An important part of our community is the family. And an important part of the family is it's history, often portrayed by the family tree.  

We believe two components are - to research, and to share.  Click RESEARCH or SHARE to find out more.

Share

Would you like to be able to share a photo album, family calendar (of birthdays, anniversaries and other special events), family history features, message boards, and much, much more on the web ?  Without any knowledge of HTML ?  You can !  With your own FREE, private MyFamily.com website!

Your own FREE, private MyFamily.com website is a unique Internet service dedicated exclusively to families. Currently, more than 1 million people around the world use MyFamily.com and stay connected with their family. 

Note all links above and the banner below will direct you to the set up wizard on the MyFamily.com site.  If you want a further description of the site and screen shots, click HERE.

For Free !

Family Tree Maker - If you are interested in some genealogy software for your PC, we personally use and recommend Broderbund's genealogy software, Family Tree Maker.  We have found it easy to use with a wide range of features, especially allowing publishing your family tree & associated info to personal free space on the internet.  We will eventually devote a separate page to the software, a user's group that is forming, assistance, etc.  In the mean time we offer -

For more information on how we use the Family Tree Maker software, the user group, etc., contact webmaster@tovegin.com.au

Research

But how do you find out about your family tree ?  From family members no doubt.  But how about finding the official (or unofficial) records about various family members.

The more we look around, the more we realise there are LOTS of places to research your family tree.  We recommend -

Ancestry.com

A great place to start is searching databases that specialise in this info.  One good starting point is -

Our ancestors have wandered the globe, and often left us with only one clue to trace their heritage, their surname. One site has become a central location for surnames.  They have established (and help others establish) Surname Resource Centres, where all the information available on a surname can be centrally located.   The SurnameWeb links to all these Surname Resource Centres on the web.  There are over 2100 so far, where you can go to meet your "cousins".

And maybe, if you have a web site of your own, you may want to promote SurnameWeb yourself.  If so, then click on the banner below.

Genealogy.Com

Dedicated to bringing you the best and most comprehensive resources and services available on the Web. For beginners, it is a fun and easy way to learn about genealogy. Start with Family Explorer and take our family history tour to learn all about discovering your roots. You can even create your own family tree and personalized home page FREE, without buying any software. All researchers will want to take advantage of tools such as the Internet FamilyFinder, which indexes a wealth of family information and records on the Internet -- over 420 million names! There's much more, including classes and articles, web freebies, and an "Ask the Genealogist" column -- take a look at the home page to see for yourself. 

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Page created - 26 February, 2000.  Page last updated - 14 August, 2006 15:08:51 +1000