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Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Organizing

The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.

Bygones Home Page: Genealogical Research Note-Keeping System

Windows and Macintosh. A freeware software program designed primarily to keep genealogical research notes on a laptop computer. However, it also has databases that genealogists without laptops may find useful.

Clooz

An electronic filing cabinet and database for systematically storing all of the clues to your ancestry that you have been collecting. Requires Microsoft Windows 95. Clooz contains templates for all U.S. federal censuses, 1841-1891 U.K. censuses, 1852-1901 Canadian censuses, and 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses, as well as generic templates for censuses not included, such as state censuses.

Custodian 3 for Family Historians

Custodian is not a family tree program, but a series of databases with pre-defined forms, specially designed to store genealogical information. Includes more than 80 data entry forms for most UK sources.

Family Genealogy Research File Template

A convenient method based on Azz Cardfile software, to suit any level of genealogists from basic beginners to expert professionals.

Family History Notebook

Family History Notebook is a powerful, new online resource for family history enthusiasts. This suite of tools provides the ability to: A) Organize family history tasks to-do and track what has been done previously, B) secure local family history content (images/documents) on a remote server or easily add new content such as audio or video interviews using the optional smartphone app. C) users can choose to easily share details or content with family or friends. Family History Notebook customers can easily collaborate to achieve the most effective result.

FamilyRoots Organizer

FamilyRoots Organizer is Mary Hill's simple system for organizing pedigree charts, family group records, Research Logs, documents, photographs, memorabilia etc. in a way that makes them easy to find again when you need them. Even in a computer day and age preserving your family history requires a well maintained filing system.

FamilyRoots Organizer

Genealogical organizing system with video instructions for sale.

File Grove - Digital Archive, Organize & Share Your Genealogy Files

File Grove is an online genealogy file management site which allows members to securely save and organize all of their family history records. File Grove includes advanced search features making it easy to find files. Advanced social networking features are included so members can connect with other genealogist and easily share files.

Genealogy Research Organizer

Program to store your genealogy data using a drop-line style chart. Holds source citations, too.

Genealogyland - Genealogy Heredity Research Ancestors Family

A site featuring articles, books, links, data templates, services, and a variety of other genealogy information.

Genota: Organising Your Research

Genota is a free form research manager designed to assist genealogists and family historians alike document and manage the seemingly endless array of information normally collected during research, whether it be in electronic form or transcribed from archive resources, letters, e-mail, etc.

GenScribe Macintosh Genealogy Research Software

GenScribe is a shareware family history research tracking and record keeping program, designed to help you plan and manage your genealogical research.

ndxCards - Note taking Index card Software

Software for taking freeform notes using electronic index cards. Search notes by keywords, sources, authors. Organize note cards to write a paper or prepare a presentation. Share and collaborate.

Personal Knowbase Free-Form Information Database and Note Organizer Software

Organize your genealogy research notes with Personal Knowbase. This free-form database software for Windows uses keywords to find related information quickly and easily by association.

ResearchTies

ResearchTies allows users to record a research objective and the sources to search in order to meet their objective. It streamlines the data entry of search results, allowing users to spend more of their time at an archive conducting the actual searches. Links to online results can be created, and digital images of documents can be uploaded.

Sassy Jane Genealogy - Organizing Your Genealogy Research Guide

A 40-page PDF that you can purchase, download and print.

Treepad: Personal Information Manager, Organizer, Word Processor, PIM, Search Engine, Database, Notes Manager and Much More

Windows shareware utility to organize all your research data and files.

VyTräd - For The Organized Genealogist

VyTräd is a genealogy utility program for managing and viewing digital family history documents.