RootsWeb WorldConnect Project
Organizing a Genealogy Website
Create, Validate, and Test your Genealogy Website
Customize your Genealogy Website
Publishing your Genealogy Website
Maintaining your Genealogy Website
Searchable Databases:
Publishing your family tree online can mean simply uploading your GEDCOM file to a searchable online database. The one I use and highly recommend is the RootsWeb WorldConnect project. You can create the GEDCOM file with your genealogy software program, sign up for the space and upload the file. You can even style the database results so the page will more closely match another web site you may have created on your family. I have uploaded four separate databases, one for each of our maternal and paternal lines, to the WorldConnect Project - Geary Family Database, Jewel Family Database, Tucker Family Database, and Little Family Database. Each of these has been styled using css - cascading style sheet - to reflect my main Family Genealogy Site Whenever the information in my database changes, I just upload a new GEDCOM and replace my old one. The infomation is then formatted and presented for anyone to find with little work on my part.
- What is a GEDCOM file?
- GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data
COMmunications. It is a file
format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format
for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files
with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program (Family
Tree Maker, PAF, etc.) that you do.
- GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data
COMmunications. It is a file
format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format
for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files
with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program (Family
Tree Maker, PAF, etc.) that you do.
- Creating a GEDCOM file
- You will need to consult your genealogy program's Help file or documentation
for directions on creating this file. All major family tree software supports
the creation of GEDCOM files. Creating a GEDCOM file does not overwrite
your existing data or change your existing file in any way. An entirely
new file that is generated by a process known as "exporting". Remember
where you save your GEDCOM file so when you try to upload it to our web
site, you don't forget where the file is located.
- You will need to consult your genealogy program's Help file or documentation
for directions on creating this file. All major family tree software supports
the creation of GEDCOM files. Creating a GEDCOM file does not overwrite
your existing data or change your existing file in any way. An entirely
new file that is generated by a process known as "exporting". Remember
where you save your GEDCOM file so when you try to upload it to our web
site, you don't forget where the file is located.
- Submitting Your Family Tree - You can submit your family tree to the WorldConnect
Project via the Internet.
Detailed instructions for submitting your GEDCOM file to the WorldConnect
project.
- Adding some style to your Family Tree
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