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www.past-presence.com Behind the scenes – my scanning setup
Photo and film scanning

Behind the scenes – my scanning setup

January 12, 2019April 4, 2020 wanderernolonger14 Comments

I invite you on a virtual tour of my scanning setup, refined after 6 years and 35K images

www.past-presence.com What’s Evernote for genealogy?
Evernote for Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

What’s Evernote for genealogy?

June 24, 2018November 15, 2018 wanderernolonger7 Comments

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

www.past-presence.com E-files, paper files, and in-between – organizing your genealogical research
Evernote for Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

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

Evernote for Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

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, 2018March 17, 2022 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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