Family Tree Maker - Free Website Hosting

Family Tree Maker can be used to create a free website, this allows you to share your findings and link to other researchers who can view your website.

As well as names and dates, notes, images, books and reports can be added to the site and for those with a sense of adventure it is also possible to add a link to a video.

Creating a homepage takes just a few minutes and a couple of mouse clicks, the style of the homepage can be selected and changed as often as you wish, updating the homepage is a simple task and again can be achieved in just a few moments.

Visitors to your site can view any item you have placed online; You should therefore only include details you are happy to reveal on the internet, additionally you must always ask permission before including the names of living people on your website.

If you have any doubts about whether to include details/names then DO NOT place them online, you can always update the site at a later date, better to be safe than sorry

Websites and Homepages Explained

Click the link below to learn more about creating a website and the sections within a homepage

• Create a Homepage
  • Privatise Sensitive Information
    • Homepage Sections Explained
      • Add Photo's, Books and Reports

Get the most from your homepage

Add your site url as a signature

Many forum type websites allow you to add a signature, if you add your site url as a signature then this allows people to find your site with just one click.

Get search engines to list your site

Registering your site with the major search engines means people can find your site. Cyndislist is another useful place to add your site, this will then also link your site to the main search engines after a few weeks.

Webcounters

Installing a webcounter will show how often your site is visited, webcounters can be found for free, the more advanced counters can also tell you which pages have been viewed and how people have found your site.