A couple of days ago I wrote that I was ready to give Evernote a try in organizing my genealogy notes. The truth of the matter is that it’s been a crazy busy week in my business and I haven’t had a chance to do any family history research and give Evernote a test drive.
On Wednesday, I did a web search to try to get my head around how Evernote could help me with my family history research. I quickly was overwhelmed when I didn’t find exactly what I needed. So I stopped looking.
But then, while I was at the gym, I listened to Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast comparing Evernote to Microsoft’s OneNote. That led me to her Premium Video all about Evernote. And that was all I needed to really feel comfortable with giving Evernote a trial run.
I am so excited by the notion that, using Evernote, I can quickly keep and organize my notes, documents, newspaper articles as I come to them during the course of my research. I have a feeling that my consumption of printer paper and toner is about to go down.
I’ve known about Evernote for years and had friends show me how they use it. But I never felt like I had the problem it was solving. But now I can see how it really might simplify my genealogy life. And I look forward to telling you that I’m right. (I promise to tell you if I’m wrong, too!)
Have a new computer, win 10. Can’t download Evernote from the alp store. Is this standard with win 10? Any suggestions?
Gloria, I’m sorry but I have literally no experience with Windows 10, so I can’t answer your question. My only suggestion would be some heavy googling, but I bet google is how you found me! You might also check out Evernote’s user forums. Good luck with it!