If you are using Notion for family history research, you may notice how quickly your Home Page can become cluttered and crowded. Templates, checklists and research tools are useful, but they don’t all need to be on the Home Page. The solution? Create a dedicated Resources Page in Notion to keep your genealogy workspace clear, … 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
Notion is a great project management tool. It is not just useful in planning your research, you can also use it to write articles about your research. Here are two ways that you can manage a family history blog using Notion. You can use Notion to: The foundational databases provide the project management structure for … Read more
You can use Notion to create a master family history research plan which is linked to your research notes. You can also generate a list of high priority research tasks, and shortcuts to your favourite projects and notes. Here is how to do it. Firstly, you need to have your foundational databases set up with … Read more
Macro buttons can be created in your family history Notion workspace to speed up data entry and promote consistency. When you click on a Macro button it completes a series of actions. Use macro buttons for repetitive processes, such as the creation of pages for research questions, tasks and notes (see my article, Develop family … Read more
