Finding and comparing the records you already have will make it possible to make and prove more associations.
The Heritage Collector System Makes All the Following Features Possible

It’s time to scan and move all your family history vital documents from your old file cabinets and boxes into the Heritage Collector System.

1. An excellent backup of all family history information.
2. Share your documents with others that are also doing research.
3. You will able take ALL of your research information with you wherever you travel.
4. You find information when you search ALL your database that may be forgotten or overlooked.
5. Information will be more easily associated with other information.

Do a Heritage Collector Search to Find More Documents and Records

1. Type in a name, date, or even a GPS coordinates and click the Find button.. 
2. Search results fitting your search criteria will appear within a few seconds.
3. Double click to enlarge a record for review.
4. Comparing two or more records is easy.
5. Left click to select two or more records and select the Compare option.
6. Records with then appear side-by-side for study to determine if a relationship exists or new information is revealed.

Find Unique Records

1. Find overlooked or forgotten information by searching ALL your database.
2. Information will be more easily associated with other information.

Enlarge and Study Records Found

Double click to enlarge and study a record for review.

Enlarge, Compare and StudyTwo or More Records

1. Left click to select two or more records
2. Select the Compare option.
3. Records will appear side-by-side for study and comparison to determine if a relationship exists or new information is revealed.
4. You find information when you search ALL your database that may be forgotten or overlooked.
5. Information will be more easily associated with other information.

Find and Compare More Records

Try different search criteria to find more records that may be related or have more information.,

Is Your Computer Hard Drive Filling Up?
It’s time to move all your genealogy files and records from old file cabinets and folder into the Heritage Collector System.
#3. Start Using an External Hard Drive For Research
Moving family history files to a portable external hard drive can offer many advantages:

• Take ALL your family history records and files with you wherever you travel.
• Make it easier to immediately access, add, and share information with others.
• Run Heritage Collector from the external hard drive connected to another Windows PC.
  

How Using an External Drive Will Help You

There are many advantages to install Heritage Collector on a portable external hard drive connected the drive to a notebook or desktop computer system.

• Make it easier to  acquire and share documents with others who are also doing similar research.
• Take ALL of your research information with you wherever you travel.
• Serve as a backup of all your family history information.

Attaching a portable external hard drive is as simple as inserting a cable.

There are many advantages to install Heritage Collector on a portable external hard drive connected the drive to a notebook or desktop computer system.

Note: Heritage Collector is a Windows software program. External hard drives will need to be plugged into a Windows computer or a computer running Parallels, Bootcampe or other Windows OS on a Mac computer.

Travel and mobility is now a normal part of our world. We rely on our cameras and smartphone to record and preserve these experiences with photos, videos and sound recordings.

Copying files from your camera to an external drive assures you will not run out of space on a camera card.

Now You Can Have Everything With You Need to Aid in Your Research
Just imagine how helpful it would be to have all your genealogical records, documents and vital records with you as you travel on a research vacation, attend a family reunion, visit a relative, or while you are doing research in a library.

Domestic or International Airline Travel
New regulations are making it harder to take a notebook computer with you on an airplane. Not to mention the risk of loss or damage to your computer during your trip. For a short time in 2017, Homeland Security banned laptops from being carried onto an airplane. As we all know, these regulations can change without much warning.Taking along an external portable hard drive makes it faster and easier to check in. It doesn’t take as much space or add weight to your carry-on like a notebook.

Find and Gather Information During a Vacation
It’s easy to fill up the storage in your camera or smartphone If you like to take a lot of photos, videos, and record sound. Obviously you can take along extra USB cards for your phone or camera. However, you’ll get a lot more bang for you buck comparing the cost of the USB cards to the amount of storage space with an external hard drive.

Documenting Experiences and Guarding Against Memory Loss
It’s hard to remember names, details, dates, and experiences after returning from a vacation or trip. Take a little extra time each evening to add information and details when moving files off your camera or smartphone and into Heritage Collector on the external drive. When you arrive home you won’t have to strain and worry about remembering the important names, dates, places and experiences you had during your journey.