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About SharedTree
What is the status of this site?
This website is still in BETA!!
At this point features may not be available, not working, or just hard to use. Data may also be deleted. Read Known Issues for an updated status.
How does SharedTree make money?
As you can see, most everything is FREE on this website!! This is a crucial part of the success of SharedTree. Everything here is donated: the programming, the servers, the content. If you would like to contribute to the site financially, be sure to Donate or support our advertisers.
How is SharedTree different from other genealogy sharing programs?
There are several other companies attempting to build large genealogy sharing web applications. And there are a few more that may start (i.e. the LDS Church). However, there are crucial problem with each one that will cause them to not reach their potential. For competitive reasons, I have decided not to enumerate the reasons here until they become apparent on their own.
Who is involved with SharedTree?
Although I fully plan on recruiting others to help me with this project, all of the code and much of the design is done by me, Trevor Allred. I do software development during the day and have extensive programming, database, and genealogy experience. I am also the founder of RockClimbing.com--a highly successful open-content sports website. I have also been a genealogist on and off again for the past 10 years and come from an extensive line of avid genealogists. This is a hobby for me right now and I will work on this as time permits. If you're interested in help out, please let me know. BTW, I often use "we" since I plan on recruiting others soon and don't want to re-edit the website later on.
Using SharedTree
How do I get started?
Read Getting Started for details.
How do you secure private information?
Much of your genealogy record should and will stay private. To ensure this, we one-way encrypt all passwords, meaning only you will ever know your password. All living people born after 1930 are automatically marked as private records. Only a limited set of relatives can view your record. We also show you a list of every user who has viewed your record for audit purposes.
How do I upload a photograph?
Read the help documentation on Photos
Why can I still see information from other people's family trees?
You can view information for any individual who has a death event, who is more than 100 years old, who is in your family line, or that you created. See Privacy for more more information.
