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.

Is-sur-Tille, France Commemorates the Construction of the American Camp Williams

Is-sur-Tille, France is about to commemorate the construction of the American Camp Williams that was begun 100 years ago. A celebration will be held on 24 September 2017, 100 years after the arrival of American soldiers to Is-sur-Tille, in the Continue reading Is-sur-Tille, France Commemorates the Construction of the American Camp Williams

Update on Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers – Now Shipping Canton Bern & Zürich Volumes – Soft & Hard

This is an update to let everyone know that we now have both the soft and hardbound versions of the first three volumes of Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers now shipping. This project actually started last May, so, we’ve Continue reading Update on Map Guide to Swiss Parish Registers – Now Shipping Canton Bern & Zürich Volumes – Soft & Hard

Genetic Communities™ Beta: New Innovation from AncestryDNA

AncestryDNA is releasing a beta version of Genetic Communities™ today. The following is from Matt Deighton at Ancestry: Today, we are pleased to share the roll-out of a new beta experience for AncestryDNA we call, Genetic Communities™. This new experience Continue reading Genetic Communities™ Beta: New Innovation from AncestryDNA

Georgia Genealogy Research – Genealogy at a glance – New and On Sale for 10% Off

Michael A. Ports – author of the groundbreaking series Georgia Free Persons of Color as well as numerous volumes of transcribed records from Baldwin, Elbert, and especially Jefferson County, Georgia – has applied his expertise in Georgia genealogy research to Continue reading Georgia Genealogy Research – Genealogy at a glance – New and On Sale for 10% Off

American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians

GPC recently released a new guide from Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. This softbound book is titled American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians. The book provides a synopsis of the original patterns of settlement and migration Continue reading American Settlements and Migrations: A Primer for Genealogists and Family Historians

Louisiana’s Archives in ‘state of emergency’

The following excerpt is an article updated March 24, 2017 at shreveporttimes.com: Louisiana’s archival and historical records are in a state of emergency, whose destruction “would represent nothing less than a devastating and irreparable loss” of the state’s historical and Continue reading Louisiana’s Archives in ‘state of emergency’

Arkansas SAR to Honor Revolutionary War Soldier, Asher Bagley Sr., April 8 2017

The following excerpt is from an article posted at arkansasonline.com Asher Bagley Sr. served in the American Revolution as a private in the first New Jersey Regiment. Following the war, he settled in Saline County in about 1828 near the Continue reading Arkansas SAR to Honor Revolutionary War Soldier, Asher Bagley Sr., April 8 2017

Georgetown University Employee Learns the University Sold His Ancestor

The following teaser is from a must-read article posted at the New York Times website on March 24. As a Georgetown employee, Jeremy Alexander watched as the university grappled with its haunted past: the sale of slaves in 1838 to Continue reading Georgetown University Employee Learns the University Sold His Ancestor

Many Irish Immigrants Lost Their Lives in the Building of the C&O Canal

The following excerpt is from an informative article dealing with Washington County, Maryland, and the Irish immigrants who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, many settling in the area. Disease was not well understood in the early 19th-century, leading Continue reading Many Irish Immigrants Lost Their Lives in the Building of the C&O Canal

Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Second Edition

Following eight years of sales, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Online and Published Military or Civilian Name Lists, 1861-1869 & Post-Civil War Veteran Lists has been updated and revised in a new Second Edition. Written by William Continue reading Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era – Second Edition