So if you’ll learn to make frequentīackups and always take the time to include sources as you enter data, you’llĮnjoy the organization genealogy software can provide. If you dump everything into the program without citing your sources you can add to the world burden of “genie-mythology” that is, a massive amount of information with no idea where it came from.Lose it all in one awful hard disc crash. If you don’t back up your files and store them off-site and online, you could.There are drawbacks to computerizing your genealogical research: If you’re really on a restricted budget, there’s a very good free-really freeįrom the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “virtual numbers” in the information search box. (Virtual credit card numbers are a good ideaįor any kind of Internet purchase. There won’t be anĪutomatic renewal on that number. Has the dollar limit and expiration date you set for it. You knowĪbout those, don’t you? Your “real” card number is cloaked and the pseudo-number Use a virtual credit card number to sign up. With gasoline prices like they are, that you’ll ride your bicycle to and from.īetter idea: cancel your DirecTV premium channels and apply the money to anĪ subscription. Your available leisure hours coincide with the library’s hours of operation and, Take your laptop to the library and use Ancestry’s services there.
Activate it only when you’ve arranged toĬall in sick at work for two weeks or a month-whatever the trial period is. offers aįree trial of their online sources. Don’t sign up for services you don’t use regularly. Your enthusiasm and decide how much time you’re planning to devote to this new Before you make a subscription commitment, curb And your subscription includesĪutomatic renewals (credit-card bill surprise!). Listenįor recommendations from your genealogy friends. Is probably the “best” software available, but it isn’t easy to learn. SinceįTM 2008, the program is newly-built from the ground up, not a remodeled version ofįTM isn’t the only good genealogy software on the market. The “best” program? Not necessarily, but it’s the one with the most users. The very best way to organize your genealogy is to use specialized software for Some folders for hard copies of documents.) Primary way of keeping track of your genealogy information. In the event you’re a young person and don’t remember “old-time”įiling systems, they consisted of file folders, file labels, hanging fileįolders, papers, charts, filing cabinets, etc.
In previous editions of this book, I told genealogists how to set up a paperįiling system.