Research Notebook and Document Manager

Sound familiar?
"Where did I read about that?" "I know I've got it somewhere — but where?" "What did I file it under?" "Haven't I seen that name before?"

If you're a family history researcher, chances are you ask yourself these questions all the time. Most genealogy software lets you attach references to documents for a specific person — but what about everything else? Articles on convict living conditions. A list of ships that arrived into a specifc port in 1875. That interesting post from a discussion group. A growing folder of emails about a family you're still piecing together. A letter from Aunt Mary, etc.

That's where Genota comes in.

Genota is your research notebook and document manager — a single place to capture notes on people, events, or any topic at all, link them to documents, connect them to the people involved, and keep a record of your research and correspondence as you go. Organise everything into notebooks for each area of research, and if you use Legacy Family Tree®, you can link your family files so their details appear right alongside your notes.
Best of all, Genota works with files already on your computer or network — open and view them without ever leaving the program.

What you can do with Genota:

• Unlimited notebooks — create as many as you need, each one set up exactly how you want it
• Powerful search — search and cross-reference notes across your whole research collection
• Map your places — view and geolocate locations using built-in web mapping
• Track correspondence — log emails and other research correspondence in one place
• Built-in transcription — extract text from scanned documents, images, or PDFs using basic OCR
• Centralised address book — store contacts, repositories, and resource locations, shared across all notebooks
• Connect people to entries — record everyone linked to a notebook entry, along with their role and related events
• Research log — keep track of leads, web links, and attached documents for items still needing follow-up
• Flexible referencing — use your own filing system or let Genota generate references for you