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Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores is a scholarly book, full of details and amassed facts in an effort to explain the mass migrations from the war torn Rhine Valley in the Continue reading Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores→

Stage-Coach and Tavern Days

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Growing up I read my share of novels. Many of these included fantasy stories where taverns often play a major role as meeting place, rest stop, and center of information. Then there were the stories of the “wild west” where Continue reading Stage-Coach and Tavern Days→

Genealogy Standards: 50th Anniversary Edition – On Sale for 15% Off Thru Thursday, March 6

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

The Board for Certification of Genealogists [BCG] has just released a major upgrade to its book, Genealogy Standards: 50th Anniversary Edition. For the record, that is 50 years of the BCG. The guidebook is 14 years old. The Standards were Continue reading Genealogy Standards: 50th Anniversary Edition – On Sale for 15% Off Thru Thursday, March 6→

Evidence Explained – Citing History Sources From Artifacts To Cyberspace – Second Edition

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — 1 Comment ↓

When I first picked up Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, I read the Foreword and Acknowledgemen,t then skimmed a few pages. I immediately shut the book and said something to the effect of, “this is too Continue reading Evidence Explained – Citing History Sources From Artifacts To Cyberspace – Second Edition→

Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Many years ago, when Google was still an Internet infant and AltaVista ruled the search world, I wrote a guide book to using search engines and maximizing the quality of search results. I included a chapter called the SAR Loop. Continue reading Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian→

Across the Atalantic and Beyond: The Migration of German and Swiss Immigrants to America

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

There are a number of books which examine the history behind some of the mass German migrations to the Americas. There are some books which cover the valuable input so many of these German immigrants made to and for their Continue reading Across the Atalantic and Beyond: The Migration of German and Swiss Immigrants to America→

Genealogy at a Glance: Maryland Genealogy Research

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — 2 Comments ↓

The new guide,Genealogy at a Glance: Maryland Genealogy Research, by Michael A. Ports offers a lengthy background compared with many similar guides. Lengthy, of course, is relative. Here it means four paragraphs and just less than half a page. Small Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Maryland Genealogy Research→

What Did They Mean By That? Now at an New Low Price.

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

What Did They Mean By That? Is now available at the reduced price of only $19.60, down from $36. What Did They Mean By That? A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms Old and New has long been the most Continue reading What Did They Mean By That? Now at an New Low Price.→

The Germans in Colonial Times

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Germans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Only those of English descent are more numerous. Even so, both groups represent generations of families living in America. These days, around a million people each year legally immigrate Continue reading The Germans in Colonial Times→

Full Steam Ahead

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers changed this young country in dramatic ways, transforming the Ohio-Mississippi River Basin almost overnight. The steamboat brought commerce, quickened immigrations, and began a building frenzy as new town sprung up all along the Continue reading Full Steam Ahead→

Kansas Name Lists Published and Online Censuses and Substitutes 1854–2012, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

According to Leland K. Meitzler: “Name lists are key to success in any genealogical endeavor. Name lists, be they national, state, county, or even city or town in scope can help nail down the precise place where one’s ancestor may Continue reading Kansas Name Lists Published and Online Censuses and Substitutes 1854–2012, with a selection of National Name Lists, 1600s – Present→

Genealogy at a Glance: Scots-Irish Genealogy Research

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

“The term Scots-Irish refers to people who originated in Scotland and settled in the 17th century in Ireland in the nine northern counties of Ulster. Claiming economic hardship, 250,000 Scots-Irish immigrated to North America between 1717 and 1776, principally to Continue reading Genealogy at a Glance: Scots-Irish Genealogy Research→

Producing a Quality Family History — Now in Hardcover

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Last year I reviewed Producing a Quality Family History, which I have copied below. This helpful guide is now available in hardcover from Family Roots Publishing. The hardcover looks just like the softcover, with the same four-color printed cover, only Continue reading Producing a Quality Family History — Now in Hardcover→

Atlas of the Great Irish Famine

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

There are many theories behind the actual cause of the Great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1849. Some focus on specific topics of population density, crop production, politics, the prevalent owner-tenant land system of the day, etc. Of course, history Continue reading Atlas of the Great Irish Famine→

FamilySearch.org’s United States and Canadian Vital Records Database Lists — Updated to 14 July 2014

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Leland Meitzler — No Comments ↓

Below are the latest updates to United States & Canadian Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org: Currently updates as of 14 July 2014 Previous update: 13 June 2014 There is a permanent link at the top of the blog to a Continue reading FamilySearch.org’s United States and Canadian Vital Records Database Lists — Updated to 14 July 2014→