The Service

Fathers Footsteps is offering Family History Researchers the opportunity to acquire their own Domain Name and Web site to display their family records to share with other researchers.

The benefits of displaying family history records using web technology are many fold and include the ability to generate interest, share information, receive updates or corrections from anyone who is interested, has information or has leads and has access to the WWW .

The service is relatively straightforward. If Family Historians use a computer system application such as Brothers Keeper, Family Tree etc to maintain their records then they have the ability to capitalise on the services offered by Fathers Footsteps.

The services offered attempt to minimise the impact of taking the plunge into personalising your web presence through acquiring a suitable Domain Name purchased in your name and usually for a 2 year period, which is renewable. Email using this Domain name can either be directed at your current email address or new names can be set up using your new Domain name i.e. yourname@yourdomain.co.uk .

Once the domain name is registered Web space can be acquired to upload your web site containing your family records.

Most genealogy applications are able to export data in a GEDCOM format. The GEDCOM file needs to be sent to Fathers Footsteps either on a disc, CD or via Email. Fathers Footsteps will take this information plus any other introductory information you want to supply, and generate your web site.

The web site will be created with your introductory page and then a single page entry for each individual within your records. Links from this page will connect with Parents, family, pedigree and Family Names List, which is sorted into decades. On each page, individuals viewing your records, have the opportunity to select the Edit key which will generate an email with their comments, updates or corrections, directed to you for you to update your computer application records.

As and when you have sufficient updates, which you feel should be uploaded to your Web site, you need to generate a further GEDCOM file and dispatch it to Fathers Footsteps.

The current offering does not cater for photographs; this will be available in the Autumn.