There is progress to be made, and progress has been achieved. I am methodically going through my photos and slowly updating the TNG Family Tree here on this site. It is a process, let me tell you.
To explain, as much for my benefit as others, my primary tree is online and held by Ancestry.ca. Ancestry, while a powerful and ubiquitous genealogy site, is also privacy oriented (perhaps rightly so) and does not like to share any info. More than a few times I have tried to share the tree with others, and generally speaking most/many don’t want to sign up for an Ancestry membership in order to view the tree. They seem to find the process intimidating and onerous. As a result there are very few who have visited my tree to see what’s what.
Page forward to my research in finding another solution. That solution was to obtain a program that will integrate with my website. All I had to do, after installing it of course, was to upload all my photos and family data to it and make it all work nicely together. That is where I’m at right now.
The Family tree software I found is called “TNG – The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding”. With it I’ve created a duplicate Family Tree of the one on Ancestry, well almost. I say almost because there are some wrinkles in the process of transferring the data and photos. It’s not foolproof, and sometimes I make foolish moves. I am working through all of it.
The TNG family tree is live and while not accessible to the general public it can be made available by registering for a User Account. There is no charge for access, the registration only allows me to monitor, or control, who can view the tree information. At one time the tree was made public and I received some rude emails from individuals who saw some of their data shared. After that I made further changes to privacy and locked down the site.
So, have a look. If you want to join let me know. I’d be happy to hook you up.
