The Portable Genealogist

The Portable Genealogist
Author: Jeanne Belmonte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: 9780880823739

"This easy-to-use compilation includes nine guides for using genealogical records: Using the Federal Census: 1790–1840, Using the Federal Census: 1850–1940, New York State Census, Massachusetts State Census, Rhode Island State Census, Immigration to the U.S., U.S. Naturalization, and Using Catholic Records, plus Applying to Lineage Societies." -- Publisher's description.

The Portable Genealogist

The Portable Genealogist
Author: Christopher Challender Child
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: 9780880823722

"This easy-to-use compilation includes ten guides to help with researching: Organizing Your Research, Problem Solving in Irish Research, Seventeenth-Century New England Research, Using DNA in Genealogy, African American Resources, Cemetery and Gravestone Research, Pennsylvania Research, Essential Abbreviations and Acronyms, and Additional Abbreviations and Acronyms, plus Applying to Lineage Societies" -- Publisher's description.

The Portable Genealogist

The Portable Genealogist
Author: Lindsay Fulton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017
Genre: Bibliographical citations
ISBN: 9780880823746

"This easy-to-use compilation includes seven guides to help with your genealogical writing: Building a Genealogical Sketch, Genealogical Numbering, Editorial Stylesheet, Reference Notes, Indexing, and Compiling a Bibliography, plus Applying to Lineage Societies." -- Publisher's description.

Genealogy Online For Dummies

Genealogy Online For Dummies
Author: Matthew L. Helm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 111880810X

A guide to conducting genealogical research is updated to cover the latest online tools including social networks and mobile apps to explain how to trace ancestral histories, locate family members and get information from government records.

How to Organize Family History Paperwork

How to Organize Family History Paperwork
Author: Denise May Levenick
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1440330875

Family history research can quickly create mountains of paperwork. This book give you step-by-step instruction to effectively organize and digitize your genealogy research papers.You'll learn how to: • create a personalized filing system to suit your genealogy research style and experience • turn your computer into a top-notch filing clerk and research assistant by establishing a clear, consistent naming pattern for files and folders • Scan old paper records and store them electronically to save space and make them easier to find • make digital copies of original source documents • organize your family history research to pass on to future generations

The Online Genealogy Handbook

The Online Genealogy Handbook
Author: Brad Schepp
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781402752551

Comprehensive and easy to use, this invaluable handbook will help you sort through the mountain of genealogy information that's now available online. --back cover.

AARP Genealogy Online

AARP Genealogy Online
Author: April Leigh Helm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118244052

Offers advice to seniors on researching family history online, including search strategies, data sharing, government records, genealogical software, and publishing the results on the Web.

Organize Your Genealogy

Organize Your Genealogy
Author: Drew Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1440345031

Get Your Research in Order! Stop struggling to manage all your genealogy facts, files, and data--make a plan of attack to maximize your progress. Organize Your Genealogy will show you how to use tried-and-true methods and the latest tech tools and genealogy software to organize your research plan, workspace, and family-history finds. In this book, you'll learn how to organize your time and resources, including how to set goals and objectives, determine workable research questions, sort paper and digital documents, keep track of physical and online correspondence, prepare for a research trip, and follow a skill-building plan. With this comprehensive guide, you'll make the most of your research time and energy and put yourself on a road to genealogy success. Organize Your Genealogy features: • Secrets to developing organized habits that will maximize your research time and progress • Hints for setting up the right physical and online workspaces • Proven, useful systems for organizing paper and electronic documents • Tips for managing genealogy projects and goals • The best tools for organizing every aspect of your ancestry research • Easy-to-use checklists and worksheets to apply the book's strategies Whether you're a newbie seeking best practices to get started or a seasoned researcher looking for new and better ways of getting organized, this guide will help you manage every facet of your ancestry research.

Zotero for Genealogy

Zotero for Genealogy
Author: Donna Cox Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2019-01-13
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: 9780999689912

Zotero offers genealogists a powerful and versatile citation manager, an endless file cabinet, go-anywhere access to research, a flexible organizational structure, and the ability to file one thing in many places. Developed by George Mason University and used by scholars worldwide, this robust product serves research in phenomenal ways. Best of all, for all its value, Zotero is free to download. An avid Zotero user since graduate school, author Donna Cox Baker proves it to be the perfect complement to genealogical research. Not only does it eliminate file cabinets, binders, and stacks of unfiled papers, it brings your voluminous research anywhere you have Internet access. Zotero for Genealogy teaches Zotero from installation to advance add-ons, using exercises and illustrations to enhance the learning experience. Baker teaches readers how to get the most out of Zotero and shares the various methods she has developed to maximize its value to genealogy. What Zotero can do for a genealogist ◆ Eliminate paper and physical filing, replacing every file cabinet, box, and paper stack you used to think you had to have. ◆ Eliminate thousands of keystrokes as Zotero creates citations for you with the click of a button. ◆ Access your citations and notes virtually anywhere you have Wi-Fi and a computing device. ◆ Extract the comments you have made and the passages you have highlighted in a PDF, drawing them into Zotero without retyping. ◆ Find anything you have stored, with lightning-fast smart searching-even things you stored away years ago and remember only vaguely if at all. ◆ Replace the standard genealogy research log with something much better and more powerful. ◆ Build a smart to-do list that eliminates repetitive data entry and is there whenever you need it. Table of Contents PART I: ZOTERO GENERAL OVERVIEW Getting started with Zotero Documenting your research Organizing research collections Managing your attachments Searching, sorting and finding your research PART II: ZOTERO ADD-ONS Zotero Connectors & instant data entry ZotFile & advanced PDF management Word processing & painless citation PART III: APPLYING ZOTERO TO GENEALOGY Organizing your filing system One source or many: a choice Working with Evidence Explained Creating your research to-do-list Efficient note-taking Zotero on research trips Collaborating with others