I'm glad this topic came up. I began searching my own family, but when I hit a (temporary) dead end, I began collecting information on anyone with any permutation of my surname. It's so much more interesting than just one's own family! I'm wondering what are some of the good ways I can share this documentation, a lot of which contains information on living individuals. I've been distributing Excel spreadsheets, but this is not optimal. (As you may know, I've been using FTM 2008; I prefer FTM 16, and am thinking of moving to something else.) I have over 5,000 individuals in my database and am always collecting more people and information. Might it be possible to get a secure family tree website where others can view the information? Or what would be the best way of sharing the information with others? Thanks! Bob Kosovsky New York City

kos@panix.com wrote: > I'm glad this topic came up. I began searching my own family, but when > I hit a (temporary) dead end, I began collecting information on anyone > with any permutation of my surname. It's so much more interesting than > just one's own family! > > I'm wondering what are some of the good ways I can share this > documentation, a lot of which contains information on living > individuals. I've been distributing Excel spreadsheets, but this is not > optimal. (As you may know, I've been using FTM 2008; I prefer FTM 16, > and am thinking of moving to something else.) I have over 5,000 > individuals in my database and am always collecting more people and > information. > > Might it be possible to get a secure family tree website where others > can view the information? Or what would be the best way of sharing the > information with others? the US fedeeral Census of 1930 is public so that is a convenient cut off point for privatising data of living peoplee Have a look at worldconnect in my previous post It needs to be public so that people can find you and send you additios and corrections Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

In message of 29 Feb, kos@panix.com wrote: > I'm glad this topic came up. I began searching my own family, but > when I hit a (temporary) dead end, I began collecting information on > anyone with any permutation of my surname. It's so much more > interesting than just one's own family! > > I'm wondering what are some of the good ways I can share this > documentation, a lot of which contains information on living > individuals. I've been distributing Excel spreadsheets, but this is > not optimal. (As you may know, I've been using FTM 2008; I prefer > FTM 16, and am thinking of moving to something else.) I have over > 5,000 individuals in my database and am always collecting more people > and information. > > Might it be possible to get a secure family tree website where others > can view the information? Or what would be the best way of sharing > the information with others? Have a look at the many and various one name sites on the books of the Guild of One Name Studies: http://www.one-name.org/register.shtml -- Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@powys.org              For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/