[Genealib] New way for genealogical repositories to publicize their family tree holdings

[logan at FamilyTreeRegistry.org]

I am the webmaster of a new free genealogy website,
www.FamilyTreeRegistry.org, and have recently introduced a feature to allow
genealogical repositories, such as libraries, to easily publicize their
family tree holdings in a central location.  Please see
http://www.FamilyTreeRegistry.org/bulkreg.php for details about this feature
called "Bulk Registration."  You can publicize the trees without revealing
personally identifiable information from them -- you can provide as little
information as a descriptive title, though providing additional details,
such as listing surnames, is recommended.

The Family Tree Registry is very different from most other genealogy
websites because of its focus on privacy and its advanced search
functionality.  You can read about the Registry and the philosophy behind it
in the January 2007 issue of Internet Genealogy magazine
(www.internet-genealogy.com).  Essentially, the Registry is a searchable
annotated bibliography of family trees -- it does not contain family trees,
but, instead, descriptions of them and citations of where they can be found.

I hope you will appreciate the usefulness of publicizing your family trees
in a central location.  Some repositories believe that their own indexing is
sufficient, but it is impossible for a genealogist to search every
repository's holdings separately, and many genealogists might be unaware of
any reason to focus on yours.  I hope you will help to create this resource.

** Registrations of unpublished family trees or trees from rare/out-of-print
publications could be especially helpful to the genealogical community.

Thanks very much and best regards,

Logan Kleinwaks
www.FamilyTreeRegistry.org

P.S.
If, after reviewing http://www.FamilyTreeRegistry.org/bulkreg.php, you have
technical questions about how to register your trees, please do not hesitate
to contact me.