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Step by step instructions for setting up iGoogle and much more can be found in the book Genealogy Gems Ultimate Research Strategies.

Resources: Google Research Gems

Accessing show notes and blog
articles from iGoogle

1) Go to your iGoogle homepage
2) Look at your Genealogy Gems Podcast gadget
3) Click on the little Plus sign at the beginning of
each title. This allows you to read the show notes
for that episode right from your iGoogle homepage!
4) When you’re done reading, you can close the notes or article by clicking the minus sign.

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And if you decide you want to go ahead and click through to the webpage to view it, which is nice because it’s bigger and easier to read, then just click on the hyperlinked article or episode title. 

How to add a Sticky Note gadget to your iGoogle page:
1) Click on the ADD STUFF link in the upper right side of the iGoogle homepage. 
2) On the ADD STUFF page, search for the words Sticky Note. 
3) Click the ADD button and the sticky note gadget will be added to iGoogle. 
4) Go back
  to your homepage and you’ll see it there in the top left hand corner position. 
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) Click and drag it where you want it.

Customizing The Sticky Note Gadget:
1) In the upper right corner of the gadget click the Down arrow button which will open the menu for that gadget.
2) Select EDIT SETTINGS
3) Here you can edit the title of the stick note gadget
4) Edit the name of the gadget
5) You can also change the color of the sticky note gadget as well as the color of the text.
 
6) Click the SAVE button and your gadget will now be called Genealogy Society.