10/1/2000
By Allison Stacy
Genealogy Web sites aren't just for visiting. Share your family history finds and keep in touch by building your own site. It's fast, easy and you can even do it for free — just follow these 10 steps.
Genealogy as Jo Autrey of Dallas knew it changed on July 18, 1998. That's when Andrea Autrey of Seattle launched a Web page for all variations of the Autrey surname <homepages.rootsweb. com/~autry/> (the women aren't related). After the two connected electronically, Andrea helped Jo set up her own simple site.
A few months later, while researching her Texas ancestors, Jo met Kristy Williams of Stafford, Va., a coordinator of several US GenWeb <www.usgenweb.org> pages. When Williams learned that Jo's Internet Service Provider (ISP) was going to charge $50 an hour to improve her site, she offered to revamp it for free <members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey/>. Jo was so impressed with her friend's skills that she encouraged Williams to start her own Web design company, KD's Designs <www.KD~Designs.com>.