Others, with larger trees and more curious relatives, have had more luck. Primarily, the Tree Web Page allows me to display my work to other family members. Also, when I contact or am contacted, the web page already has most of the pertinent information to determine if we're related. Consider how much information about living people needs to be online. If you would fax the information to known child molesters and other criminals, then it probably is safe to put online.
Most genealogists delete living people from their websites.
Several genealogy software programs include web site generators. Other software programs can remove the living people from your database. Res Privata GEDLiving Cyndi's List has a good web site starter kit which includes sites which allow you to put your site online for free. Also check Genealogy Home Page Tutorial . Family Tree databases Commercial web sites can provide good search engines for tracking down surnames.