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.

Canadian Yearbooks Posted at Ancestry.com

The following teaser is from a article written for the Waterloo Region Record by Olivia Carville: Over a century of Canadian yearbooks, carrying more than one million historical records, have recently been uploaded to Ancestry.com, the largest online family history Continue reading Canadian Yearbooks Posted at Ancestry.com

Statutory B, M & D Indexes for 2014 Now Available to Search at ScotlandsPeople.

The following is from ScotlandsPeople: You can now view the updated indexes for statutory records until the end of 2014, and in addition to this, images for births until 1914, marriages until 1939 and deaths until 1964. You can also Continue reading Statutory B, M & D Indexes for 2014 Now Available to Search at ScotlandsPeople.

Archeologists Pursue New Evidence Pointing to What May Have Happened to the Roanoke Island ‘Lost Colony’

The following excerpt is from the August 11, 2015 edition of csmonitor.com: In 1587, a group of 115 men, women, and children made the first attempt to found a permanent English colony in the New World. Led by Englishman John Continue reading Archeologists Pursue New Evidence Pointing to What May Have Happened to the Roanoke Island ‘Lost Colony’

Ancestry DNA Test – 20% Off! – Just $79 – Sale Ends This Monday, August 17, 2015

AncestryDNA is once again running a 20% off promotion on their DNA test! The promotion ends Monday, August 17, 2015. The $79 price is the best price they have ever offered to my knowledge. This is a deal you can’t Continue reading Ancestry DNA Test – 20% Off! – Just $79 – Sale Ends This Monday, August 17, 2015

New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 5, 2015

The following is from FamilySearch: This week millions of indexed birth, marriage, and death records from Italy and Mexico were published online. These free collections are the direct results of the online indexing volunteer community. Discover your ancestry reaching back Continue reading New FamilySearch Data Collections Posted the Week of August 5, 2015

Alfre Woodard to Be Featured on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Sunday, August 9, 2015

TLC was kind enough to supply me with a screener for the upcoming show again this week. Alfre Woodard will be the featured celebrity on TLC’s Who Do You think You Are? this Sunday, August 9, 2015. The episode is Continue reading Alfre Woodard to Be Featured on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Sunday, August 9, 2015

Bluesky Brings Old British Aerial Photos Online

The following press release is from directionsmagazine.com: View the History of Britain from the Air as Bluesky Brings Old Aerial Photos Online Thousands of aerial photographs of Britain, dating back more than seventy years, are now available online. Visitors to Continue reading Bluesky Brings Old British Aerial Photos Online

Maryland Mechanic Discovers He is Heir to the Throne of the Isle of Man

The following teaser is from an article posted in the August 6, 2015 dailymail.co.uk: A blue-collar American is getting the royal treatment after a search for his family ancestry online revealed that he is the heir to the throne of Continue reading Maryland Mechanic Discovers He is Heir to the Throne of the Isle of Man

FamilySearch is Undergoing a Fundamental Transformation

The following teaser is from an article posted in August 6, 2015 Deseret News: PROVO, UTAH Fifteen years ago Apple was a beleaguered tech company. Today, it is a transformative leader across multiple industries (computers, smart phones, music, movies, wearable Continue reading FamilySearch is Undergoing a Fundamental Transformation