Genealogy Website Templates
Nov 16th, 2007 by Patricia Geary
Have you been searching for a website template you can use to design your genealogy website? There are lots of free templates out there, some specific for genealogy, some not. Some of these are free and some are not. Most free templates require a linkback to the site offering them. REMEMBER: All templates are NOT created equal.
Before you start using a template you have downloaded, the very first thing I do is to validate it. It is much easier to correct coding before you start adding your own content than after you are finished. Make sure you understand enough html coding and css (cascading style sheets) to fix or change things that might go wrong. The majority of free templates come with NO technical support.
I have created a series of templates you can use for your genealogy website available for FREE download at Genealogy Web Creations. They are all css based layouts with the exception of one that uses tables. Each of them validates “out of the box.”
This is just one of the templates available.
If you have questions or need help, feel free to contact me. If you use any of the templates a linkback would be appreciated but is not required.
Hi Pat,
This is the first time I’ve visited your site. I’m impressed…and will return. You’ve lots of good things to learn here. Other than an Internet online class or two, I’m self taught as far as web pages go. I’m always on the alert for new techniques, and this site certainly has several.
Happy Dae.
http://www.ShoeStringGenealogy.com
Hi Pat,
Some great advice regarding validation Pat. Well done.
We have found though that many family History / Genealogy researchers are complete novices at setting their own websites up, hence we are trying to help at http://www.familyhistoryhosting.uk.com.
Once again thanks and well done.
Regards,
D
http://www.familyhistoryhosting.uk.com
making genealogy / family history websites easy
I have inherited a title and wish to create a genealogy structure to show the previous holders of the title – any suggestions for downloads, obviously I may need more strands than a family tree design which only concerns a Mother & Father.
Thanks.
Ken Atherton
The challenge I am having with finding the right genealogy website software is I want the content to be generated from my GEDCOM file and/or Legacy Family Tree 7.0 file — and to be able to update my website when I update my database.
I’m up to 1700 names in my GEDCOM file with lots of pictures and documents.
But every week I’m adding more information.
The point of the website is to share it with some distant relatives so that they’ll provide more information to help add to my database.
However, once I create the website, I want to be able to easily update it when I put new information into my off-line database.
Any advice?
Yes, use the Rootsweb WorldConnect project to upload your GEDCOM database. It does all the formatting for you and use your webspace for adding narratives, photos and whatever. Example:
WorldConnect Database I just upload a new database when I make changes to the one on my computer. It then links to the narrative site listed below. If I chose to do so, I could allow the database to be downloaded by others. I do not.
Geary/Gary Family Genealogy
As people send me more information, i update the narrative site or the database. There are four separate databases online which link to the respective parts of the one site.