Web software for a family web site?

[Randy Edwards]

   I'm debating putting up a family web site.  Like most families, ours is 
scattered geographically and it's hard to keep track of all the aunts, 
uncles, cousins, nieces, etc.

   A web site for this seems like a no-brainer.  And I'm sure some people have 
written software to accomplish the "normal" tasks.

   What I'm thinking would be nice is a web-based, newbie-friendly mailing 
list for gossip and family news.  Mailman or whatever would do for that.

   But thinking about it, a "group calendar" would be great in that it'd allow 
anyone in the family to enter in birthdays and anniversaries and such.  What 
a god-send it'd be to have all that neatly entered into a calendar, eh?

   So here are my questions:

(1) What other types of "family functions" do you think a family web site 
should have?

(2) What specific free software web apps would you recommend?


 TIA,
 .
 Randy

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