Presentation by Michael Helmantoler at the Family History Expo in St. George Utah. February 24, 2012. Presents the top 10 Genealogy apps researched by GeneaDroid.

1. Presented by
Michael C. Helmantoler
Geneadroid.com
GeneaDroid@gmail.com

2.  Access, update, & share data during field research
 Replaces laptop in libraries & camera in cemeteries
 Thousands of apps for Android phones & tablets
 Enable database updates on field research trips
 Synchronize with data on desktop PCs at home
 Document cemetery headstones and fragile books
 Findings are available to fellow researchers for
instant collaboration and advice

3.  Apps – software that performs a user function
 Android – Google’s free operating system
 Cloud computing – programs & data on web
 Field Research – away from your desktop PC
 GPS – Satellite service that shows our location
 Smartphone – cell phone with internet plan
 Tablet – a 7” or 10” touch screen computer
 Research calendar – list to look for in field
 Research log – list of what was found

4.  Cloud computing is storing data on an internet site
 Reading email attachments is cloud-computing
 Dropbox.com on a mobile device, desktop & on web
 Verizon Motorola DROID Android smartphone
 Samsung Galaxy Tab 7” screen & netbook keyboard
 Some tablet devices are WiFi only
 Rural research locations = full coverage mobile plan
 $20 per month data plan or an unlimited data plan
 Use phone for GPS navigation and inbound phone calls

5. 1. Less expensive than the iPxd devices.
2. Dozen vendor choices for hardware configurations
3. Open Source operating system software
4. Google services like translate, chat and email
5. Market has 700,000 free mobile applications
6. Personalization of home screens widgets & tools
7. Access to Adobe Flash enabled websites.
8. One place for Bluetooth, WiFi, Network and GPS
9. Quick PC connection to SD card to drag & drop files
10. Notifications of updates, messages in easy-to-find place

6.  August 2010 -Windows laptop & Android smartphone
 The laptop was unwieldy in the passenger seat of the SUV
 Smartphone navigation and location searching was invaluable
 March 2011 -Netbook PC & Smartphone
 Genealogy database and research planners
 Smartphone note taking apps and web searching
 April 2011 – tablet with Families and Legacy database
 Relied on data in Dropbox application
 Tablet performed admirably as a laptop replacement.
 July 2011 - Tablet and smartphone
 Location services to find libraries and historical societies
 Coverage in over 30 counties in the states of WY, NE, MO, IL,
KY, TN, VA, MD, DC, and PA.

7.  Reviewing family group sheets from the car
passenger seat as you approach new locations
 Record, review & communicate research results to
your collaborators or advisors
 Maps to choose historic routes ancestors used from
one location to another
 Find old churches, schools & stores just off the
road that provide historical context
 Follow Legacy Family Tree location reports
 Research calendar questions for local folk
 List of records needed by location

8.  Discover new clues & alternate locations
 Use Internet to check the Family History Library catalog
 What records are available for in that location
 Cut & paste text from browser into research
calendar.
 Voice recorder to take notes in the library stacks
 Built in 5 mpx camera for microfilm reader images
 If copier is down use scanner application
 Voice command to Google navigation for detailed
driving directions.

9.  We used the built in camera to capture images in
books, manuscripts, and on microfilm.
 Google Maps & Navigation w/verbal driving
directions
 Access DropBox for research notes on computer at
home
 Checking dates, places, & names in a family group
sheet
 Use genealogy app to view pedigree charts for
relationships
 Viewing chronology reports to check event locations.
 Camera to capture images of books, manuscripts, &
microfilm images
 Updating research calendars and research logs

10.  Locations were provided by “Families”
application which provided access to our
Legacy Family Tree database to check
 dates, places and names in family group sheets,
 pedigree charts
 timeline displays.

11.  Ancestry by Ancestry.com
 BillionGraves by AppTime
 Catch by Catch.com
 Evernote by Evernote
 FamilySeek by TreeSeek
 FamilySearch Indexing by FamilySearch
 Families by Telgen
 FindGrave(beta) by jkworth
 Genedroid by Mobiwolf
 My Heritage by MyHeritage.com

12.  Ancestry by Ancestry.com
 BillionGraves by AppTime
 Catch by Catch.com
 Evernote by Evernote.com
 FamilySeek by TreeSeek
 FamilySearch Indexing by FamilySearch
 Families by Telgen
 FindGrave(beta) by jkworth
 Genedroid by Mobiwolf
 My Heritage by MyHeritage.com

13. * Display your family tree
* Start a new family tree
* Zoom in and out on family tree
* View details for individuals
* Add, edit and delete people
* Add, edit & delete events &facts
*Add location info using GPS
* Search for people in your family
tree
* View historical docs & indexed
information

16.  for tombstone
projects, used this to
get my tombstones
transcribed


17.  Uses phone GPS

18.  a research log that lets
you instantly share
your research
“stream” consisting of
notes that have HTML
tags whether they are
text, voice or images

19.  Streams to share or
keep private
 Multimedia next to
text

20.  is a web clipping tool
which captures in
your own files articles
that you find on the
internet. You can also
use it as a research log
but you cannot see
landscape pages such
as census record
transcriptions.

21.  shows relationships
between any two
individuals on your
shared tree on
FamilySearch.org.
Shows relationships
between your
ancestors and a list of
famous people

22.  just released at
rootsTech. Serves
snippets of original
record images so that
volunteers can
transcribe the
handwritten names to
readable type

23.  Full page context

24.  Uses Legacy Family
Tree data on an
Android device
 Families Sync, can be
downloaded free of
charge from
 Pictures, including
adding photos from
camera or photo album
 Portrait and landscape
mode on all views

25.  History
 Guide
 Statistics
 Zoom in view of
snippit

26.  Detailed citations
 Source notes
 Relationships, events,
and to-do lists
 Master & detail
sources
 Locations &
addresses, w/geo-
location using Google
Maps

27.  View by decendants
 Access to multiple
family files
 Create new family files
 Views of family
group, pedigree, descen
dant and timeline
 Index, searchable by
Given
Name, Surname, or RIN

28.  provides search and
upload access to the
FindAGrave database

29.  access your on-line
family tree stored on
Geni.com

30.  Connect to full detail
through web view

31.  Global application
 Desktop version
 Paid website account

32.  a huge program and
runs slowly on a
single processor
phone

33.  Dropbox.com collaborative family history
 Stores digital copies of source documents
 Distributing a Legacy Family Tree database
 Keeps files accessible on all devices
 Backup copy of data on your desktop PC
 Backupmytree.com is not a mobile app
 Free site for backing up your
PAF, RootsMagic, Legacy, GEDCOM etc. files to the
cloud
 Backs them up anytime you change the file

34.  Get your our genealogy and family history
research data into the cloud
 Treat yourself to a new large screen
smartphone or WiFi tablet device
 Learn to work from multiple devices on the
same project
 Spend your spare time waiting for the doctor
by doing FamilySearch indexing on your
Android device.
 Don’t leave home with-out it

35.  The Education Wins (Edwin) Foundation
 Epesitec, called “Tablastic Four” [Tab4]
 We are called “GeneaDroids”
 Sign up & commit to only use the CherryPad
Edwin tablet computer for the next 90 days
 No cell phone, laptop or desktop computer.
 Just a fully loaded Android 2.3 tablet computer with full
phone features, mini-keyboard and bluetooth earbuds.
 One device for everything, pedigree charts,
indexing, research logs, Internet browsing,
emails, youtubing, facebooking, photos, phone
calls, that’s it

36.  Contact Michael Helmantoler at
GeneaDroid@gmail.com or these other sites:
 RootsTech 2012
 SkillPages.com
 FamilySearch TechTips
 WordPress Blog
 Genlighten Lookup Services