Top 5 Places to Put Your Family History OnlineThe Internet is a great way to connect with family, and the perfect medium for collaborating on your shared family history. Putting your family tree on the Web allows other relatives to view your information and add their own. It is also a great way to exchange family photos, recipes and stories.
These sites include the tools you need to put your family tree online, along with photos and pedigree charts. Some offer additional features such as chat, message boards and password protection. Tribal Pages provides 10 MB of free Web space just for family history sites. Your genealogy data is stored securely, and you can set an optional password for viewing your site. Each free family history site allows you to upload a GEDCOM file and photos and comes with ancestor and descendant charts, ahnentafel reports, an events page, photo album and a relationship tool. You can include your family names in their database so your Web site can be found by other researchers, or keep it private. There is a yearly charge for a standard family history site with 100MB of space, but the extras at MyFamily.com make the fee more than reasonable. A standard site includes email acccounts for unlimited family members, space for sharing photos and family history files, and no popup ads. The sites are safe and password protected, and also feature a private message board and chatroom, a family calendar, address book, and even space for video and voice clips! Free 30-day trial. Free unlimited Web space for family history sites is the premise behind Freepages at RootsWeb. The site options are basic and not password protected, but they are entirely free. You can FTP your own HTML files (great for family trees created by your family history software) or use the online editor. Banner ads will be displayed on your site. This online family tree and photo album allows you to upload a GEDCOM or type in your data, and uses it to generate a dynamic family history Web site. The annual subscription price includes 100MB of disk space for pictures and data, and support for multimedia such as video and audio clips, and Acrobat® PDF files. Privacy protection allows you to restrict access to your site. No ads or popup windows. Free 30-day trial. This simple web-based service provides 100MB of space for sharing family photos, recipes and memories; building a family tree; planning a family reunion; and preserving your family history. No limit on family members and no spam or ads. You can even set individual permission levels for family members. Plus, email, live chat and a family calendar and address book. It's pricier than most similar family tree sites, but if you want a lot of bells and whistles they've got them!
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