FYI--From RootsWeb Review, Vol. 2, No. 16
NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB
PRIVATE FAMILY SITES AT FAMILYPOINT. RootsWeb is actively looking
for partners who can provide additional benefits for the
genealogical community.
FamilyPoint is one such site. It is completely free to its users,
and families who use FamilyPoint can have private areas with
features like:
o The "Fridge" where users can share notes, stories, recipes,
and more.
o A photo gallery that lets you privately exchange photos.
o Discussion areas by topic.
o A calendar that provides an easy way to stay on top of family
events with instant notification to others when you schedule
an activity.
o An e-mail greeting card even using your own photos.
o Live chat with family members.
o A "family favorites" database where you can store favorite
places, recipes, and more along with their descriptions.
o An address book where contact information can be shared. One
additional nice thing about FamilyPoint is that they can
coordinate their site to work with any other site, and
RootsWeb is considering working jointly with FamilyPoint to
build such a site.
If you have time, RootsWeb would appreciate it if you would visit
the FamilyPoint site at: <
http://familypoint.com/rootsweb>, sign
in as a member, build your site, e-mail your family, look around,
and then e-mail us at: <familypt(a)rootsweb.com> and tell us
whether you think we should coordinate with FamilyPoint to create
a RootsWeb-FamilyPoint site and what other features you'd like
that joint site to have.
Joining FamilyPoint is completely free to you, and FamilyPoint
will donate $2 to RootsWeb for each of our users who join their
site. It's a win for everyone, and RootsWeb would really like to
know if you would like us to offer this sort of site in the
future. Please visit FamilyPoint.
Melissa