Comments on: Genealogy Website Templates

By: Patricia Geary

Patricia Geary — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:52:43 +0000

If the site is password protected, the only folks who have access are the ones YOU give the password too. Make it a strong password though.

By: K Benoit

K Benoit — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:26:22 +0000

My husband and I are trying to design a genealogy website and get it up and running. We have lots of files, 2 different types of design software, and a host server/account, plus we paid for our domain name already. Can the owner of the software gain access to our personal genealogy database? It isn’t something we want to share publicly (we would like to create a password-protected area of the website). Thanks.

By: Clynn Lee

Clynn Lee — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:47:35 +0000

I use Legacy FamilyTree software. They have a wonderful feature that allows you to create a website. You can get the software here.

http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/?Click=82568

By: Patricia Geary

Patricia Geary — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:11:38 +0000

Aoife, this site has used one of the templates for her one name study BUT she has somehow messed up the attached style sheet -

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mckemie/onenamestudy/index.html

It will however give you an idea of how she has laid out the site.

Once you figure out how you want the basic look of your site to display – masthead, site navigation, and footer, then you just use the template and fill in the content for the site.

Really depends on how you want to offer the information.

By: Aoife FitzGerald

Aoife FitzGerald — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:14:27 +0000

hallo
I am hoping to start a website, a one name study on both the Families Kirwan and FitzGerald, I have a huge amount of information but am only starting to learn html and xhtml, I havent even touched css. so I really am a beginner. Someone suggested your site as a good place to start, but I am not sure how I would transform your templates into a website for the information I have. All advice and information would be gratefully accepted
Aoife FitzGerald

By: Patricia Geary

Patricia Geary — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:46:39 +0000

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.

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:23:37 +0000

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?

By: Ken Atherton

Ken Atherton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:59:22 +0000

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

By: Deejay

Deejay — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:02:50 +0000

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

By: Happy Dae

Happy Dae — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:50 +0000

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