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You Use WHAT for Genealogy? Wonderful Uses for Unusual Tools

Thomas MacEntee
Sep 11, 2013
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Speaker's Introduction
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Why Seek New Tools
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Creative Uses
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Blogger
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EasyBib
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Evernote
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Dropbox
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Facebook
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Google Alerts
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The Copyright Genie
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Twitter
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Wolfram Alpha
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Zillow
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Genealogy Tool Curators
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Have you ever wondered if you're missing out on how some genealogists are using tools such as Evernote, Microsoft Word or Excel, Google and more? Learn what's hot in the world of apps and websites and how you can start using them! We'll review a group of familiar apps and websites that are being used in creative ways by the genealogy community. You'll also learn how to think "outside the margins" and start repurposing other apps and sites for your genealogy research.

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Thomas MacEntee
Thomas MacEntee is a guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry years ago. He left a lucrative tech career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical r
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