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    1. [EVANS] Handling the vast Evans heritage + website needed?
    2. R H Bennett [No Chain Letters, please]
    3. Hi Again, I administer 4 [3 of which are not terribly active; one is VERY active] websites on Myfamily.com. One of these is an Evans of NOLA site. I chose Myfamily because I don't have the computer expertise to create a site on my own. Another reason I chose Myfamily is that I've been told that Myfamily doesn't claim to "own" the material posted the way Rootsweb or Ancestry might. The Myfamily sites are private. Invitation only. General public cannot access. This is because any of the members can post information on the site so there has to be an amount of "trust" involved since there is little "control." If the contributing family members know each other, this isn't that much of a problem [but I guess that depends on the family, hahahaha]. So I don't know how this would work with a huge list where few know each other. What I'm getting to is... is this list too large to have a website of its own [The Evans Family in America, or something like that]? And would someone "out there" be able to administer? I couldn't because I already have so many. The Myfamily site is free at first and then you need to pay $29.99 [need to check on that; not sure what it is at the moment] for the smallest amount of space. Price increases as space increases. So for us to have a Myfamily site there would have to be a yearly collection to support it and I'm not sure everyone wants to get into that kind of "collection" hassle. There may be free sites. Probably some of you on this list knows much more than I. If we had a site of our own, I suspect it would be possible for members to publish their trees or ahnentafels, whatever, along with photos, memoirs, etc. Here are some of the categories on Myfamily: Front Page <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=s&htx=m&siteid=k8eNAQ&_lin=1> Addresses <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=m&htx=addressbook&siteid=k8eNAQ> File Cabinet <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=c&htx=l&siteid=k8eNAQ&contentclass=FILE> History <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=c&htx=l&siteid=k8eNAQ&contentclass=HIST> Members <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=m&htx=l&siteid=k8eNAQ> What's New <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=s&htx=whatsnew&siteid=k8eNAQ> News <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=c&htx=l&siteid=k8eNAQ&contentclass=NEWS> Photos <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=content&htx=list&siteid=k8eNAQ&contentclass=PICT> Reviews <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=c&htx=l&siteid=k8eNAQ&contentclass=REVW> Utilities <http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=s&htx=utilities&siteid=k8eNAQ> The Myfamily sites are not "pretty" and they do have their limitation. I have seen some very beautiful family websites. I've always wanted one of those, of course; just don't know how to do it. One thing that can be done on the site, is that members can post a photo of a relative and ask the participants if anyone knows who it is. This kind of ability can be very helpful. Well, I just wanted to put this out there to see if there might be any interest. Have a great morning. It's another beautiful day [dawn] in St. Louis. Renee My Evans Family Migration: Md > Pa > Oh > Ky > In > La

    04/17/2007 12:23:50