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Hello, Trello!

When it comes to genealogy, there are never enough hours to do research. And to make matters worse, we can easily get distracted from our work when we do find the time by bright shiny objects (also known as “BSOs”) such as automated record hints.

What’s a family historian to do? To best streamline your research, you’ll want to develop a system to log—and save for later—the seemingly endless genealogy “to-do” items that crop up as you learn more about your ancestors. And when you finally do handle those tasks, find a way of logging what you found there to prevent repeating yourself in the future.

Enter Trello <>, a free online collaboration tool that organizes projects and ideas into easy-to-navigate boards, lists and cards. If you’re ready to level up your genealogy research plan, follow these six simple steps to have Trello improve your workflow.

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