Desktop app - The desktop application opens up a host of functionality that gives you full access to all of your evernote documents, including the ability to back them up to your computer.

I use this to photograph headstones and documents that I can't make a copy of.

Smartphone app - from the smartphone app, you can record a voice recording directly into evernote, snap a picture of something, create a document or edit an existing document.

You can have your evernote account put all incoming notes into a particular folder or tag them a particular way. Your email could contain images, video, sound clips or just plain text. This opens up the ability to create an evernote note from anywhere that you have email - home pc, work pc, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Anything sent to that email address will create an evernote note.

Email - your evernote acccount has an email address associated with it.

Luckily, I had the entire page saved in evernote for reference. Just yesterday, I was putting together a case for disproving some information in a geneology book, I went back to a site that had had a great case on it and the website was gone, along with all of the details it held. Being able to save the entire page is super helpful in research.

Browser Plugin - the chrome browser plugin allows me to store any web content anywhere.

Web app - access your account from anywhere you have internet access to create documents and upload files directly from your browser.

Even research at a cemetery or a library - from right there at the location. This opens up the ability to put all of my research into evernote. I can add things to evernote on the fly from pretty much anywhere that I am. Part of the beauty of evernote is how easy it is to get stuff into it. And it can be done for free! Evernote is a note taking application that I use to organize pdfs, images, documents and research notes related to almost every aspect of my life - but more specifically, to this blog, my family tree stuff.

I have access to entire digitized books on the history of Kent or North Carolina that mentions my ancestors.

I can create entire research articles with full citations within hours or days instead of weeks. I can cross reference the state of Tennessee with the name Yarbrough or find every note, photo or scrap of evidence related to my civil war ancestor, Drew Sinks with a few clicks or by typing a few words. and I can find absolutely any of it within seconds.

What is evernote for genealogy