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This edition to our Tracing Your Ancestors series is co-authored by Lisa A. Alzo and Denise May Levenick — two successful genealogy professionals who know that being organized means “working smarter”. Here is some of what you will get in this information-packed guide: Tame Your Inner Packrat; Storyboarding, Timesaving Apps; Creating a Research Plan and Log; S.M.A.R.T. Goals; Top Websites for Organizing Help; Setting Up a Home Archive; Organizing Paper Files; Tips for Organizing Digital Files; Archival Product Resources; How to Archive Family Keepsakes; Choosing Scanners and much more! 

About the authors:

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A., is a freelance writer, instructor, and internationally recognized lecturer, specializing in Slovak/Eastern European genealogical research, writing your family history, and using the Internet to trace female and immigrant ancestors. Lisa is the author of ten books, including The Family Tree Polish, Czech and Slovak Genealogy Guide, and the award-winning Three Slovak Women, and hundreds of magazine articles.

Denise May Levenick is a writer, researcher, and speaker with a passion for preserving and sharing family treasures of all kinds. She is the creator of the award-winning family history blog, The Family Curator, www.TheFamilyCurator.com, and author of two books on caring for family treasures, How to Archive Family Keepsakes (2012) and How to Archive Family Photos (2015). Denise is a frequent contributor to family history magazines and online publications, and presenter for webinars and workshops, and a member of the faculty for the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh.

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