Organizing your genealogy research, whether physical paper files or folders on your computer, is a constant headache for most genealogists. Everyone seems to offer an opinion on methods of keeping things in order: color coding, digitizing document, uploading photos to the cloud. The free online program Evernote is your all-encompassing solution, comprising tools for systematized [Read On]
Get Organized Ultimate Collection
January 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I love Family Tree University, it is one of the two resources I use when obtaining Expert Webinars and Kit of the Month. This month they are promoting their Ultimate Collection Get Organized, a fantastic way to get all your documents and research in order. The Family Tree Ultimate Get Organized Collection includes: Time Management for [Read On]
Organizing Yourself Online
September 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
There are so many different tips out there on how to organize your research. You can’t keep it all online, external hard drives, CD’s. And after awhile the photos, and copies of different documents will take over. Life can become a clutter for us genealogists. Some years back I came across this site, Organize Yourself [Read On]
Backing up your work
September 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I was very lucky recently when my old laptop quit and hard drive was still working. However it could have been a different story completely. I do try to remember to back up my research on an External Hard drive. Honestly, I am like everyone else, forgetful. After hours of browsing, gathering, editing photos, scrapbooking, [Read On]
Using Google Books
September 6, 2011 by 2 Comments
Free Week at Ancestry.com
August 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Ancestry.com is holding another free week to seek out your Ancestors. Connect with others to get this needed information. Search all the Immigration and Travel Records at Ancestry.com
101 Brick Wall Busters
August 2, 2011 by 10 Comments
A few months back I took a wonderful course through Family Tree University, called 101 Brick Wall Busters. It is something that happens when researching our family. Records are lost, destroyed in fires, or never even existed. Record keeping wasn’t as wide spread in the early days of our Nation, many areas never kept records [Read On]
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