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...

Memorial Day A Memorial Day Tradition 70 Years in the Making – “As children, my cousins and I eagerly anticipated Memorial Day fun. We would eat a potluck dinner that often included great-aunt LaRue’s famous shrimp pasta salad and Aunt Ettalue’s chocolate wacky cake.” Schalene Dagutis-Worldwide Genealogy ~ 7 Tips When Researching U.S. Army World War II Soldiers 3 Clues for Discovering Military Service – Amy Johnson Crow Genealogy Insider – 12 Free Websites to Search...