Now instead of joining a chat room full of strangers, you can enjoy regularly scheduled family chats. All this and more in an incredibly simple and appealing package. Unlike Family Point, your Shoebox defaults to public access, but you can make some parts private. Most areas, such as the newsletter and home web page, are created with the use of templates, giving you some control over the look of your page. Shoeboxes also include chat and threaded discussions.
Choices abound, but are clearly described and easy to make.
Optional features include a password for privacy, chat room, newsletter, and guest book. Presto, a graphical clickable family tree I can easily share with relatives. If anyone in your family has an interest in genealogy, this is the only collaboration site worth considering. Club is not specifically designed for families, it has enough of the right features to be included. A club includes free email addresses, chat, calendar, message boards, photos, favorite family links and one- click access to news headlines.