There's a lot to think to about when it comes to deciding how you will store your family tree database. Online? Offline? Both? We will discuss all the options for online trees, software, and apps. And we will go over what things you should be cautious about, including syncing, record storage and filing, privacy, and more.
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This was my first live webinar from Legacy. Great info, and Cyndi was an excellent presenter! Thank you.\n\nUseful advice about available options and products. \n\nuseful reminder about what is available and choices we can make.\n\nVery clear and very helpful. Cyndi is a great host.\n\nVery comprehensive and practical\n\nVery easy to follow. Webinar confirmed my practices. And yes I did learn something new, mainly dealing with Family Search.\n\nVery enjoyable! Speaker was easy to listen to.\n\nVery good and thought provoking handout!\n\nVery good information\n\nVery good overview of what techniques can work for different people depending on their objectives and resources. Chart at end a great help to compare/contrast what is available these days. Thank you\n\nVery helpful information! Well presented.\n\nVery helpful to someone who is still struggling the choices of software. Thank you.\n\nvery helpful. \n\nVery helpful. Somethings I already knew, but Cyndi provided a number of resources I was not familiar with that I'm going to check out asap. Thank you very much!\n\nVery helpful. Presenter very organized. Lots to think about.\n\nVery informative\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative as usual\n\nVery informative!\n\nVery informative!\n\nVery informative! Thanks so much!\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative. Helped one to focus research.\n\nVery informative. Thank you!\n\nVery interesting and clearly presented. Made me think about WHY I do things the way I do, and perhaps what I can do to improve my work-flow and access and present to others the information I have gathered. Also gave me a push to look at my back-up system (far from ideal!) and how I can improve that. Thanks Cyndi!\n\nVery interesting to get Cyndi's comments on various features\n\nVery interesting topic and presentation. Very well done!\n\nVery organized, systemic discussion and analysis of programs.\n\nVery useful information. Now I just need to get a good desktop software and Back -up my data!\n\nWell organized, informative and clear\n\nWish I had this guidance when I started genealogy research. Better late than never! Nevertheless, there's always something new to learn in this ever-changing world. Thanks!\n\nWonderful as usual!\n\nWonderful webinar on using online or on your device programs.\n\nWONDERFUL!!!! Thank you so much! Cyndi's handout makes everything so clear. And the chart on the very last page is fantastic. I LOVED her tips at the end. I've ALWAYS wondered how to "snip" something. I've already started exploring "Windows Accessories" in my old Windows 7 program. Thanks, Cyndi. Great evening.\n\nWould have liked more time - she knows so much. Great topic and info.\n\nWow! Cyndi is wonderful. So much to take in. Love it!\n\nYou can always count on good information with Cyndi, Thanks.
Loads of information. Makes you think about things even if you've been doing this awhile. Every beginner should watch!\n\nLots of great information \n\nLots of great information.\n\nLots of information Thank you\n\nLots of useful information! Thanks a billion!!!\n\nLove all of Cyndi's webinar's; thank you!\n\nLove Cyndi!\n\nLove Cyndi's Webinar thorough delivery style and appreciate her detailed handouts! Thanks!\n\nLove Cyndi's webinars! Always get some good ideas.\n\nLove Cyndi's webinars. So much information.\n\nLove learning more genealogy from Cyndi Ingle. She is fantastic. \n\nLoved it. Very informative. \n\nMoved quickly. Slides and voice clear. Lots of time for questions. \n\nMuch information to consider for doing online genealogy!\n\nMy question got answered!!!!\n\nNever heard Cyndi speak before today. Have browsed her web site which is fabulous. Really enjoyed her webinar today. She has so much knowledge to share. \n\nOh My, so much information! I need that syllabus to really take in all that Cyndi shared!\n\nReally appreciated this excellent overview.\n\nReally enjoyed it! Liked that we could make a screenshot of the chart. This helped me know about other software and websites, to compare and take advantage of looking into them.\n\nReally enjoyed!!!\n\nReally Fantastic! Learned so much and Cyndi is a gem - very down to earth! I am about to go and check out Genealogy Squad on Facebook. Thank you again.\n\nReally well co-ordinated and informative.\n\nShe is always great and this is no exception!\n\nShe really ailed this by providing all of the questions to help evaluate one's needs prior to committing to a particular family tree. Thanks, Cyndi!!!\n\nso much content....thanks!\n\nSo much GREAT information packed into 90 minutes! This was a fantastic lecture and I got information that will really help me streamline and protect my work. Thank you!\n\nSo much info and so well prepared! Lots of good thoughts to consider.\n\nSo much information in just one hour - I'm so glad to have the handout.\n\nSo nice to see all this information in one place instead of spending the hours and hours Cyndi must have to put this together. Thanks!\n\nSome of that info is past my knowledge. Also my stake center is offering Beginning My Family History Journey so I decided to watch this one. Thanks, for your experts that add so much to the class. \n\nSuper. Great to have Cyndi again. \n\nTerrific information well presented!\n\nThank you Cyndi!! I learned a lot. I love your enthusiasm.\n\nThank you enjoyed it\n\nThank you for sharing your knowledge, Cyndi. The websites are very helpful as well.\n\nThank you for such an informative and helpful webinar. So many of your points were reminders to take action now re back-ups and using other apps. \n\nThank You so much for a Wonderful Presentation!\n\nThank You!\n\nThanks Cyndi for a very informative webinar\n\nThanks for all the reminders about backing up our data and saved files\n\nThanks for all you do. Glad to hear you and your family are on the mends from Covid. Cindi was wonderfulll. as usual :)\n\nThanks so much - always enjoy Cyndi's webinars - always discover something new. \n\nThanks, this was outstanding! so much information was great She was very motivating! \n\nThe information was well presented. Cyndi gave great questions to ask yourself what your goals are to determine the best option. She presented ideas that I hadn't given any thought too.\n\nThe questions that Cyndi posed were very helpful for determining what's important to us as individual's and how to focus our goals.
Great summary of the genealogy platform options available and of lessons learned from using them!\n\ngreat tips\n\nGreat webinar\n\nGreat webinar!\n\nGreat!\n\nGreat. \n\nHeaps of wonderful new resources :)\n\nHer seminar was excellent for someone fairly new to genealogy. I am a medium to advanced user so did not learn much new.\n\nHow could I not give Cyndi a BIG 5! She works so hard for us and is also very giving and generous with her time and material. I would listen to any of her presentations and take her advice any day.\n\nI always enjoy Cyndi, she is a very engaging speaker with a lot of experience to impart. \n\nI always get more than I expect. Thaks again. \n\nI always learn several new, interesting, and helpful techniques and tips from each of Cyndi Ingle's excellent presentations!\n\nI always learn so much in Cyndi's webinars.\n\ni always learn something new from Cyndi. Love anything she presents.\n\nI am a newbie to this kind of thing. I have decisions to make. Very informed presenter.\n\nI definitely need to listen to this one again -- and again -- and again.\n\nI enjoyed having a practical comparison of the software \n\nI found it very interesting and helped me understand some other options.\n\nI found the webinar to be very thorough. She covered things that I was thinking about and made me think about things that I was planning to do more . I would also like to say that I like the ease you have with signing in to your webinars. I also like how you speak and let me know that I am in the right place by saying that it will start soon and you also have the count down timer.\n\nI learned a lot today, even though I've been doing Genealogy research for a number of years. Thanks Cyndi! Your webinar was excellent!\n\nI learned so many things I didn't know before. \n\nI learned so much that has never occurred to me before. This is my 4th Webinar, and I just purchased a subscription so I don't have to take so many notes and screenshots.\n\nI liked her organization and the repetition that helped me catch things better.\n\nI loved Cyndi's questions for figuring out what purpose you have for your family tree -- which then illuminates what kind of program you will need for your tree.\n\nI missed most of it because of time. But I did enjoyh the ending questions, and I'll watch this webinar soon.\n\nI missed the first part, my fault so I will watch it tomorrow or go through the library. Excellent info on saving your online records--I've always wanted to know the answer. \n\nI really enjoyed this webinar, my first with Cyndi. It was very informative and just what I needed at this time. what she said at the end is what I am currently going through. I am trying to organize my filing system and get a better understanding so I can better access/store my research etc. \n\nI really like how Cyndi presents the topic and her syllabus. Overall the presentation was a little more basic than I expected.\n\nI thought it funny that back"blaze" was involved with smoking computer. ha!\n\nInformative. Easy pace. Easy listening. Good slides.\n\nInspirational, easily understood! Thank you so much! \n\nIt was awesome, Cyndi Ingle is a Genealogical Rock Star!! Wow Factor!!\n\njoined late, but what I heard was very informative, especially the snap and sketch tool.\n\nJust figured out that when I back out FTM it does not back up all my media. I'll be fixing that tomorrow, Thanks so much\n\nJust reinforced what I always tell people: keep control of your own records and don't rely on some agency in the cloud, or you'll be sorry.\n\nLearned a number of things. I love best practices...\n\nLearned even more than I thought I would. Thanks!\n\nLearned some things, was reminded of others and now I need to get to work combing my trees!\n\nLoads of helpful info. Thanks Cyndi!
Cyndi's webinars are always to helpful. She is great at explaining a lot of material in a short amount of time. Thank you very much!\n\nentered webinar late but it sure sounded like great information!\n\nexcelent\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent presentation!!!\n\nexcellent presentation. gave me the answers I was looking for to help me decide what to do.\n\nExcellent program tonight. Very helpful information\n\nEXCELLENT SPEAKER! LOVE IT!\n\nExcellent speaker; very knowledgeable.\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent! Cyndi makes things clear and simple to understand. Thank you so much.\n\nExcellent! Very thoughtful and thought provoking!\n\nExtremely helpful. Cyndi gave me a lot of answers to questions I had about using various sites. She is the best!!\n\nFabulous\n\nFabulous topic and presentation.\n\nfast, but with lots of info along with examples. Once I get the syllabus it will be in-place. Enjoyed this very much\n\nFound Cyndi's "Nurturing.... webinar very interesting and informative and so full of ideas with options available. Was especially interested in personal computer and/or laptop genealogy as opposed to "publishing" or on-line genealogy. Was a great Webinar and she always presents her subjects in a manner where one is always waiting for her next information. Thanks to Cyndi and all for this Webinar.\n\nGood advice and a lot of it!\n\nGood clarification of thought processes needed to make decisions or confirm previous decisions.\n\nGood information, Thank you!\n\nGood information.\n\nGood reinforcement of my decisions and advice about things to remember to do!\n\nGood review of software \n\nGood to know information\n\nGood, enthusiastic speaker. Personally, I found the topic very broad and too basic. But I think it would be extremely good for someone at a beginner level.\n\nGot a few helpful hints. I had already formulated similar opinions about functionality and such. Good webinar. Maybe more helpful for newer users or someone just getting started. \n\nGot me thinking.\n\nGreat !\n\nGreat and timely webinar for me as I'm evaluating trial versions of software. Cyndi's presentation was comprehensive and objective. Excellent!\n\nGreat and uptodate refresher of Family Trees!\n\ngreat hints\n\nGreat ideas of how to organize the good stuff\n\nGreat info! \n\nGreat info! Loved it! Looking forward to rewatching it!\n\nGreat information clearly presented. Very professional.\n\nGreat information, as always.\n\nGreat information, made me more aware of my need to get a backup system in place.\n\nGreat information. \n\nGreat information. Looking forward to leveraging Cyndi's List website.\n\nGreat information. Gives me a lot to think about.\n\nGreat over view of considerations for sharing genealogy research/files and options for archiving family trees & research.\n\nGreat presenter, with helpful handout, always learn
A lot of inform, but very informative. Enjoyed it. very positive \n\nA lot if interesting information Thank You\n\nA lot of good info presented almost too quickly. Good presentation.\n\nA lot of good information. \n\na lot of good stuff\n\nA lot of good to know information; very well organized.\n\nAbsolutely a fabulous presentation. Thank you so much.\n\nAlways a pleasure to listen to Cyndi and always learn new things.\n\nAlways a good presentation!\n\nAlways a pleasure to listen and learn from Cyndi Engle!!! Great webinar - updated this old gal with new facts!! Thank you all so much! \n\nAlways appreciate the webinars! This one was good. Thank you Cyndi.\n\nAlways enjoy Cyndi's webinars. Especially today thanks for showing me how to do a screen capture with snip and sketch!\n\nAlways enjoy her webinars. I’ve been on & off since 1978 & used her site then \n\nAlways get information from Cyndi. Thanks\n\nAlways great listening to Cyndi Ingle and learning something that I can use. Thanks to you for your webinar\n\nAlways great to know what options are out there and the pros and cons of them.\n\nAlways great, Cyndi.\n\nAlways great. Lots of information, well organized.\n\nalways informative!\n\nAlways learn great "stuff" from these webinars - many, many thanks!\n\nAlways love Cyndi's webinars, she packs so much information in them!\n\nAnother interesting and informative webinar. Thank you\n\nAnswered many questions and made me realize I don't back up enough.\n\nAs a novice genealogist, I found it useful to see the various options grouped by desk-top software and hosted on-line trees. Also, her descriptions about the pros and cons of each option helped validate decisions I was leaning towards. Cyndi is a very clear speaker, and it was easy to take notes.\n\nAs always, Cyndi delivers. Thank you.\n\nAs always, great information!\n\nAs usual, Cindi's presentation was much organized, to the point with information that will be very useful.\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of great information to help move my research forward.\n\nCindi always gives great info\n\nCindi is ALWAYS AWE-some\n\nCindy did a great job providing a lot of good information in a short period of time. Thank you!!\n\nClear explanations & easy to listen to. Cyndi's experience & approachability is very evident. Geoff did really well especially too. \n\nClearly presented\n\nComfort level information valuable. Thanks Cyndi. The information on backup and also Dropbox an important nudge for this viewer. Again, thank you so much.\n\nCyndi always gives a wonderful webinar. And today I learned so much it made my head spin. Thank you, Legacy, for having her as a speaker. And keep her on your list.\n\nCyndi always has good information, is well organized and is a very good speaker!\n\nCyndi gave us a lot of information! I like how she presents it in a nice, organized fashion with excellent slides! Thank you Cyndi for sharing your knowledge with us.\n\nCyndi Ingle is a thorough presenter, and she is great at answering questions. I learned a lot from this webinar. Thank you.\n\nCyndi Ingle is an interesting and excellent genealogy educator and speaker !\n\nCyndi Ingle is terrific. \n\nCyndi Ingle was terrific. Love these webinars, I'm learning so much\n\nCyndi is a great presenter! She is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She gave us lots of practical advice about where we should keep our family trees.\n\nCyndi is always a great presenter with such helpful info!\n\nCyndi is always fabulous! Easy to follow along, concise, very informative. Just excellente!!!!\n\nCyndi is always great and I am jealous of her tech skills-LOL\n\nCyndi is always great!!\n\nCyndi is always informative and always willing to share her extensive knowledge with anyone.\n\nCyndi is GREAT! Thanks!\n\nCyndi is well prepared and generous with her suggestions. And she's relaxed about how she presents complex ideas and information. GREAT WEBINAR!\n\nCyndi provided a great handout on her presentation, especially the comparison chart of various software products. \n\nCyndi rocks as usual!\n\nCyndi was a great presenter.\n\nCyndi was concise with her screens and data. Thank you\n\nCyndi was informative as usual\n\nCyndi's presentation was well organized and very informative! Thank you so much! \n\nCyndi's presentations are always great. I learn a lot from her expertise.\n\nCyndi's webinars are always full of great information.