The short answer is... You must be a member of our family, or extended family.
And yes... 'Close Personal Friends' are also considered to be 'Family' 
The long answer follows:
Basically there three reference points;
G-G-Mother Mallie (Mallie Hamrick-Kimbrell)
GrandMa Kay (Kay Christenson-Kimbrell)
G-Pa Ken (Ken Kimbrell)
If you are related to any one of the three of us then you are eligible to join and have access to all of the member boards and be able to post to Topic's and to start your own Topic if you wish to. And... we have lots of great pictures in the photo Gallery and would love to see you add some of yours.
So if you are a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or great-great-grandchild you can sign up. Yes, G-G-GrandMother Mallie dose have g-g-gkids!
Also, if you are a spouse, step-child, niece, nephew, cousin, aunt or uncle who is related to us or one of our descendants then it's almost a sure bet that you are eligible and we encourage you to join in the family fun... basically if you are a member of the Christenson, Hamrick or Kimbrell families or related in some way then you can join.
If you would like to join but are not sure of whether or not you may be eligible please feel free to send me an email and we will get it sorted out for you.
Our primary objective with this forum is to draw the family closer together by giving us a common place on the web to meet up with each other and keep each other up to date on family happenings by posting notes, pictures and stories about what's up where we/you are. Our family is spread out across the whole of the USA plus several other countries including, Canada, England, Morocco and Sweden so we hope this will help us stay close.
The other primary concern we have here on the forum is safety and security for all of the children who will be viewing the content that gets posted here and plus there will be some of them who will be posting as well, so this is why we are holding such tight control over who can become a member.
We want all who are family to feel welcome and safe while here on the forums, so we intend to do everything within our power to keep out the bad folks you sometimes find on the web.
The main thing is for us to have a little fun and enjoy sharing with each other and be safe.
Enjoy... g-pa ken
*We've setup some new features here on the FamilyForum where you can find contact information, or post your own, but you must be a member of the FamilyForum and logged in before you will be able to access that part of the site.
So, if you are not yet a member now would be a good time. 
