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Just checked - on Ancestry you have to be over 18, but on Tribal it's 13!

http://www.tribalpages.com/terms.html

I think Genes is 16 seem to remember looking at that ...but you would need to check.

Tribal I think would be the best one for them.
You could set up the tree MG...call it what you want...and then give them access as admins
same as I do with you lot!

You can lock it so only you all see it by putting a security code on it
but I think it is still searchable ie the names in the TP indexes.

You don't have to pay but if you don't you will get ads on yours which to be honest
I think are ok on the ones I have seen.
I don't like the ads on BCC so I pay.

I like the TP set up for the format

Northern Lass wrote:I think Genes is 16 seem to remember looking at that ...but you would need to check.

Tribal I think would be the best one for them.
You could set up the tree MG...call it what you want...and then give them access as admins
same as I do with you lot!

You can lock it so only you all see it by putting a security code on it
but I think it is still searchable ie the names in the TP indexes.

You don't have to pay but if you don't you will get ads on yours which to be honest
I think are ok on the ones I have seen.
I don't like the ads on BCC so I pay.

I like the TP set up for the format

I like the TP format too, and it's got lots of printable options as well. It's definately better that some of the softwear you have to pay for!

TP is very good for navigating, printing and sharing, and I think it would be perfect for what you need. The only difference in using TP for your own very precious family history research of course is that it is web based, so is never your own - you only own the Gedcom and if you have this extra, you do have to pay. I keep my family tree on Rootsmagic safely on my PC and a copy on Tribal pages so that I can share with family.

Antie Em wrote:TP is very good for navigating, printing and sharing, and I think it would be perfect for what you need. The only difference in using TP for your own very precious family history research of course is that it is web based, so is never your own - you only own the Gedcom and if you have this extra, you do have to pay. I keep my family tree on Rootsmagic safely on my PC and a copy on Tribal pages so that I can share with family.

And you would need to Back up the Gedcom every day if they were adding
info as and when

Thank you all so much for this discussion -- I had never used Tribal pages but will definitely be looking into it.

Thank you too for the info re age conditions -- I either never read the small print or didn't take it in.

Any more ideas on topics to talk about

first session: what they know already -- different types of diagrams
second lesson: birth, marriage, death,
third: census --- I believe 1881 census is free to look at -- again can we get at it without going through a paid site?
fourth: I wondered about looking at some old writing -- and then suggesting ways they could take it further

Any thoughts gratefully recieved.

Maths girl wrote:first session: what they know already -- different types of diagrams
second lesson: birth, marriage, death,
third: census --- I believe 1881 census is free to look at -- again can we get at it without going through a paid site?
fourth: I wondered about looking at some old writing -- and then suggesting ways they could take it further

Any thoughts gratefully recieved.

Try this:
http://www.freereg.org.uk/
and
https://familysearch.org/

this leaflet dudley produce may help

viewtopic.php?f=76&t=796

The national Archives site is good too,
for hand writing and latin
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/reco ... uments.htm

they also have video pod thingies and loads of other bits
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Jo

grangers14 wrote:The national Archives site is good too,
for hand writing and latin
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/reco ... uments.htm

they also have video pod thingies
Jo

Jo
Can you give that link again please as I think it lost something in copy and paste?
Thank you

MG

sorry mg had seen it and done it again on the other thread
Jo

Maths girl wrote:Thank you all so much for this discussion -- I had never used Tribal pages but will definitely be looking into it.

Thank you too for the info re age conditions -- I either never read the small print or didn't take it in.

Any more ideas on topics to talk about

first session: what they know already -- different types of diagrams
second lesson: birth, marriage, death,
third: census --- I believe 1881 census is free to look at -- again can we get at it without going through a paid site?
fourth: I wondered about looking at some old writing -- and then suggesting ways they could take it further

Any thoughts gratefully recieved.

speak nicley to aunty jan it wont take he half an hour to set it up for you and give you the password

Thank you all again -- I think I have set up a Tribal Page tree and put privacy settings on it -- testing it out with my children!

Got to sort out Maths lessons today and then will get back to thinking about this.

MG

Has it started?
Just eager to know how its going!
Jo

1st attempt starts a fortnight today -- then a repeat four weeks later.

Still thinking about which way to approach it -- how factual -- how interactive -- -- it could all depend on how the group reacts -- and that as you can imagine is a very unknown quantity when we are talking about fifteen year olds!!!