Site Navigation

Basic Navigation

First off, I must stress that this site is, in essence, a collection of many different web sites Although the basic navigation of this page may seem simple to me, I am sure there will be many who will become confused. That is the purpose of this page!

You have a main starting page but it will lead you to different sections. For instance, when you click one of the links under "Genealogy" you will be taken to a section of the site for that selection. If you choose "Maternal" you will be taken to what will suddenly be called "The Forbes-Stevenson Genealogy Home Page". If you click on the "Paternal" link you will be taken to that section and it will suddenly be called "The Spangler-Gamble Genealogy Home Page". The same will go with the "My Family" link. Of course, the "Message Board" link will take you to a message board that is hosted off of this domain and the "Ken's Wiki" link will take you to "Ken's Genealogy Wiki" which is hosted on this site but will definitely be an entirely different creature! The main thing to remember is that this is simply a collection of everything I have and will therefore be better presented in the method I have chosen. (Plus this saves me a ton of money!) If you can come up with a better idea, I am always open to suggestions.

So, let's attempt to explain the navigation. The main thing to remember is that the navigation is always in the left hand-column. The logo in the upper left-hand corner will always take you to the main start page for the site, no matter how deep you are in the site. There will be a "Home" link just below the logo. This link will take you to the home page for whatever section you are in. For example, if you are viewing The Forbes-Stevenson Genealogy Home Page you will be taken to the main page for that section! Various links for each section will change according to what section you are in! Not too hard, right?

The "Genealogy" portion, with it's "Maternal" and "Paternal" sections was pretty well covered above.

The "My Family" section is under construction right now. I still haven't figured how I want to approach this. I want to present information about my wife, children and myself. Bear with me as I get this together. I will post info on my blog when I finally get this section together!

The "Blogs" section is only on the main start page. I now have two blogs on my site. "Beyond Fiction" is dedicated to keeping you updated on my research and about different aspects of doing genealogy. "KBUB News" is simply a "What's New" section and will inform you of any updates on the site itself. Links to the blogs will only be available on the main site page.

The "Ken's Wiki" section is a new experience for me. I am still learning this software but I am very excited about the possibilities for this section. If you aren't familiar with wikis you can find information on the main wiki page to help you understand it. The nice thing about a wiki is that it will allow anyone to post or update pages within it. I have made it a requirement that you must register before you can do anything but this should be alright with most everyone. Eventually I will make this another private section of the site and will require a password to access it. For now, in it's infant stages, I will allow access to it.

The "Message Board" link will take you to the off-site message board I have set up for everyone. You can post current events as well as other useful info here.

The "Credits" section will be a place where I can give credit to all those who have helped me both financially as well as with information. I will post this link on the main start page only as these folks are responsible for the entire site in one way or another. This will allow the other sections to be focused completely on what you are there for!

The "Contact Me" section is explained below.

The "Links" section is explained below.

The "About The Site" section is pretty self-explanatory. It will tell you about the site, why I created it, what it's purpose is and my plans for it. It will also offer a link to the tools used to create the site.

My simplest suggestion would be to just play around with the links and if you experience any problems just shoot me an email and I will try to steer you in the right direction. If you play around with it long enough you will figure out how to navigate just fine.

Once again, if you have any ideas about navigation I am always open to suggestions. I simply ask that you understand that just because you suggest doesn't mean I will change. It would definitely have to be something to improve the site for me to make the change.

Contact Section

There are two ways that you can contact me at this time:

1). Email - I check my email everyday so you won't have to worry about a long wait for a reply.

2). Snail-mail - For those who don't know, snail-mail is just plain old mail. The U.S. Post Office, or whichever country you may live in, will deliver your mail to me!! :-) This takes a little longer but I promise that I will reply to every letter sent.

Feel free to use any of these three forms of communication. The main point of this site is to try to make new contacts! I promise I don't bite and I will try to help in any way that I can. Please understand that I may not always have the answer you need, but I will try my best to get what I can for you.

Links To Outside Sites

In the "Links Section" there are links to outside sites. Each one will open in a new window so that you won't lose this site. These are just a few of the related sites that I offer, mainly concerning websites that members of my family have made as memorials or even another genealogy site! Please, check these sites out! There is a lot of info in them.

Navigating in the Surname Sections

When you are in a surname section, the main navigation will be in the right-hand frame. At the main page for each surname will be a section dedicated to my direct-line relating to that name. There will also be a section for my complete research on that surname. Just choose whichever one you want to explore and it will take you to a "Surname" page, which will contain all the surnames listed in that section. Choose the surname you want and it will take you to a list of names. Choose the name you are interested in (or any name if you don't know the exact one) and it will take you to a family-sheet type page which will contain the husband, wife, and any children. If I have further info on a person, such as a picture, obituary, etc... I will place it beside that person's name on the family-sheet page. Any pictures or obituaries, etc... will open in a new window so that you won't have to go away from that page.

All the names are linked on each page. If there is no hyperlink, then that means that I have no information on that person. If at any time you feel that you are lost, don't click on the "Home" link, instead click on the "Names" or "Surnames" link at the bottom of each Family-Sheet. It will take you back to the main "Names" or "Surnames" pages and you can find your bearings from there.