How to share genealogical information

[ReadyOne]

My spouse visited relatives and the gave her a bunch or things from a recently deceased uncle along with a lot of family history, like 10,000 words of historical writings. Then there's the family trees, photos of the great great greats and younger family members.

I know there is a lot of searching on the internet for genealogical connections, not to mention some organizations which collect this sort of information.

Can somebody point us to where we could send/download copies of this stuff and expect that it would help others trying to piece together their history?

We're willing to share, but probably unwilling to put hours and hours into reentering these things is somebody's structured data base.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Can somebody point us to where we could send/download copies of this stuff and expect that it would help others trying to piece together their history?

We're willing to share, but probably unwilling to put hours and hours into reentering these things is somebody's structured data base.

ancestry.com is quite a popular site. I think you do need to enter the data into their system manually, but if you can find somebody in the family who's already on there and willing to do that, you could send the info to them?

 

[Dribble]

Ancestry.com

Expensive but worth it. You can upload pics and docs as well as all their documentation. It takes time, but easily done.

You can also pay someone to do it.

 

[CountryGuy2]

Ancestry.com
You can scan documents and pictures and upload them to your tree. When you start a tree, the system will give you "hints". They are bits of information from other people's trees, census, military records, etc. It builds a timeline for each person in your tree. As you review these hints, you can decide if they are the right person and add them to your tree (or not).

You will probably find a relative who is already on there and has an extensive tree. I've got over 600 people in my tree and more hints than I can keep up with. It costs extra to access international records.

 

[quietlylooking]

I agree with the others above that Ancestry.com is a great way to store, share, and research your family tree information. If you are not willing to cough up the money for Ancestry.com, you can try Familysearch.org, which is a very good (and free!) service operated by the Mormons.

 

[Jada59]

I too use Ancestry.com.

 

[jaF0]

And people wonder why Identity Theft is rampant. Lock that shit in a safe deposit box. Or burn it.

But damn sure don't EVER let it on the web.