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Putting it All Together: Making Sense of All the Research You’ve Done

Robyn Smith
Jun 15, 2023
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Digital Organization
6m 37s
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Family History Software Tools
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Sources & Citation
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Source Tables for Analysis
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The End Goal
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

If you are like most genealogists, over the years you’ve amassed a mountain of documents, binders and files. You want to tell the story of your family, but don’t know where or how to begin. This lecture is for you. Robyn will share examples of the kinds of tables and tools she uses to organize, analyze and properly cite all those records you have collected. Get better organized. Understand what records you already have. Get rid of all those papers. Cite your sources with ease. Finally– put it all together!

About the speaker

About the speaker

Robyn Smith
Robyn Smith has been researching her family and others for over twenty-five years. She specializes in court and land records, genealogy skill building, and slavery research. A respected speaker in the field, Robyn has lectured widely at genealogy
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    Sandra Lewis
    2 years ago

    Just watched today – love the ideas for Tables and the subsequent analysis they support! Excellent presentation style – so easy to follow her and, more importantly, to learn from Robyn Smith!

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    Helen Simmons
    2 years ago

    Robyn gives me the confidence to move forward with organizing my research. She has such practical suggestions that I can put to use. Robyn is a gifted teacher and presenter! I love listening to her.

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    Nicole Hicks
    2 years ago

    This was awesome. I am actually already doing a lot of this, but I still have 6 plastic bins filed with paper. I certianly need to refocus on getting AND staying organization. Great presentation.

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    Takera Gholson
    2 years ago

    This was a great webinar. I really enjoyed the organization tips and resources for researching your enslaved ancestors. I’ll be looking out for more of Robyn’s presentations.

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    Stacy Cole
    2 years ago

    This was an amazing presentation. I have taken away so many ideas for organization of my work. Legacy Family Tree Webinars comes through again!

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    Ashley Peterson
    2 years ago

    Timing, flow, and topic of the webinar was great. I always look forward to attending Robyn Smith’s presentations.

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    Shirley Woodney-Early
    2 years ago

    Just know now how daunting my next few months of NZ winter will be trying to get ALL MY SOURCES sorted and up to date, been very remiss, now see how important it is thanks; a great reminder enjoyed

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    Janice McCallum
    2 years ago

    Thank you Robyn, for an excellent presentation. This is the first option about organization that I have reviewed in the five years since I found genealogy that I am pretty sure I will be able to use for my research! I will be watching for that next webinar on creating those fabulous tables, hopefully soon?

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