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• I wanted to point you to the Ancestry
  Insider’s interesting post about indexing errors on 1940 census websites. The
  Ancestry Insider has seen more user complaints about Ancestry.com’s index than FamilySearch’s,
  and I’d have to echo that observation (mostly in blog comments and on Facebook). His
  post includes Ancestry.com’s answers to questions about its indexing and auditing
  processes, and the index augmentation that helps users find records despite indexing
  difficulties.  

• Love family and food and home cooking? In her Genalogy Gems podcast
  episode 137, Lisa Louise Cooke interviews Gena Philibert Ortega about her new book
  From the Family Kitchen and how to dig into your family’s food history. You’ll find
  the podcast episode here on the Genealogy Gems website. See
  more of their interview in this video and take
  a peek at an old Toas-Tite sandiwsh toasting utensil here.

• This fall, the National Archives will
  open its new New York City location in Lower Manhattan, in the Alexander Hamilton
  US Custom House at One Bowling Green (the former facility was on Varick Street in
  Greenwich Village). The new location will expand the facilitiy’s usefulness for research
  and education, with a welcome center, research center, learning center for school
  groups, exhibition space and public programs area. Read
  more about the new location here.

• Military records subscription site Fold3 has released a new collection
  of Navy Casualty
  Reports, 1776-1941, documenting deaths of US Navy personnel in wartime and in
  accidents outside of war.

  The casualty reports include records of those who were killed, injured, wounded, diseased
  or imprisoned, but most report only deaths.The records include four titles: Deaths
  Due to Enemy Action (includes deaths during the Civil War aboard the Cincinnati and
  in Andersonville prison, and more), Drowning Casualties (1885-1939), Lost and Wrecked
  Ships, Explosions and Steam Casualties (1801-1941), and Ordnance Accidents, Aviation
  Accidents, and Miscellaneous Records. This collection is currently free to search.