I don't want to write as a defender of Facebook, especially because I have no confidence in their respect of privacy. But, I joined because I wanted to see what my grandchildren were posting. I'm not alone. But, I soon discovered others were posting family photos, which cannot be posted to the lists. A family member's house burned down a year ago. Others in the family are posting old photos on Facebook to help replace what was lost. Facebook doesn't need to archive them for me. I can copy them to my hard drive and/or directly into my genealogy program. My maternal grandfather moved from Canada to the U.S. and remarried (before my grandmother died). I recently traced all the descendants of this second wife. One of his granddaughters from the second family has posted hundreds of photos of her branch of the family on Facebook, living people who I would have had great difficulty finding. I don't play any of the games (except Scrabble with a cousin in Canada) nor have I shared personal information. Shirley ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Castlederg Genealogy Group Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:28:21 +0000 I am entirely with Ray on this subject Why do people bother with facebook, which may be flavour of the month for now but not a great resource for research, particularly long term The list posts are archived for future researchers to gain from and make contact with previous posters with similar interests And a whole lot safer to use Give me the lists and boards any day Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/01/2014 13:46, ray15 wrote: > Thank you for the notification, Mervyn; and to Clare for giving them a boost. > > Sadly, though, I will have to stay ignorant of everything about your group, as I refuse to join Facebook; and having tried your link, can only read there upon becoming a member. > > It’s a pity, but something that I have to accept as long as I choose to stick by my preference for privacy. > > Wishing you all the best with it nevertheless. > Ray in Oz ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I totally agree about facebook. It does have its place. I joined years ago to keep up with one of my daughters. I have since connected with so many family members I had totally lost contact with. I was also able to reconnect with a friend I had not seen in many years. She lives in NZ and just happened to be in my area of Canada when I contacted her son through FB. It is a really great way to share pictures too. Mary in Vancouver, BC On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Shirley Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't want to write as a defender of Facebook, especially because I have > no confidence in their respect of privacy. But, I joined because I wanted > to see what my grandchildren were posting. I'm not alone. But, I soon > discovered others were posting family photos, which cannot be posted to the > lists. A family member's house burned down a year ago. Others in the > family are posting old photos on Facebook to help replace what was lost. > Facebook doesn't need to archive them for me. I can copy them to my hard > drive and/or directly into my genealogy program. My maternal grandfather > moved from Canada to the U.S. and remarried (before my grandmother died). > I recently traced all the descendants of this second wife. One of his > granddaughters from the second family has posted hundreds of photos of her > branch of the family on Facebook, living people who I would have had great > difficulty finding. I don't play any of the games (except Scrabble with a > cousin in Canada) nor have! > I shared personal information. > Shirley > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Castlederg Genealogy Group > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:28:21 +0000 > > I am entirely with Ray on this subject > > Why do people bother with facebook, which may be flavour of the month > for now but not a great resource for research, particularly long term > > The list posts are archived for future researchers to gain from and make > contact with previous posters with similar interests > > And a whole lot safer to use > > Give me the lists and boards any day > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 10/01/2014 13:46, ray15 wrote: > > Thank you for the notification, Mervyn; and to Clare for giving them a > boost. > > > > Sadly, though, I will have to stay ignorant of everything about your > group, as I refuse to join Facebook; and having tried your link, can only > read there upon becoming a member. > > > > It’s a pity, but something that I have to accept as long as I > choose to stick by my preference for privacy. > > > > Wishing you all the best with it nevertheless. > > Ray in Oz > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Shirley, You can share gravestone photos on CTI's gravestone site. And you can always start up a private conversation with list members where you can share them. - - - - - Clare L. On Jan 10, 2014, at 3:43 PM, "Shirley Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't want to write as a defender of Facebook, especially because I have no confidence in their respect of privacy. But, I joined because I wanted to see what my grandchildren were posting. I'm not alone. But, I soon discovered others were posting family photos, which cannot be posted to the lists. A family member's house burned down a year ago. Others in the family are posting old photos on Facebook to help replace what was lost. Facebook doesn't need to archive them for me. I can copy them to my hard drive and/or directly into my genealogy program. My maternal grandfather moved from Canada to the U.S. and remarried (before my grandmother died). I recently traced all the descendants of this second wife. One of his granddaughters from the second family has posted hundreds of photos of her branch of the family on Facebook, living people who I would have had great difficulty finding. I don't play any of the games (except Scrabble with a cousin in Canada) nor ha! ve! > I shared personal information. > Shirley >
Hi Shirley My problem with facebook is not the people who know how to use it and show some common sense when posting It is with those who either don't know how to use it sensibly or couldn't care less about others As to photos, no, rootsweb lists do not accept them but there are many other avenues you can use, such as Flickr (a free site) Then post a link in a list post Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/01/2014 15:43, Shirley Smith wrote: > I don't want to write as a defender of Facebook, especially because I > have no confidence in their respect of privacy. But, I joined > because I wanted to see what my grandchildren were posting. I'm not > alone. But, I soon discovered others were posting family photos, > which cannot be posted to the lists. A family member's house burned > down a year ago. Others in the family are posting old photos on