In the News Joe Biden has links to Louth and Mayo, says US genealogist by Barry Roche at the Irish Times PBS to air Providence-based ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ by Andy Smith at Providence Journal – “The reason why it’s important to me is that most of my generation doesn’t care at all about their history,” said the 26-year-old Monti. “If we don’t find out our history now, then future generations won’t know anything about their heritage.” Meet the Woman...

Father’s Day Father’s Day for the Fatherless by Jacqueline White at Ruby Girl – “I purposefully keep the complexities that created his chaotic life alive in my mind and memory so they can be instructive to me.” Father’s Day Gifts: Past and…Presents! at the Ancestry Blog – “Check out this slideshow to see how these favorite Father’s Day gifts have shifted to suit the modern dad.” LDS What the apostles’ children have said about their dads at Utah...

Indexing Giving Back: Indexing & Transcription Opportunities for Genealogists by Heather Collins at Young & Savvy Genealogists – “Check your favorite repositories–local, state, regional, and national–to see what they need from you.” Straight Talk About Arbitration at the FamilySearch Blog – “By removing the arbitration results number, we lose something of value, but in our view and in the view of most indexers who were surveyed, we gain something more important and substantial.”   Creating and Sharing...

Research Tips Don’t Wait to Write Up Those Notes – by Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day – “Time spent writing up your notes is not wasted. Wasted time is what is spent later trying figure out why on Earth you did certain things or in spending an hour to reach the same conclusion you did earlier a week ago when you were actually researching.” The Biggest Mistake in Reading Old Handwriting – and How...