Tribal Junction Adds Social Networking, Genealogy and Family Communications

The following announcement was written by Tribal Junction:

Tribal Junction connects individuals to distant relatives through dynamically evolving family trees, personalized profiles, and group communication tools.
Tribal Junction's fusion of genealogy into a social platform sets it apart from existing social networking sites.

New York, NY - August 2, 2008 -- Tribal Junction has launched an innovative new Web site that branches out from the typical social networking capabilities and offers users an interactive platform for reconnecting with distant relatives. Family members can now sign up for free at www.TribalJunction.com and create a constantly evolving family tree, while also creating customizable profiles that include photos, family stories and more.

"Tribal Junction makes it easy and fun to create a family tree and find distant relatives," says Javier Colayco, President of Tribal Junction. "Tribal Junction's fusion of genealogy into a social platform sets it apart from existing social networking sites."

As Tribal Junction members invite relatives to join, more members can expand and add to the shared family tree. If a user's family tree contains a member who is already on another tree, the trees are automatically linked, which saves users time and duplicated effort in discovering their relatives.

"Tribal Junction's user-friendly search resources allow users to find long-lost family members and quickly get back in touch," Colayco said. "With enhanced communications tools, such as group e-mail and automated notifications, Tribal Junction is a great way for family members to keep in contact and stay connected for good."

In addition to its social network, Tribal Junction also provides articles on genealogy and family trees to give members more information on the study of ancestry. The articles describe various topics, including the history of genealogy, reasons people pursue genealogical ties and the different types of family trees.

For more information on Tribal Junction, a new social network that connects individuals through genealogy and family trees, visit http://www.tribaljunction.com.

Comments

[James Holland]

The site is okay, but in my opinion http://www.itsourtree.com is WAY better. Tribaljunction seems to be a bad copy.
Ant it's too much BETA for me. Itsourtree is more stable and the social networking aspects are implemented throughout the whole application. And the looks are cooler, too. ;-)

James

[Pat]

Their sign up form requests too much personal information. There is no reason to ask for sex, date of birth, city and state of birth.

[Barbara]

There is very little there. Do a few surname searches: No Johnsons, No Carters, 1 Williams, 1 Brown, 1 Smith.

And do look at the company information. This genealogy site is the product of the same expert as: Poker Hands Replay videos, Rate My FishTank, InBox Journal, etc.

Looks to me like another in a long series of sites trolling for trusting folks at add to their clickrate and submit their personal data: the better to spam you with, my dear.

[Doug]

I'll stick with http://www.itsourtree.com , too. 12 relatives of mine use our family tree for messages and photo sharing. It's like some kind of "family facebook" for us.

[David Oscar Cadogan]

I have been using Tribal Junction's familytree for a long time. For sometime now the website has been under construction, and I'm wondereing if it will be functional again in the near future. Profound Regards
David Oscar Cadogan