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RootsMagic App Review
Get an overview of the features of the RootsMagic app from our genealogy software expert.
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10 Ways to Leverage Evernote for Your Genealogy Research
After every Family Tree Magazine issue closes, we have byproducts, mostly digital but some on paper: lineups, manuscripts, edited manuscripts, photos, illustrations, emails, contracts, invoices, proofs, storyboards (showing what’s on each page of the issue), and so on. All these pieces can make a mess. Genealogy researches also produces byproducts...
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Review: FamilySearch Tree Mobile App Premium
Have your hard-earned family tree from the internet's largest free genealogy website with you wherever you go by using the FamilySearch Tree Mobile app.
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How to Create a Research Plan in Evernote
A genealogy research plan can help you identify the genealogy information and resources you need to answer a family history question. You know, one like "When and why between 1894 and 1900 did my third-great-grandmother drop off the face of the earth?" Not that I would know anything about...
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How to Organize Your Genealogy Research With Evernote Premium
Evernote's logo is an elephant—because it never forgets. Learn the best ways to organize research notes and files in Evernote with these six steps.
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5 Voice-Recorder Apps for Oral History Interviews
Be ready for your next family history chat with a relative by downloading and learning to use one of these handy voice-recording apps.
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12 Kinds of Organizations Genealogists Should Follow on Facebook
This isn't an article about the genealogy organizations you should follow on Facebook and other social media. Nope. Instead, it's about the types of organizations you should seek out and follow, because they might lead you to important research information and resources. As you'll find out in our Jumpstart Your...
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Ancestry.com Mobile App Review From Family Tree Magazine Premium
Does this megawebsite's app stack up? We tried out its family tree, genealogy record, photo-editing and DNA tools.
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How to Connect With Genealogists on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube
I'm old enough to remember Web 1.0, when you could view online content, and that was about it. Wow, have things changed. Now, we learn about genealogy not only from those with the wherewithal to create and maintain a website, but also from each other, through social media. Friending...
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Social Media Mavericks: 40 to Follow Premium
Get to know these 40 family historians to follow: top genealogy bloggers, Tweeters, Facebookers, Pinners and YouTubers who'll keep you in the know.
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