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Who says you can't do it all with your Pocket PC? Not me! I was browsing around this morning and found an article about how one researcher uses her Pocket PC for genealogy research She says many many institutions limit what one can bring into a research facility, so the Pocket PC, being as small as it is is ideal for this type of endeavor. In fact, her exact quote is "But if you want to carry a lot of information with you in a small package, you can't beat a pocket PC." "There are different types of pocket PC programs that can be used for genealogy. Below are examples of programs that I have found useful. These examples are not the only or necessarily the best programs, they are simply the ones that I prefer.
Genealogy program: Pocket PC genealogy programs do not take the place of your current desktop genealogy program. Data is kept on the desktop system in the genealogy program (PAF, TMG, Legacy, Family Tree Maker). To transfer the genealogy data to a pocket PC, a GEDCOM file of data is made and copied into the pocket PC genealogy program via the desktop. The exceptions to this are the genealogy programs Legacy and The Master Genealogists which can both be imported directly from the desktop program without the use of a GEDCOM file. I use Pocket Genealogist. It looks very much like most desktop genealogy programs and so it is easy to learn how to use it. One of the best features of this program is the "Find People" and "Find Location" tools. These "find" tools are especially helpful when you are at the library looking at indexes. "
She says many many institutions limit what one can bring into a research facility, so the Pocket PC, being as small as it is is ideal for this type of endeavor. In fact, her exact quote is "But if you want to carry a lot of information with you in a small package, you can't beat a pocket PC."
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