Technology Brings Portability to Genealogists and Family Historians

Sitting in an airplane, bus or on a train, standing in line at a grocery store, being in an ancestral cemetery, a chance encounter with a relative and/or a cancelled appointment opening up unexpected research time when not at home are all possibilities encountered by genealogists and family historians more often than not in 2013.

Often, each of the above situations  happens when one does not have their genealogical data with them creating the possibility of a . . .

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lost opportunity to share family information with that other individual or the ability to do ancestral research. Enter technology to the rescue of these and many other situations one may find themselves in when their family information is needed at their fingertips with or with out an internet connection. Taking a few steps will provide access to the information already gathered in your research and make it readily available when needed either on your  tablet or smart phone.

 Learn how here: Click on the link that you use to learn a great deal more.

• Android Portable Devices

            1. Android Portable Devices
            2. Creating Genealogy Viewer-ability
                2.1 Instructions for when 'no' Wi-Fi is available
                2.2 Instructions for Using an Application that works without Wi-Fi access
            3. Additional Applications

• iPad Devices.
  

            1. IPad Devices
            2. Instructions for when 'no' Wi-Fi is available
            3. Instructions for Using An Application that works without Wi-Fi access
            4. Additional Applications  

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