The Durham Friends website began in 2002 as a group e-mail among a few close friends who had attended Oyster River school system in Durham, NH. The group e-mail was created on Yahoogroups and served as a way for these close friends to communicate together in one place.

Frustrated by the advertising and other problems that are associated with a large corporate group e-mail system and a budding interest in web design by the founder of the group, the idea to have a website that would host it's own group e-mail was born.

Once the idea to build the web site was formed the next question would be what content would compelling enough to build a website around. While the initial group of the group e-mail members were looking for other classmates and friends to join the group, we became aware of those of our classmates that were no longer with us anymore. This gave way to the idea that the site could be a memorial to those that passed away, so we could remember them and honor them by never forgetting who they were and what they meant to us.

So, here we are in 2008. The website has two parts.

First is the public part and you are here. Here is where we can honor those classmates that aren't with us anymore.

The other part is for members. This is where we host host our group e-mail in addition to having a private place where we can share photos and other content with each other in a password protected area.

For more information on becoming a member, click here: Become a member