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