In all of the hubbub about the SCGS Jamboree in June, I missed the LiveRoots press release about Live Roots Search Experience, Release Two which highlighted the new Project Management features at http://www.liveroots.com/.
I met Illya D'Addezio at the Jamboree and enjoyed our conversations. I was embarrassed that I had not heard of his project management system, but I promised to try it out. I did that three weeks ago, got busy on other things, and today revisited my work. I thought I would share my findings and thoughts with my readers:
First, please go to http://www.liveroots.com/ and read the About page. You need to sign up for a Team Roots account, which is free for a basic account. I did.
After I signed in to my account, this screen appeared:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz21DHgw6Ht5av9-cO5ZgfYhxYjKF9MP4q7gjdPZfoqs9paHupHlkKQcUrhOCbAFEMPU7fIoqC9aE568zPgpvYasEuKve8NhSIIiVkYLo4gxvEK-bKJZrwkYQDv_lnelUTy8EU/s400/proj-01b.png)
In order to use the Project Management system, I clicked on the "Manage" link. An introductory page gave some preliminary information:
There was a link to the Managing your Genealogical Projects at Live Roots page which is shown below:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk3d2z2-vPxdiXPVp5qAOTNEgcQyoQBYBwxEg0YWaB3VtxzRfrogGR58KxY43uONkRVPnMJnmuyJr3q4yFk4XGF7O3oCVV9x1WgNHovQwXPeLBFhy3RLRiT_DxbAY42PkEf0y/s400/proj-03.png)
This page provides a good summary of all of the features of the Project Management system. I decided to start a new project so I clicked on the "Click here to get started" link, and was in the "Research Project Editor." I entered a name for my research project, decided to keep it Private for now, and then was ready to start:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OIUneEQhSy3iltZB-YevVgm-l9jH5Kv9vajNMiFB0WwpBy9JXsXlOtOKi43LATbAK7dkZnqlv5h-JqebI6UEytFHjwZC_dlfS1HaN2gU5Q7pnGGniCSjfJeR5oy-wrUXAvJZ/s400/proj-05.png)
I decided to do a Search for my Lanphear/Lanfear surname, so I clicked on "Search" and entered "Lanphear" In the Keyword or Surname Search field:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7x2gVoiSECepEJZSYftTDaUXgFE7hAmSqMEIHGBoUjuoACfQOJrwY3c2oahYheaKo1-_Z5Ij7dFr0c6EVE4TDu8AKxKlN1jheat0Kv0paxdiNThIsSaEqfQFWsQGfhZRSAm8/s400/proj-06.png)
The results are provided in groups - Subscription Data (in GenealogyToday results), Resource Results (from other onlnie resources) and Project Results (if anybody else is working this surname):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk3d2z2-vPxdiXPVp5qAOTNEgcQyoQBYBwxEg0YWaB3VtxzRfrogGR58KxY43uONkRVPnMJnmuyJr3q4yFk4XGF7O3oCVV9x1WgNHovQwXPeLBFhy3RLRiT_DxbAY42PkEf0y/s400/proj-03.png)
This page provides a good summary of all of the features of the Project Management system. I decided to start a new project so I clicked on the "Click here to get started" link, and was in the "Research Project Editor." I entered a name for my research project, decided to keep it Private for now, and then was ready to start:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OIUneEQhSy3iltZB-YevVgm-l9jH5Kv9vajNMiFB0WwpBy9JXsXlOtOKi43LATbAK7dkZnqlv5h-JqebI6UEytFHjwZC_dlfS1HaN2gU5Q7pnGGniCSjfJeR5oy-wrUXAvJZ/s400/proj-05.png)
I decided to do a Search for my Lanphear/Lanfear surname, so I clicked on "Search" and entered "Lanphear" In the Keyword or Surname Search field:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7x2gVoiSECepEJZSYftTDaUXgFE7hAmSqMEIHGBoUjuoACfQOJrwY3c2oahYheaKo1-_Z5Ij7dFr0c6EVE4TDu8AKxKlN1jheat0Kv0paxdiNThIsSaEqfQFWsQGfhZRSAm8/s400/proj-06.png)
The results are provided in groups - Subscription Data (in GenealogyToday results), Resource Results (from other onlnie resources) and Project Results (if anybody else is working this surname):
The Subscription Data search shows quite a few matches, so I clicked on the "Lanphear Surname" link and received this list of databases on www.GenealogyToday.com containing the name:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqleoZIz-b2V_9O2YoLNmj8L3dbNjQl5KPJk95QkrzUNwsg6-3Sdj_1lm7lo_fqnYwDo2miw-A6ZdsdJhiM3scf2fRlljahIVB0ufjPnv-BKOQK3KFY8ZvgqiXgb4QH0-i_X8o/s400/proj-07b.png)
Back on the Search Results screen, I clicked on the first entry in the Resource Results list and saw:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Bo9p_M4i9NhsHKx7mVXSVX0lRLFmnFHjW59Ko4qaqeKhyFuAYWXBbxXOAQLPnEHtrf97NXmtWpd4X1PyIrGHNGBDTyaLAa5Z2d6fB6B8NDQkdo0wDeR82IgKX6AkFcvNT-eB/s400/proj-08.png)
This provides a link to the book on http://www.ancestry.com/. If I had a subscription to Ancestry, I could click on the link and review the book.
I have only started my Project Management work. In the next post, I'll go a bit further with the system.
Are any readers familiar with any other online Project Management system that might be useful to genealogy researchers?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqleoZIz-b2V_9O2YoLNmj8L3dbNjQl5KPJk95QkrzUNwsg6-3Sdj_1lm7lo_fqnYwDo2miw-A6ZdsdJhiM3scf2fRlljahIVB0ufjPnv-BKOQK3KFY8ZvgqiXgb4QH0-i_X8o/s400/proj-07b.png)
Back on the Search Results screen, I clicked on the first entry in the Resource Results list and saw:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Bo9p_M4i9NhsHKx7mVXSVX0lRLFmnFHjW59Ko4qaqeKhyFuAYWXBbxXOAQLPnEHtrf97NXmtWpd4X1PyIrGHNGBDTyaLAa5Z2d6fB6B8NDQkdo0wDeR82IgKX6AkFcvNT-eB/s400/proj-08.png)
This provides a link to the book on http://www.ancestry.com/. If I had a subscription to Ancestry, I could click on the link and review the book.
I have only started my Project Management work. In the next post, I'll go a bit further with the system.
Are any readers familiar with any other online Project Management system that might be useful to genealogy researchers?
2 comments:
Hi Randy,
Why not get the subscription? It is only $33/year. I found much more information that is reserved for subscribers.
Happy Dae·
http://ShoestringGenealogy.com
Thanks, Randy! This looks like it could be a great help!
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