Make sense of the 1000 docs on your desktop with Evernote.
Category: Genealogical Research
Evernote for genealogy
Evernote is the PERFECT tool for genealogy. Let me show you why.
E-files, paper files, and in-between – organizing your genealogical research
In this post, I discuss 3 scenarios for genealogists: paper only, e-files and paper, and electronic document management
Your genealogy research process – it doesn’t have to be painful but it does have to work
6 factors to judge your organizational process for genealogy - how sexy is that?
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
Tips from a former legal executive assistant on whether to stay with paper, use a paper/e-file mix, or go paperless
Should you get a DNA test?
Curious about DNA kits? Me too. Here are my pros and cons.
How to sort photos from the past 50 years when you have almost nothing to go on
Got a box of loose photos and almost no info? Here's how I get around the brick wall.
The family picture scanning project: how I digitized 3000 images in my spare time
The journey to digitize 8K images and how it led to Past Presence
How I went from a blogger to a guest lecturer
Six months after Past Presence hit the web, I was invited to lecture at Professor Kwong's Asian American Studies class at Indiana University, Bloomington
The right to be a Canadian: Irving Himel, K. Dock Yip, and The Committee for the Repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act
Voting. It's complicated. Canada has been reluctant to share her treasures, at least to its non-male, non-white peoples. Nearly 70 years ago, Canada's Chinese, Japanese, and South Asian people won the right to vote in Canada. It had been a long time coming. You may know the story of the Famous Five*, who fought for and won women's voting… Continue reading The right to be a Canadian: Irving Himel, K. Dock Yip, and The Committee for the Repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act