Articles about documentation to support and share family history research such as research notes, source citations, family trees, charts, reports and narratives.
Visual storytelling is essential in family history. Whether sharing research findings, preparing publications, or promoting your genealogy business, design tools help you communicate clearly and beautifully. This post introduces two great graphic design tools, Canva and Affinity Studio, and demonstrates twenty-one practical ways to use them in your family history work. What is Canva? Canva … Read more
Family history research is more fun and rewarding when you share the experience with others. Working with others brings real benefits to your research. You can share information, photographs, and research clues. You learn from others’ experience and avoid common pitfalls. You enjoy the social side of genealogy and celebrate successes together. And, importantly, you … Read more
We all learn the rules. We have to cite our sources. The problem is that it has become too easy for us to add a couple of source citations and think that the job is done. But the job is not done if the sources cited do not provide sufficient evidence for your conclusions. Source … Read more
What if future genealogists discovered a beautiful photograph of your great-great-grandmother in your family archive, only to learn decades later that it was a fake? As AI-generated images become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, family historians face an unprecedented challenge: how do we harness this powerful storytelling tool without compromising the historical integrity that lies at … Read more
Depending on the type of family history information you store in Notion, you may need to include source citations. Here is a discussion of how that could be achieved. This is Post 8 in my Notion for Family History series. Where should you store family history source citations? Source citations should ideally be stored in the … Read more
