Research Tools & Tips For The Road?

[gathompson56]

First of all do most of your research online, THEN visit the places you need to armed with information. Doing any sort of genealogy when away from home is incredibly time consuming. I would say add the "Adobe Scan" app to your smart phone. This can be used to copy documents. Also ad a "QR Scanner" app. With a relatively new smart phone a digital camera is redundant, unless you have other uses for it. Good luck. Keep us posted. Nic Maennling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Thanks Nic. I have plans to be in the Port Hope library this spring/summer to plug some of those gaps.

Do you do any data entry in ReunionTouch while on the road or do you use some other means of reporting?

[Susan Cocker Hopkins]

I agree on a good smart phone instead of a digital camera. It's easier to hold over what you need to photograph and they have good image stabilization in lower light. Learn how to adjust the exposure. On an iphone, tap the screen on the area that needs to be brighter. A yellow square outline will appear. To the right will be a yellow sun icon on a vertical line. Swipe up to brighten, down to darken.

I'd also buy camouflage for your ipad to make it less obvious to potential thieves. Besides, it looks cool I have what looks like an old red leather book for my macbook pro, but they are also available for the ipad and iphone in red or brown. It's called a Book Book. For the ipad one see https://www.twelvesouth.com/products...30179687366713

And, while I'm at it, I've been using silicone keyboard covers for my MacBook. They have a variety of styles. I bought a large print, high contrast one for my elderly mom and mine shows keyboard shortcuts. Taught me how to do a partial screen shot. But it keeps debris out and gives some protection against accidental moisture drops.

https://kbcovers.com/os-x-shortcuts-keyboard-cover/

Rambling off on another tangent. I like the free Nimbus screen shot app as well.

[Nic Maennling]

First of all do most of your research online, THEN visit the places you need to armed with information. Doing any sort of genealogy when away from home is incredibly time consuming. I would say add the "Adobe Scan" app to your smart phone. This can be used to copy documents. Also ad a "QR Scanner" app. With a relatively new smart phone a digital camera is redundant, unless you have other uses for it. Good luck. Keep us posted. Nic Maennling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

[gathompson56]

Even with this interweb thingy there is sometimes still the need to conduct research on-site.

My first stop will be at the local library to review BMD records, then to the archives office, then perhaps to the local land registry, all of which are 5,000km away. I intend to take my iPad with ReunionTouch and a good quality digital camera for documentation. I think I will invest in a keyboard for my iPad.

What tools do you use while researching on the road? Do you add some data straight into ReunionTouch or simply use it as a reference?

Any tips for research on the road?