KinCafe.com - Building an online family tree

Today´s modern family most likely does not live within the same city limits, and they may keep in touch through e-mails, blogs, photo sharing sites, and message boards. Why not consolidate it all into one place? With KinCafe, you can create a community with your family and your family´s friends, so that you can share news, photos, events, and network connections all in one place. You can search for other members of your family and add them to your network. The site provides easy-to-use, attractive templates where you can enter family news and create photo albums. Joining is free.

“Kincafe is all about connecting, bonding and cherishing loved ones - the ones you grew up with, the ones you care for at the center of your heart. We bring you latest updates from your family and friends to you. You can build and link family trees together, remember birthdays and anniversaries, share your photo Albums, blogs and other family treasures such as scrapbooks, interests and family news with all who care most.

Parents will love it as a way to keep in touch with kids at college or living far away. It also allows large families with one marriage in common to keep in touch and get to know each other in a way that is less awkward and easier to do over distance.

Will the site catch on or will people see it as silly and a waste of time? After all, it´s a lot of work to maintain the family website, and it´s sure to be a responsibility that will get neglected if the site isn´t used frequently within the network. What about offering more advanced options, such as syndication from blogs of individual members, to make things easier?