{"id":496,"date":"2012-04-12T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-evernote\/"},"modified":"2014-05-28T23:49:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T04:49:51","slug":"using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-evernote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/using-the-kindle-fire-for-genealogy-evernote\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Kindle Fire for Genealogy \u2013 Evernote"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kindle-evernote\" If you have a mobile device and you use Evernote<\/a> for any aspect of your genealogy research (or writing), you should also be using the Evernote<\/a> app (Android, iOS; free).\u00a0 The app syncs with your online notebooks, allowing you to have access to all that information wherever you are.<\/p>\n

Even if you are offline, you can access the information that was stored since your last sync.\u00a0 You can also make changes and add new notes while offline and it will all sync up next time you\u2019re connected to the internet.<\/p>\n

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What I love about the Evernote app is that no matter where I am when a though strikes me, I have my notebooks available.\u00a0 Sometimes if I\u2019m going over a research problem in my head while away from my computer, I can open the Evernote app and review the information I\u2019ve collected or add new thoughts.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also started to use Evernote to create article outlines and drafts so that I have access to them anytime the spirit moves me (I literally started drafting two of the blog posts in this series Sunday night will watching TV before bed, on my Kindle Fire using the Evernote app).<\/p>\n

And did you know that you can send stuff to your notebook while roaming around your Kindle Fire?\u00a0 In an earlier post I talked about gReader, which I use to sync with my online Google Reader.\u00a0 If you press and hold on a post from gReader and choose \u201cSend to\u2026,\u201d Evernote is an option.\u00a0 If you\u2019re in the browser, tap the menu button and choose \u201cShare page\u201d to create a note in\u00a0 Evernote.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m still fairly new to Evernote in general (although I\u2019ve used OneNote for several years).\u00a0 So I imagine I will find even more uses for it as I continue to experiment.\u00a0 And to be honest, I think the web capture capabilities of Evernote and the web app are what sold me on it.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t use Evernote, I encourage you to take a look at Thomas MacEntee\u2019s explorinar<\/a> in which he shares several features and uses.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure it will give you plenty of ideas on how you can use this tool in your research.<\/p>\n

Have you tried the Evernote app?\u00a0 How do you use Evernote (online, desktop, app) for your genealogy research?\u00a0 What other things do you use it for?\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts, so leave a comment.<\/p>\n

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