Our first session was on using Evernote, as I am still trying to decide whether an account would be useful for me. Jennifer Dondero addressed suggestions for folders outside of genealogy results. Her categories included repositories (hours, policies, holdings, best time to visit), knowledge (handouts, source checklists, notes), ideas (random notes, project ideas, questions) and travel (packing lists, past issues). Lots to think about...
Another session with Joshua Taylor, who discussed building locality profiles. Imagine finding your ancestor in a place you've never researched or encountering a brick wall there. He suggests gathering maps of the area, building timelines and locating all available records before you begin any research.
"The Devil is in the Detail" described how Gail Jackson Miller used several family stories to show how to prove or disprove them. Analyzing the person who told the story was the first suggestion--then learn more about the people and events involved.
"Siblings Matter" was about cluster research, and Amy Harris provided some specific ways to search more efficiently for those elusive siblings and cousins.
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