Mobile Apps for Genealogy and Family History - Apple and Android

Do your relatives roll their eyes in boredom when you mention genealogy? Learn how to captivate them with compelling stories and imagery! We’ll cover easy-to-use mobile apps that will help you tell your family history stories in a riveting way, that will have them asking for more.

Lisa Louise Cooke presents Live from Rootstech, the largest genealogy conference in the world. Thanks for your understanding about the sound change at the end - we had a bit of microphone ;-)

Notes:

1. Retype $2.99, iOS. (Android Alternative: Over) Retype turns old family photos into hip favorites that relatives enjoy sharing.

2. Pocketbooth by Project Box LLC. $0.99 - $1.99, iOS and Android An old-timey fun way for the living to capture new memories! This retro styled app provides loads of fun at family events.

3. Adobe Photoshop Fix by Adobe. Free. iOS and Android Restore old photos to their previous glory for ooos and ahhs! In addition to loads of photo editing bells and whistles, these free apps have a fabulous feature called Blemish Removal.

4. Google Earth by Google, Inc. Free, iOS & Android Take your family on a family history tour that moves like a video game! I'll show you:
- how to share KMZ files in dropbox
- how to Activate Cloud Storage Services You Use in the Google Earth app.
- How to Open a KML File in the App from Your Cloud Storage.

Resources:
Mobile Genealogy: How to Use Your Tablet and Smartphone for Family History Research by Lisa Louise Cooke, Genealogy Gems Publications, www.shopgenealogygems.com

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