I don’t think this is a bad idea at all but for me when I visit statewide or ethnic FB sites it seems too shotgunnish. But if it’s working in Florida, why not. How would I set up an FB group without having to have members sign up for it? Anybody can visit, anybody can comment, etc. I’ve seen both kinds but I know very little about FB. Mike Clay Co From: Laverne H. Tornow via Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2015 5:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MNGEN] MN Genealogy and facebook Just a couple of questions for y'all and an observation: I did a FB search and found the folllowing MN FB groups: Minnesota Genealogy (closed group) Minnesota Norwegians (closed group) Minnesota genealogy network (closed )group) Stearns County Genealogy Minnesota Genealogica lSociety DNA Interest (closed group) Benton County Genealogy Swift County Genealogy Do y'all think A Nicollet County group would be a good idea? A MNGenweb Group? I can only judge how a FB group enhances a Genweb site based on my experiences with such in FLGenWeb and I have to say that the experiment thus far has been positive as far as getting new material for FLGW sites. The Pioneering Families of Florida Document transcription Challenge netted 63 wwills 1 will book index and several Letters of admin being transcribed and place on FLGW sites, the prize a 10.00 walmart gift card, and several members have stepped up and donated 15.00 gift cards to the restaurant of winner's choice for march and april and Southern Gourmet Spice Company has donated a 24 oz bottle of their Kenny Bears Old Florida BBQ Rub, and a member of the group donated a 50.00 Amazon.com gift card as well, keeping the Challenge going until August of this year. I was thinking maybe a Pioneer Families of MN group could work too. We have 3 questions that each person must answer before being admitted to the group: Who was your Florida Pioneer? When and where did they settle in Florida? (pioneer must have been in Florida prior to Feb 25, 1845 or in an area before the county was formed) Are you actively researching your Florida Roots? Each person who asks to join is sent by FB Private message those question and given a week to respond before they are allowed in the group. The sheer amount of information that is being exchanged daily is awesome. In less than a year we have 950 members actively trying to research their Florida Ancestors. The thing is, i don't know enough about MN to start such a group BUT would be happy to help with it...... laverne ------------------------------- 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