Distribution of family tree & history

[Richard1955]

Hi Malcolm/Eric
You may find yourself upsetting living family members if you publish private family history on the internet
for public viewing and to include anyone living will almost certainly do that.

[mfwebb]

Hi Malcolm/Eric
You may find yourself upsetting living family members if you publish private family history on the internet
for public viewing and to include anyone living will almost certainly do that.

I made a deliberate decision to exclude living people from my website. The trees and family group sheets on my site are the ancestors of my parents, both of whom are deceased. There are no descendants of my parents on my site.

I do now understand, however, why Eric has chosen to go down the private route if his site does include living people.

Many thanks for the explanation.

[EricS]

I made a deliberate decision to exclude living people from my website. The trees and family group sheets on my site are the ancestors of my parents, both of whom are deceased. There are no descendants of my parents on my site.

I do now understand, however, why Eric has chosen to go down the private route if his site does include living people.

Many thanks for the explanation.

Thanks for the feedback guys. The reason why the website was (and will be again) private is that I will be mentioning people who are still living. I won't be including their full details as even that would be distasteful to some people, but if the family know that only they will be able to access the website then perhaps it will be more appealing to them.

The point of the website is to provide a focal point for those in the family who wish to know more about their ancestors / cousins, to provide a facility to download photos & documents, and also to provide a communication facility (via the Blog).

[Ed McKie]

The point of the website is to provide a focal point for those in the family who wish to know more about their ancestors / cousins, to provide a facility to download photos & documents, and also to provide a communication facility (via the Blog).

This explains your reason for a private site Eric and properly so as you are including details of your living relatives. However it seems to me that you are perhaps wasting an opportunity of finding more !!
my own website started many years ago

www.
jeaned.net

has been the vehicle for me being contacted by cousins I didnt know that I had. they in turn provided data which moved my research on in ways I could not have done otherwise.

cheers..Ed