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Using OneNote to keep up with those ancestors

5/14/2012

18 Comments

 
PictureMy Gran.
Here's how I'm gonna use OneNote to keep track of my wayward and wily ancestors when they're being a pain in my patooty. The background on the story and the actual research for my Gran that I refer to in my video are on my companion blog,Family Stories. [You know. In case you care.*shrugs*]

And the freebie I mention in my video? Download below. [If it doesn't work, let me know in comments or contact me & I can send you one.]

[You didn't realize you were getting so much, did you?]

How do you do your research plans? [Let me know in comments.]

~Caroline


***Update: Due to popular demand, I have now made a convenient page for the Freebie OneNote Template (as well as some other versions).***

18 Comments
Valerie Elkins link
5/15/2012 12:00:00 am

Carolyn, Love using One Note and really like the way you are using it for your research plans. Definitely lifting this idea! Nice job.

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/15/2012 01:19:53 am

Thanks Valerie! I'm glad you liked it. Lift all you want.

Thanks for stopping by!
~C

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Mamie Burton
5/16/2012 06:49:41 am

Ditto to Valerie's remarks. I really like the research plan that was provided. This will help me greatly in my organization of my family search and keep me on track. I'm lifting too. Thanks Caroline for sharing!

Lynn Palermo link
5/15/2012 12:24:11 am

Caroline great tutorial. I been using one note for my research for many years, I learned about a few features I was not aware of, thanks!

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/15/2012 01:21:11 am

Lynn, I'm glad I could help. There's some more functionality to it that's relevant to researchers. Maybe I'll do a quick follow up...

Thanks for reading & commenting!

~C

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Tanya Honey
5/16/2012 01:26:07 am

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/17/2012 03:19:55 am

Tanya's comment somehow didn't publish, but I still got it. So here it is:

Tanya Honey (Great video Caroline, thanks for sharing. I have been using OneNote for my study and love it, and had started a few folders for my family history. You have given me some great ideas to take it to another level.. Thanks!)
05/16/2012 08:26

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Thanks, Tanya! Hope you can put it to good use. Thanks for reading & commenting! =)

~C

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/17/2012 03:22:03 am

Mamie,

I'm glad you like the research plan, and I hope it helps you solve some research problems.

Thanks for stopping by & reading! =)

~C

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Catherine Pendleton link
5/17/2012 05:21:47 am

Great tutorial! I'm always on the lookout for better ways to organize my research. Plus, I'm lazy--I need to make it easier to keep up with, and I like being able to access it through my Android (there's an app for Android, too :). I'll give One Note a try! Thanks for providing your research plan worksheet. Downloading it now.

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/21/2012 09:15:10 am

Thanks Catherine! I'm glad I could be of help. I'll be doing a review of the OneNote app so stay tuned. I think OneNote is very powerful especially for researchers like us.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I really appreciate it.

~C

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Mariann Regan link
5/21/2012 07:56:53 am

Caroline, your style of presentation is so clear and crisp! I've watched the two FTM videos and this first OneNote video, and I am feeling so much more comfortable with both the tech and the research-organizing strategies in OneNote, and the sync capabilities, not to mention the sources you mention on Video 2 for FTM. I have taken notes as I watched, and so far I think I understand everything. So for "new genealogists" or beginners like me, this is perfect. On to the second OneNote! Thanks again!

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Caroline M. Pointer
5/21/2012 09:18:07 am

Marianne,

Thank you so much. Coming from you that is high praise indeed. I'm glad the videos made sense. Sometimes it's so much harder to explain this kind of material with just words, and I think this medium works out well for this. Hope you enjoy the second OneNote video.

Thank you so much for all your support on my blogs and on Twitter. I can't thank you enough for reading and commenting!

~C

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Mariann Regan link
5/22/2012 05:58:30 am

Caroline,

You are very welcome indeed! You have done so much for me that it is only natural, the least I can do, to express my appreciation. The second OneNote video showed my how much more functionality it could have with notes, cross-references, and links. The same thorough prep research that we did in college and grad school is now much neater, with clicks and links. I love the way the shortcomings of FTM (like no sub-tasks) were all resolved in OneNote. You realize how popular your videos have become on Twitter. You could probably sell them, right?

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Caroline Pointer
5/22/2012 09:22:19 am

Mariann,

Thank you! And I'm glad you liked my videos. I plan to do more. In fact, anytime I can do one of these video tutorials, I will. And Re: selling ~From your lips to God's ears. LOL.

Thank you SO much for reading & watching Mariann. I'm honored.

~C

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MT link
9/11/2012 01:38:55 pm

Thanks for your video, I've been using OneNote as well but wasn't aware of some of the features. I think my favorites are being able to flip between tabs and the automatic save!

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Heather Weatherholt
7/27/2021 02:29:59 pm

Tried to download the template, but got 404 file not found error.

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Caroline
8/2/2021 08:35:18 am

Hi Heather,

I'm sorry that happened! Which version of the template did you receive the erron on?

Thanks,
Caroline

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Caroline
8/2/2021 08:45:36 am

Hi, Heather,

Never mind. I found the broken link and have corrected it. Thank you very much for bringing it to my attention.

Sincerely,
Caroline

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