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How I Use Evernote for My Genealogy.

NOTE: 2 Feb 2014 -- Link updated to shared notebook ______________________________________________________________________ Today I did a Google+ hangout on air about Evernote for Genealogy . Once I watched the video I saw that I was not a very good cameraman! Hopefully this will clear up any questions you may have. How I use Evernote for my genealogy. I use Evernote to store everything including my genealogy research. You want to use Evernote in a way that makes sense to you. Tags, notebooks, no tags or no notebooks; do whatever works the best for you. Notebooks (the blue box) Notebooks are sorted alphabetically so if there are notebooks you want at the top of your list you can use ! or @ or ~ in front of your notebook title. In my image, for example, I have my INBOX notebook with an ! in front to keep this notebook at the top of the list. I use a ~ to keep my GENEALOGY notebook stacks together. ...

5 Tips to Break Down Your Brick Wall

Originally posted at Lost Tree Project as a guest post February 2019. Eventually we all hit a brick wall. My first brick wall was with Joseph Thomas {my husband's 3rd great grandfather} I spent months searching. Brick walls can last weeks to months to years. Below are some quick tips to help you break through that brick wall. Research another ancestor for a while and then go back to your brick wall . You will see your brick wall ancestor with new eyes. Use a checklist to see if you missed any records. {You can find my Evernote Research Checklist in my shared genealogy notebook.} Revisit your research. Maybe you missed a piece of information in a document. Maybe something seemed like it wasn't important but now that you have more information you find it is important. Learn something new. It does not need to be genealogy related. When you shift your thinking to something...

Goodbye Evernote, Hello OneNote

What? I'm leaving Evernote behind! As most of you know I have been a huge Evernote supporter from the beginning and I have had a paid membership from the beginning {until October 1st}. There has been a lot of talk about Evernote not lasting much longer because they have been making a lot of changes and letting people go. That got me thinking about what I would do if they did cease to exist. I started looking at all of my options and the best option, for me, is OneNote. I already have it on my computer and it is free. I can use OneNote on my desktop, laptop, phone, and table all for free. I can still use tags {a bit different than what I am use to but it works and I am finding that I really don't need that many tags}. I can still search for things and actually find what I am looking for. I can still clip stuff from the web using the OneNote clipper. I'm currently working on moving notes from Evernote t...

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