In this book, you'll find Evernote tips and strategies specifically for genealogy researchers, with real-life examples Step-by-step instructions for managing different types of genealogy information, from research notes to document images to web clippings Tricks for using Evernote to speed up research tasks, including transcription and research logs Suggestions to search-optimize your Evernote data so your information is easy to find Ideas for enhancing Evernote with external apps Tips to protect your data and troubleshoot common issues Worksheets to help you organize your notebooks and stacks Whether you're an Evernote newbie or dedicated user, How to Use Evernote for Genealogy will change your research life by showing you how this free tool can make you a better, more efficient genealogist. Step-by-step instructions show you how to file research materials, analyze research clues, collaborate with cousins, and share your family history. This comprehensive user guide explains how to organize all kinds of genealogy clues-from notes and e-mails to vital records and audio files-so the information is easily searchable, accessible on any device, and automatically backed up in the cloud.
But right now it’s meeting my needs quite nicely.Maximize Your Research Progress Harness the powerful, timesaving organization features of Evernote's free software and mobile apps to manage your genealogy research. We’ll also talk about Shortcuts because I think they are essential.
Notebooks, tags, and notebook stacks are the main ways to organize your notes in Evernote. And in a year I might be using it entirely differently. Evernote has several organizational features built in that will help you stay on top of your notes. I like it enough that I didn’t even consider not renewing because of the price hike.Įvernote is such a robust platform that I know I could be taking better advantage of it. The price for the premium version just went up from $50 to $70 a year. I pay for the premium version, so that I can access it when I’m not online. It’s my go-to place to store and retrieve all manner of things (and I use it a whole lot for non-genealogy purposes as well). In short, Evernote has become indispensable to me. Instead, I attach those documents to the source citation in Reunion on my Mac. I abandoned that as too labor intensive (though I can see the sense in it because it makes those documents exquisitely accessible). After the 2015 National Genealogical Society meeting where I heard a detailed talk on using Evernote for genealogy, I briefly tried storing images of the genealogy documents I’d downloaded (census records, vital records, etc) in Evernote. I don’t store my genealogy research in Evernote.
I consult it when I don’t know what to write. I jot down ideas for this blog and my organizing blog when they occur to me. When I’m planning a research or cemetery trip, I keep notes about hotels, logistics, things to remember to pack, etc. And clipping it means I don’t have to try to remember it, which frees up my mind. But when I do there are usually some treasures in there. Do I go back and look at it a lot? Not so much. I have a notebook called Genealogy resources where I clip interesting websites. I keep the list in Evernote and check it off as I go. As I described last month, I’m systematically reexamining all my sources in Reunion, verifying them, checking citations, ensuring that I’ve gleaned all the information I can out of them and adding images of each source to the citation.
I helps me stay focused on the task at hand. That’s where I make note of the things that come up that I don’t want to explore at the moment. I have a notebook (in my Genealogy stack) called Genealogy clues/puzzles to check out.
Full disclosure: I don’t do it each and every session I just do it when it feels right. I have a very simple template in Evernote in which I jot down what I’ve researched that session. So here’s a source list of ways I use Evernote in my genealogy life: Before I do, though, I want to emphasize that this isn’t the best way or the only way to use Evernote. I thought it might be helpful to some people for me to describe how I’m using it for genealogy. I’ve become a big fan, though no one would describe me as a power user. Well, it’s two years later and I’m happy to report that I am actually using Evernote to help organize a bunch of things in my life, including certain aspects of my genealogy research.
In 20 I posted here about how I wanted to give Evernote a(nother) try to help me organize certain aspects of my genealogy research. I have to admit I have been a slow adopter of Evernote.