Using DocAS on the iPad for Genealogy

You know how when you're looking at some information online and you think to yourself, "I really, really need to write down a few notes on that...reminders..."

But? What you're looking at is not paper. It's a website, and taking a pen or marker to your screen would probably not be the best thing to do. {Read: Do NOT do that.}

And you're out of ink or paper for the printer or both and you can't print it out to make those notes or reminders. Or perhaps you're really trying to save the environment. {I hardly ever print anything out anymore which is why I often forget that I'm out of ink or paper when I go to print out something.}

Or maybe you're taking a look at your crazy  2nd Great Aunt Bernice's death certificate. Online. Digitally. And you are on your iPad and before you save it and send it to your preferred storage cloud in the sky, you'd like to jot down some info that will help you with making your citation later. Or maybe you'd like to put the complete citation on it before digitally filing it.

I've shown you before how to do screenshots and annotations similar to these when on your Windows desktop or laptop. But? Perhaps you've acquired an iPad recently, and you're now addicted to being comfy on the couch or in bed perusing online genealogical records, randomly Googling your ancestors, and the like.

And that wonderful phenomenon known as Genealogy Serendipity strikes you and you find something that you want to follow up on later when you're not lazing around on the couch or in bed. And you could just go to the native Reminders App and type in some reminders. And if you're like me and don't have a photographic memory, you'll go back and forth between apps many times making sure you got all the info that you needed.

Or? You could use an iPad app like DocAS, clip the webpage, mark it up with your notes, reminders, and citation info right on the screen, save it as a PDF, and upload it to your Dropbox, Box, GoogleDrive storage account {or fling it into your Evernote account}. All with some taps, swipes, and a little writing or typing. You can even setup your DocAS app to automatically sync with Dropbox. {Bonus!}

Among its many features with the DocAS app you can:

• Convert PDFs
• Take a screenshot & convert to PDF
• Read documents and manage files
• Access your documents from any source including Mac, PC, and many more.
• Annotate files including signing documents
• Create notes
• Record audio
• And more!

The DocAS app is very easy to use. It also includes pre-loaded into the app PDFs with easy-to-follow instructions. And? It's affordable. Many of the PDF and annotation apps for the iPAD run $9.99 on up. which isn't expensive, but who can pass up 6.99? {I couldn't. Obviously.} 

DocAS for the iPad can be found in the iPad App Store or in iTunes. And below are screenshots of me using it for annotating some notes on a screenshot. Click on each image for a larger version.

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Note: I purchased the DocAS app on my own, and I was not asked by anyone to review it.

~Caroline