Mobile devices are used quite extensively for genealogy and family history now and it is projected, it will be even more so going forward. If you’d like to know more about doing family history “on the go” check out The Family History Guide, Project 7: Technology, Goal 2: Smart Phones and Tablets.

There you will find a great deal of general and specific information about how to work on your family history when you are away from your desktop or laptop computer. Of course all the big genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, etc., have mobile apps and many companies like Find-A-Grave, Billion Graves, Ancestral Quest, etc., have apps too. The FamilySearch website also has more that 124 apps you can use if you have a free account. You can access them from the bottom of their homepage (click Apps). I saw this great little video this morning about FamilySearch apps on your smart phone.

I recently watched a BYU Library YouTube video by James Tanner speaking about Google Docs and how it can be used as a tool to eliminate the long lines of people waiting outside the Salt Lake Family History Library in the mornings. He said he wonders what others must think, as they see all these people toting their suitcases. To those unfamiliar with genealogists, it must look like they are moving into the Library.

How nice to unburden ourselves of all the paper with these wonderful mobile devices and apps. With so much mobility and many ways to store what we need electronically, maybe someday we won’t have to worry about tripping over rolling suitcases full of paper at places like RootsTech anymore!