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Category: Evernote for Genealogy

Using Evernote to organize, capture, sort, recall, file, and as a research tool

past-presence.com Using Evernote for genealogy: my Evernote library (a video)
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Using Evernote for genealogy: my Evernote library (a video)

July 25, 2020July 18, 2020 wanderernolonger6 Comments

In this post, I share a 5 minute video on how I use Evernote to organize and keep track of my genealogy reference library.

www.past-presence.com EN for genealogy: Using EN with Henderson’s Directories
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EN for genealogy: Using EN with Henderson’s Directories

November 15, 2018April 4, 2020 wanderernolonger1 Comment

How to get the most out of city directories, featuring Henderson's Directories and Evernote.

www.past-presence.com What’s Evernote for genealogy?
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What’s Evernote for genealogy?

June 24, 2018November 15, 2018 wanderernolonger4 Comments

My 6 blog posts about the whys and hows of organizing docs for genealogy, featuring Evernote

www.past-presence.com Using Evernote for genealogy: F-A-N research
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Using Evernote for genealogy: F-A-N research

June 2, 2018January 21, 2019 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

It's hard enough to organize your ACTUAL family documents - how do you make sense of the docs that MIGHT be your family?

www.past-presence.com Evernote for genealogy – Saving Ancestry docs in Evernote
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Evernote for genealogy – Saving Ancestry docs in Evernote

May 8, 2018January 21, 2019 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

Make sense of the 1000 docs on your desktop with Evernote.

www.past-presence.com Evernote for genealogy
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Evernote for genealogy

April 28, 2018January 21, 2019 wanderernolonger4 Comments

Evernote is the PERFECT tool for genealogy. Let me show you why.

www.past-presence.com E-files, paper files, and in-between – organizing your genealogical research
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E-files, paper files, and in-between – organizing your genealogical research

April 15, 2018November 15, 2018 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

In this post, I discuss 3 scenarios for genealogists: paper only, e-files and paper, and electronic document management

www.past-presence.com Your genealogy research process – it doesn’t have to be painful but it does have to work
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Your genealogy research process – it doesn’t have to be painful but it does have to work

April 8, 2018November 15, 2018 wanderernolonger1 Comment

6 factors to judge your organizational process for genealogy - how sexy is that?

www.past-presence.com You can’t carry it (all) with you – how I moved from paper to e-files and put a rocket booster under my genealogical research
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You can’t carry it (all) with you – how I moved from paper to e-files and put a rocket booster under my genealogical research

April 1, 2018November 15, 2018 wanderernolonger5 Comments

Tips from a former legal executive assistant on whether to stay with paper, use a paper/e-file mix, or go paperless

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