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[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|Sharing]] lets the world know what you have accomplished. Sharing is the friendly and decent thing to do—it sets a good example and could lead to further discoveries. It gives your peers a chance to evaluate your work and give constructive suggestions for improvement. Your well-documented research lays a foundation on which the next generation of researchers can build. Sharing sometimes helps unite otherwise fragmented extended families. If you know others will see your work, you will tend to do higher quality work. It gives authors you cite in your sources further recognition and credit for what they did.  
[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|Sharing]] lets the world know what you have accomplished. Sharing is the friendly and decent thing to do—it sets a good example and could lead to further discoveries. It gives your peers a chance to evaluate your work and give constructive suggestions for improvement. Your well-documented research lays a foundation on which the next generation of researchers can build. Sharing sometimes helps unite otherwise fragmented extended families. If you know others will see your work, you will tend to do higher quality work. It gives authors you cite in your sources further recognition and credit for what they did.  
== Genealogy software that generates web pages  ==
The Personal Ancestral File (PAF) computer program helps organize genealogical information in several formats. The program generates family group records, pedigrees, descendency charts, and many other reports from the genealogical data you have entered. To generate a web page, open the PAF program, click '''Tools''' on the menu bar, click '''Create Web Page . . .''' and continue selecting the features you want on the new web page.
The Personal Ancestral File (PAF) program for use on Windows PCs is free and can be downloaded at  [https://www.familysearch.org/products FamilySearch Products]
[http://www.cyndislist.com/categories/ Cyndi’s List] has a '''''Home Page Construction Kit''''' that lists other Windows or MacIntosh genealogy software programs that can also generate web pages. To view the list, click '''[http://www.cyndislist.com/categories/ here] '''and scroll down to the '''''Content''''' section.


== What to share, when, and where to put up your web page  ==
== What to share, when, and where to put up your web page  ==
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