![]() ![]() So, I played with it for research notes as well. Several years ago I purchased a copy of MS Office Student which included OneNote, a program similar to Evernote. As I upgraded through new versions of FTM and then on to Generations, The Master Genealogist, and RootsMagic, I also kept research notes in the miscellaneous or notes fields within the software. By the time I got my own computer I moved my database over and started keeping my research notes in Word documents. I went to his house to load all of my family information into the software. By 1988 my Dad had purchased a computer and a copy of the first version of Family Tree Maker for DOS for me to use. When I started to visit libraries and archives, and when I went on a trip to visit extended family, I began to use individual steno notepads for each surname I was researching. When I finally had space for large filing cabinets I was able to keep everything in hanging files and folders instead of the binders. ![]() As I moved on in my genealogical learning process I started my own 3-ring binders for each surname to store those sheets and to insert new pages with notes and documents. As she started talking about the people she met I made notes in the margins and on the backs of the papers. ![]() My first research notes were copies of family group sheets and pedigree charts that she had filled out and had made copies for me. I became a genealogist in 1980 because of a high school project, a family tree book filled out by my maternal grandmother, and a trip taken by my Aunt Daisy to visit all the relatives in Indiana and Virginia.
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