Family Website

Family website?
Can you take a look at my dad's new Borrett family website, and tell us what you think. Be kind it's our first!! Ha ha www.borrettfamilyplus.info Hi Richard, great to heard of fellow Borrett's out there! I'm sure my dad will really happy to hear from you. I think our family originates from the Norfolk area too! And Thanks to everyone for all the feedback so far.

it not bad! more interestingly i am a member of the Borrett family and have done some work of my own on our tree.. my family is based in the North Hampshire area but comes originally from Norfolk. I will e-mail you through the website and share informtion.

What is the best way to start a family website?
I want to start a family website, with all my family's ancestry, but also as a way to keep in touch with extended family. Possibly even have it password protected. Also, cheap, free or minimal advertisements. Any sites to go through? *Edit: I want to be able to really personalize it. I already have something through ancestry.com so I don't want it to be part of something else.

http://www.familyinhistory.com allows you to upload your genealogy and it will create a full website for you. You can also customize it by creating additional webpages, add photos, stories, etc. but it gives you the functionality.

Software for building and maintaining family website?
I need to find software that I can use to build and maintain a website for my family ancestry. I need it to have a message board and be fairly easy to use. Budget of $100 or less. Thank you.

Have you considered using myfamily.com? You can post a family tree, share photos, message board, History, File cabinet, Reviews, Recipes, Polls and more.

Do you think it is safe to have a family website including our baby?
My husband and I have a Yahoo 360 website. It has our first and last names, but does not say where we live, not even the state we live in. It doesn't have any personal info like what we do for a living, and just includes our family pictures and info about where we went for holidays, nothing personal. We are having a baby and I planned to put the baby's name on the website along with the baby pictures for our family. Do you think this is safe? Do you have a website like this?

I agree - remove the last name. And if you can password protect it so the only people that get in to see it are people you know - that is even better!!!

What is the best family website provider?
Theres myfamily.com wikispace I want a free website where all my family can update what they are up to What do you use/reccomend??

no idea

What to have in my Family Networking website?
What should a good family networking website have. We are trying to build one, and I need some ideas on what we should include in it. Right now we have these things u want me to add to ur website 1)Contact diary... 2) picture gallery... 3) Main page... 4) special Login account that can delete or view or add anything... 5) Family accounts and password Any ideas?

There are several sites. Simple search at Yahoo or Google "Family Websites" for options. Also, Yahoo and Google both offer Free Groups which may be a good platform for your needs.

Where Can I Find A Free And Easy To Use Family Tree Website?
Hi can anyone help me with a good free and easy to use family tree website I would really like to learn alot about my last names orgin and find out some members of my family and discover some mroe about my roots!

Okay, the only way to do your family tree is to research it. Family trees on any website, free or paid, are user submitted and mostly not documented and yes, there are errors. Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different submitters, that is no guarantee it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying. The information should be used as clues as to where to get the documentation, not as absolute fact. Your public library might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com, you can utilize. They have lots of records and seem to be getting more all the time. They have all the U. S. Censuses through 1930. The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet. They have U. K. censuses also. Now, still you have to be very very careful about information in their family trees. They have 4 family tree types Ancestry World Tree which is their oldest and probably their largest. One World Tree which is an absolute mess and they should have trashed it a long time ago. They have Public Member Trees and Personal Member Trees. Also,a Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church has records on people all over the world. In Salt Lake City they have the world's largest genealogical collection. Their Family History Centers can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee. I have never had them to try and convert me or have they sent their missionaries by to ring my doorbell. I haven't heard of them doing so to anyone else. They are very nice and helpful. But first of all, you should get as much info as possible from living family members, particularly your senior members. Tape them if they will let you. It might turn out they are confused on some things but what might seem to be insignificant ramblings at the time might turn out to be very significant. Fiind out if there are any old family bibles. You will have to eventually spend money. It requires getting vital records, births, marriages and deaths which give parent information including mother's maiden name. Also, the applications for a social security number that I have seen gives both parents' names including mother's maiden name and their places of birth. Now if you are in the U. S., each state has its own laws about who and when you can get birth and death certificates. In Texas it use to be if you were not immediate family you had to wait 50 years after someone's birth in order to get a copy of their birth certificate. Now it is 75 years. States are clamping down due to identity theft. Of course, what is so funny Ancestry.Com has the complete Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics Birth and Death Indexes on their website. The Birth Index gives name and date of birth and the names of both parents including mother's maiden name. For the most part, most governing bodies within the U.S. (state,county and city) were not recording vital information until the first quarter of the 20th century. After thet started recording, many people who were born at home or died at home did not get recorded. If there are no vital records recorded by a governing body, you should turn to churches for baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriages and Deaths. Much of these records will give parent info. Courthouse records, wills, deeds, etc are important. Rootsweb and FamilySearch.org(LDS site) are two good free sites, but stil you will need more than the web. Also you mention origins of last names. All too often the same surname can come from more than one national origin. See the link below from the most prestigious genealocal organization in the U. S., The National Genealogical Society http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerpsst.cfm

best free family website? Or a place to download pics and make slides?
I'm thinking of starting a family website...and would like to know the best site available? must be free. Also, I want to download pics and make some slideshows to send family....what is the easiest and best site that has good perks? Thanks!

I would suggest using Live Space..you can upload 500 picture per month and you have control of who see's the content. http://home.services.spaces.live.com/ This free program is great for making slideshows, plus you can add audio as well. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx Cheers

How do I set up a family website, where only family members can access?
I want to set up a place online where the family can have access to, put in photos, provide up-dated news for everyone else to see and share.

The best "free" website program I have found is www.freewebs.com. I absolutley love it. And really the only way anyone can access it is if you give them your web address. Try it, you'll love it!

How to make a cool website for Friends and family?
I want to make a cool website for family and friends to share music, videos, & photos and i wanted FREE! (I did try some like Freewebs & wetpaint but when you want to add video you need to add the video to Google or YourTube the to your website, I don't want to do that) please tell me some websites were I can go.

Yeah the only one I know of and it is free but you seemed to already have tried that one is www.freewebs.com anyways Gotta run but hey check out this new messenger. Its in 3D and you use your avatars to talk to people. Well gotta run but yeah freewebs is free. Here is the link to download the messenger im talking about that way you can see if you like it or not. http://imvu.com/catalog/web_invitation.php?userId=7190959&from=power-email JenJen aka Foxy