Lloyd Bockstruck Joins Staff of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, an online publication available at www.eogn.com, today announced the addition of another writer to the newsletter's staff: Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. Lloyd will be writing a weekly column featuring a wide variety of genealogical- and history-related topics.

"I believe the addition of Lloyd Bockstruck to our writing staff greatly strengthens the team that produces the online genealogy newsletter," said Dick Eastman, owner of the newsletter. "Lloyd's expertise in genealogy methodologies, technical topics, legal issues, and hereditary societies is unsurpassed. Lloyd is passionate about heritage and about accuracy in research. His knowledge and writing style should complement that of myself and of George G. Morgan. I look forward to publishing Lloyd's articles in the Plus Edition of the newsletter."

About Lloyd Bockstruck

Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, the son of Harry Earl Bockstruck and Olive Elsie Blakenship, was born in Vandalia, Illinois. He graduated with an A.B. cum laude in biology and history from Greenville College in 1967. Mr. Bockstruck received an M.A. in Modern European History from Southern Illinois University in 1969 and an M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1973. He received a certificate from the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University, in June 1973.

Mr. Bockstruck was a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of History, Southern Illinois University, 1967-69. He served as a secondary teacher and librarian at Mombasa Baptist High School in Mombasa, Kenya, 1969-71, and was a Graduate Assistant in the School of Library Science at the University of Illinois, 1971-73. He joined the Dallas Public Library in 1973. From 1974 to 1991 he served as an instructor in the School of Continuing Education, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He is the senior ranking faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University, having joined in 1974.  He also was on the faculty of the Genealogical Institute of Mid-America for ten years.

Lloyd Bockstruck has been Supervisor of the Genealogy Section of the Dallas (Texas) Public Library since 1973. He is also a prolific writer, recently ending seventeen years of publishing a weekly genealogy column in the Dallas Morning News. Thanks to that newsletter's web site, readers all over the world have enjoyed his column.

Mr. Bockstruck has been the recipient of many awards, including: History Award of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (1989), Professional Award for Historical Preservation presented by the Texas Historical Commission (1992), Fellow of the National Genealogical Society (1992), Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship (1999), Indiana Historical Society Willard Heiss Memorial Lecturer (2002), Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northeast Texas Library Systems (2003), National Society Sons of the American Revolution Gold Good Citizenship Medal (2006), National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars Award for Preservation of Colonial History (2007) and others as well.

Lloyd Bockstruck resides in Dallas, Texas.

About Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter was founded in 1996 by Dick Eastman for the purpose of providing current news, information, and lots of "how to" articles of interest to genealogists. It is now the most popular, independently-owned and operated genealogy publication in the world with more than 41,000 readers around the globe, according to QuantCast Audience Profile. Articles in the newsletter are written by Dick Eastman, George G. Morgan, and now by Lloyd Bockstruck. Pam Cerutti serves as Editor.

The newsletter is available in two versions: a free "Standard Edition" and a subscription-based "Plus Edition." Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter may be found at http://www.eogn.com.

Comments

[Nathan W. Murphy, MA, AG]

Dick --

What a great decision! Thanks for granting us more access to this brilliant genealogist's mind. This will be of great benefit to those of us conducting U.S. research.

Might I suggest a possible British author? I'm thinking of David Hey, Ph.D. He is a retired professor of English local history and genealogy. This man has the knowledge I've dreamed of trying to accumulate, but realize it would take me 25 years to master. As I studied for my MA in English Local History at the University of Leicester in England, I came to this realization. He takes all his expert knowledge of English local history (I think he's probably read just about everything there is on the subject), and applies it to family history situations. His encyclopedic knowledge can be seen in The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, which he authored in its entirety.

His publications are also very engaging, for example Journeys in Family History: The National Archives' Guide to Exploring Your Past & Finding Your Ancestors is the most interesting guide I've encountered for people just beginning English research.

Who knows, maybe he has enough spare time to contribute articles. Would anyone else be interested in seeing if Dick can recruit Prof. Hey?

Here's more information about him: http://www.aroundtownpublications.co.uk/online/celebrities/barnsley-david-hey.html

[Dick Eastman]

--- Might I suggest a possible British author?

I do hope to add more authors. However, I expect to move slowly and not add a bunch of them in a hurry. George Morgan joined in last February, Lloyd Bockstruck in October, etc. Don't look for another addition right away but I certainly do hope to add more writers in the future.

- Dick Eastman

[Alvin Abbott]

Congratulations on adding such an outstanding genealogist to your continuous stream of information on genealogy in all its aspects. A better choice could not have been made among current practitioners.
From personal experience I have learned that we can all become better researchers with his expertise added to your newsletters.

[Ellen Healy]

Being a closet anglophile (not so much closet anymore), I thought the suggestion by Nathan sounded wonderful. I can appreciate your desire to add slowly, but I do get so much from your newsletter and your writers, that another writer would be like whipped cream on the cake.

[I. White]

Yours is a great newsletter, Dick, but I totally agree with the idea of adding a British staff writer. Huge numbers of US and Canadian readers have deep UK roots, but they find that many sources of material deal with only one side of the Atlantic pond or only the other. Best wishes and thanks.

[Edwin Glover]

I see where Mr. Brockstruck's middle name is de Witt. My cousin, Catherin A. "Kitty" Glover, b. 25 Feb 1823 at Hardin Co., KY married James De Witt, pobably in Hardin Co.,KY. She is daughter of Charles and Susannah (Baskett) Glover. Her parents moved from KY to Lafayett Co., MO in 1843 but it is not known if she and Mr De Witt also moved with the family or stayed in Hardin Co., KY. I have no additional info on James De Witt. Perhaps Mr. Brockstruck may be related?

Thanks,

Ed Glover,
Ogden, UT

[Leonard McCown]

Fantastic! I was very disappointed that the DMN chose to discontinue his column. It was my favorite part of the Sunday paper. Bad decision on their part, but so glad that Lloyd's expertise can still be shared, and more widely. We have been fortunate to have him in Dallas for so many years.

[Betty Clay]

Dick,

Lloyd has been one of my heroes since he first came to the Dallas Public Library. His knowledge of the library and its holdings is absolutely amazing, as is his knowledge in many fields connected with genealogy or with history. He makes himself available to anyone researching at the library, and he has helped me on many occasions. I attend many seminars at which he speaks, and they are always excellent. The topics have been widely varied - from military history to immigration to church records and dozens of topics in between. He has never disappointed me.

Your newsletter will have to be better for all of us with this addition.

[Cathie]

Dick,
I do hope we get more Scottish records available...they are very different from English. I did subcribe to Ancestry.UK for 1 year, expensive...only to find they have very little on Scotland, more on England, only some indexes on Scotland.
Thanks you for all your wonderful information you provide to us all.
Cathie

[Linda Kleback]

Thank you, Dick, for adding Lloyd to the EOGN family. I was fortunate enough to work with Lloyd at a Florida State Genealogical Society conference some years ago and have been a great admirer ever since. It's great that he will be able to continue sharing his expertise with all of us.