Learn how to capture and organize your digital information better. We’ll talk about folders, downloading, the snipping tool, creating files and tags. But most importantly you need practice consistency across all these actions.
Fiona Brooker is a professional genealogist (Memories In Time) who has been actively researching her family history for over 35 years, inspired by two marriage certificates and a collection of family letters written from New Zealand back to her im
Looking forward to Fiona’s next webinar. By the way, tagging works in OneDrive, just not as conveniently. I add them via the file properties. Also, if one puts a hashtag at the beginning of a tag, you can distinguish it from other words in the index. That’s important with surnames such as Wall, Green, etc. that are also common words.
Love it Fiona! Thank you for pulling this together. I am off and running with my digital folder structure. The tags is definitely something I will add in as I slowly go through my 999 – Delete When Empty folder and I particularly loved the tip on the blackhole! YES I have one!! Very helpful, can’t wait for the next webinar
Great organization, Fiona! I was headed the right direction with naming my files, but you got me there a whole lot faster than the speed I was traveling in and a whole LOT further with the tagging! Thank you so much!!!
Very informative about features that I was unaware of utilizing, so thank you for a simple and PRACTICAL way to organize all of my digital files with ease and consistency!
Exciting Discoveries – Organising Your Family History
Are you wanting to get your family history research organised? Join Fiona as she takes you step by step the process of setting up a system that works for both physical and digital records including your DNA records. Explore other material that you may have also hoarded... whoops I mean collected... and get some tips on staying organised.
Are you wanting to get your family history research organised? Join Fiona as she takes you step by step the process of setting up a system that works for both physical and digital records including your DNA records. Explore other material that you may have also hoarded... whoops I mean collected... and get some tips on staying organised.
It’s so exciting! You’ve just received a new certificate and have new family names. There’s so much new research to do and before you know it it’s 2am and somehow you missed dinner. Finding new family can be exciting, but sometimes it pays to slow down and plan your research.
It’s so exciting! You’ve just received a new certificate and have new family names. There’s so much new research to do and before you know it it’s 2am and somehow you missed dinner. Finding new family can be exciting, but sometimes it pays to slow down and plan your research.
Birth, Marriage and Death information provides the bones of our family history skeleton from which we hang the rest of our research about a person. Learn more about the New Zealand records that give your research structure.
Birth, Marriage and Death information provides the bones of our family history skeleton from which we hang the rest of our research about a person. Learn more about the New Zealand records that give your research structure.
Timelines are a great tool for gathering together your research on an ancestor and their family. Learn tips and tricks on creating these and using them in your research and when you publish your family story.
Timelines are a great tool for gathering together your research on an ancestor and their family. Learn tips and tricks on creating these and using them in your research and when you publish your family story.
Add some more detail to your New Zealand Family History by checking four more sources for your research: Military records, NZ Electoral Rolls, The Suffrage Petition and the Cyclopedia of New Zealand.
Add some more detail to your New Zealand Family History by checking four more sources for your research: Military records, NZ Electoral Rolls, The Suffrage Petition and the Cyclopedia of New Zealand.
Following on from the declaration of War, on September 29th 1939, the details of the population of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were recorded and identity cards were issued. Findmypast has now published the registers for England and Wales. This talk will look at searching the 1939 Register and what…
Following on from the declaration of War, on September 29th 1939, the details of the population of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were recorded and identity cards were issued. Findmypast has now published the registers for England and Wales. This talk will look at searching the 1939 Register and what…
You've checked the New Zealand births, deaths and marriages, now where? Covering cemetery, probate, newspaper and immigration records for tracing your family with New Zealand links.
You've checked the New Zealand births, deaths and marriages, now where? Covering cemetery, probate, newspaper and immigration records for tracing your family with New Zealand links.
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Thank you. I love it when I learn something new. No more automatic Download folder! Woo Hoo!!!
Looking forward to Fiona’s next webinar. By the way, tagging works in OneDrive, just not as conveniently. I add them via the file properties. Also, if one puts a hashtag at the beginning of a tag, you can distinguish it from other words in the index. That’s important with surnames such as Wall, Green, etc. that are also common words.
Love it Fiona! Thank you for pulling this together. I am off and running with my digital folder structure. The tags is definitely something I will add in as I slowly go through my 999 – Delete When Empty folder and I particularly loved the tip on the blackhole! YES I have one!! Very helpful, can’t wait for the next webinar
Great organization, Fiona! I was headed the right direction with naming my files, but you got me there a whole lot faster than the speed I was traveling in and a whole LOT further with the tagging! Thank you so much!!!
Very interesting! I learned a few things! Thank you!
Ideas I did not know about, really great ideas.Look forward to your webinar in April. Thank you
Excellent, as always. Thanks Fiona! Good, practical information that is easy to use. 🙂
Very informative about features that I was unaware of utilizing, so thank you for a simple and PRACTICAL way to organize all of my digital files with ease and consistency!