considered before. With the explosive growth of DNA testing for genealogy, data is now available to law enforcement agencies that previously wasn’t available. Criminals are Continue reading DNA Testing May Lead to Arrest – Not Necessarily Yours, But a Blood-Relative

Is Ancestry LLC the Devil? Or Just his Little Brother?

I awoke this morning to a front page story in the Tacoma News Tribune where the authors question whether we should trust Ancestry LLC. Goodness, the article took two/thirds of front page, with the headline above the fold. Although I Continue reading Is Ancestry LLC the Devil? Or Just his Little Brother?

Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers Vol. 8: Cantons of Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt & Schaffhausen – now shipping

This is an update to let our readers know that Family Roots Publishing is now shipping the soft cover version of Volume Eight of the Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers. This Swiss Map Guide, covers the Cantons of Solothurn, Continue reading Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers Vol. 8: Cantons of Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt & Schaffhausen – now shipping

Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America Fall Seminar – Oct. 27, 2018 in Plain City, Ohio

The following announcement was received from the Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America: The Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America Fall Seminar will be held Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 9 am to 4 pm in Plain City, Ohio. The Continue reading Ohio Chapter of Palatines to America Fall Seminar – Oct. 27, 2018 in Plain City, Ohio

More Eastern European Genealogy Research Titles Available From FRPC

With the excitement created by the publication of the new Second Edition of Finding Your Ancestral Village in the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire comes the question of what other resources are available. The following books are all stocked by Family Roots Continue reading More Eastern European Genealogy Research Titles Available From FRPC

I’m Motivated to Get My Stories+Pictures Available to My Family & Freinds

In looking back at RootsTech 2018, I’m coming away motivated to do something meaningful with my many pictures – and visuals in all forms. I am immediately setting about doing the following: Get my slides, film, and videos hi-res digitized. Continue reading I’m Motivated to Get My Stories+Pictures Available to My Family & Freinds

FindMyPast Brings New York Catholic Records Online

The following announcement from FindMyPast was made today at RootsTech 2018: ● Findmypast adds indexes containing over eight million New York records to its exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive ● Released online for the first time, family historians can now search Continue reading FindMyPast Brings New York Catholic Records Online