Family Websites for Family Bonding, Even When You’re Apart

Posted on February 2, 2008 at 7:10 am

Surely, everybody has his or her own memory of a family member or relative: photos of the last Christmas celebration, a video of Junior’s first few steps, and numerous testimonies on relatives and familial occasions.

And surely, you can send them to almost any relative, through e-mail, mobile devices, or post it in your personal websites.

But wouldn’t it be great if you can post it in just one website, and just inform your relatives to join the website’s network? It would definitely bring the family and relatives closer than ever—in virtual space!

Presenting: Family Websites.

1. MyFamily

MyFamily is a simple and great website to keep your family memorabilia in. They have all features of a typical family website, from updates to news, events to birthday schedules, and photo sharing to video posting. But with these features, they also added Discussions (for exchange of information), SnapGenie (an online storage of conversations between two family members), and Files (for, you got it right, file storage). My Family, however, needs membership after a year of using it. If you pay $29.95 a year, you get one Gigabyte storage size per month, and 10 Gigabytes per month if you can pay $99.95 a year.

2. TheFamilyPost

Second in line is TheFamilyPost, which also requires membership after a year of trial. By becoming a premium member (and paying $60.50 a year), you can store unlimited amounts of photos and videos, two of the common attributes that family websites share. But fear not, because TheFamilyPost is one flashy website! Just for trial, you can gain access to their tabbed, user-friendly interfaced website, complete with all family website features. In addition to that, you can create pages for your children (under My Kids tab), check contact details of people (Directory), and even update your relatives about the latest of your goings-on in life through Newsletter.

3. FamilyLobby

Typical of a social network, Family Lobby allows sharing of photos, videos, and thoughts through chatrooms. And since the people behind FamilyLobby aim to “help keep you and your family together, no matter how far apart you may be,” they included links for your family tree, news and calendar, and even games. You can even allow other people to register to your created website, which is free. Yes, you got it right. Their simple yet profound website is free for all to use.

But don’t be limited by these three, as you can find other family websites around the Internet. Just be mindful of the privacy policies and user comments about the website hosting your family website, as you are putting into cyberspace private information and properties of your own family. Loki

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One Response to “Family Websites for Family Bonding, Even When You’re Apart”

jimmyknits42 said on : February 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 am

These are great, but I would prefer a free version. I did a little searching of my own and I found ning.com which lets you set up a free social netwworking site. You can set it up to be by invite only and just limit it to family members. Then you could have a free site that has a lot of similar features mentioned in the article.

I like what you do, I use a lot of the stuff you come up with. Keep it up!