Thursday, January 11, 2007

Web Sites for Genealogists

Do you have your own genealogy web site - with descendant reports, ahnentafel reports, photos, family Bible transcriptions, ancestral stories, and the like? I don't, but I want to have one. I do have some genealogy reports at a free site at http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/e/a/Randy-Seaver/ - I did it because I could control the formats and didn't have to submit a database, but I could still put my data out in a searchable format. But it isn't wonderful.

There is a web site for genealogists like me who want to put up a genealogy web site - at http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/. The site has advice and links on how to develop a genealogy web site, with tutorials and resources on different web pages. Check out her own research page at http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/. I think it is very well done, and I would like to do something similar.

Step-by-step planning and execution tips are on http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/planning-genealogy-website.html. Web page authoring and do's and don'ts are discussed at http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/resources.htm. Many authoring programs don't require knowledge of HTML or other languages.

She also has genealogy research links at http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/links.html which are useful.

All in all, I thought this web page suite was interesting and helpful.