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Friday, December 17, 2010

Follow Friday - Australian FamilySites - The Penhall Family

The Penhall Family site is another Australian Family Site that appears to use blogging software as a platform. I feel that this site may use Wordpress.

The site uses an attractive template and is well-organised  with a series of pages that are accessible from a top menu bar. Navigation is enhanced by dropdown menus and a site search.

The information on the site consists of a series of narratives about various branches of the author's tree. There is a family photo gallery. A "Resources" page lists resources "that will help you find more information about your ancestors" providing they are from Australia or Britain.

This site, like the Hornsby Family site the was subject of another Follow Friday post, demonstrates that one does not need to place a traditional family tree on the internet to give one's family an online presence.





Site URL

http://www.penhall.id.au/

Site Name

The Penhall Family
Author

Cherie Saunders, South Australian

Author's Contact Details

Contact form on webpage

Last Updated

October 9, 2010

Age of Site

August 2010

Software Used Appears to be a blog template

Persons in Database Not relevant
Index of names

Not evident

Prominent Surnames

Mayo, Penhall, Blackwood, Lindstrom, Saunders, Stolz, Mullins

Password Protected Yes

Details of Living Persons Supressed

"There will be no personal information published about the living family unless permission has been given by the family."

Data Sourced

Not evident

Search Facility

Yes appeaars on header on all pages

Photos/Documents

Photo Gallery page

Geodata

Not evident

Navigation

Excellent

Design

Newspaper style, appears to use a blog template with consistent look and feel to all pages.

Extras

Option to subscribe to family newsletter
Option to send articles from blog as a .pdf to a nominated email address
Tag cloud on home page
RSS Feed button





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