Hi all The society has Just set up a new Facebook group "Nottinghamshire Family History Society "‏ http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=56005623281 To join this group you MUST BE A MEMBER of the Nottinghamshire Family History Society. All applications will be approved by David Greenall, Membership Secretary. This new group is just for Members to put on Stories about Family History members who can help members with Family History Discussion Board for members Regards, David Nottinghamshire Family History Society

Hej! It is important to make family history information available as much as possible but I doubt whether Facebook is the right forum for this, especially after reading an article in The Guardian from last year. I certainly will not be regestering my name with this site. For those who are interested, the article can be read at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook Best wishes Graham Freeman G?teborg, Sweden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nottinghamshire FHS" <nottinghamshire@msn.com> To: "NOTTSGEN-L" <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: [NTT] Off topic! New Facebook group > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all > > The society has Just set up a new Facebook group > "Nottinghamshire Family History Society "‏ > > > > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=56005623281 > > > > To join this group you MUST BE A MEMBER of the Nottinghamshire Family > History Society. All applications will be approved by David Greenall, > Membership Secretary. > > > This new group is just for Members to put on Stories about Family History > members who can help members with Family History > > Discussion Board for members > > Regards, > David > Nottinghamshire Family History Society > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well said. Facebook really is for saddos, and this article also highlights how others get hold of your published thoughts and use them. There was a report in The Daily Telegraph a week or so ago where a youth was sacked from his job after he had written up on Facebook how boring it was. This is incredible. It's like the boss following you to the pub after work and listening to your conversations with your pals about your job. You wouldn't stand for that would you? Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Graham Freeman Sent: 11 March 2009 10:08 To: Nottinghamshire FHS; NOTTSGEN-L Subject: Re: [NTT] Off topic! New Facebook group Hej! It is important to make family history information available as much as possible but I doubt whether Facebook is the right forum for this, especially after reading an article in The Guardian from last year. I certainly will not be regestering my name with this site. For those who are interested, the article can be read at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook Best wishes Graham Freeman G?teborg, Sweden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nottinghamshire FHS" <nottinghamshire@msn.com> To: "NOTTSGEN-L" <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: [NTT] Off topic! New Facebook group > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all > > The society has Just set up a new Facebook group > "Nottinghamshire Family History Society "‏ > > > > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=56005623281 > > > > To join this group you MUST BE A MEMBER of the Nottinghamshire Family > History Society. All applications will be approved by David Greenall, > Membership Secretary. > > > This new group is just for Members to put on Stories about Family History > members who can help members with Family History > > Discussion Board for members > > Regards, > David > Nottinghamshire Family History Society > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I totally agree with Brian and Graham. I actually regard sites like Facebook as quite dangerous and never go on them, even if someone sends me an email to say I have been listed as a friend. There are hundreds of other sites far more suitable for discussing or uploading family history details - if that's what folk want to do. I am not a member of the Notts FHS, but if I was, I'd be rather wary of this went ahead. Kind regards Suzie (from Orkney) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Binns" <bnbinns@gmail.com> To: "'Graham Freeman'" <g.freeman@glocalnet.net>; "'Nottinghamshire FHS'" <nottinghamshire@msn.com>; "'NOTTSGEN-L'" <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [NTT] Off topic! New Facebook group Well said. Facebook really is for saddos, and this article also highlights how others get hold of your published thoughts and use them. There was a report in The Daily Telegraph a week or so ago where a youth was sacked from his job after he had written up on Facebook how boring it was. This is incredible. It's like the boss following you to the pub after work and listening to your conversations with your pals about your job. You wouldn't stand for that would you? Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Graham Freeman Sent: 11 March 2009 10:08 To: Nottinghamshire FHS; NOTTSGEN-L Subject: Re: [NTT] Off topic! New Facebook group Hej! It is important to make family history information available as much as possible but I doubt whether Facebook is the right forum for this, especially after reading an article in The Guardian from last year. I certainly will not be regestering my name with this site. For those who are interested, the article can be read at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook Best wishes Graham Freeman G?teborg, Sweden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nottinghamshire FHS" <nottinghamshire@msn.com> To: "NOTTSGEN-L" <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> > > Hi all > > The society has Just set up a new Facebook group > "Nottinghamshire Family History Society "? > http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=56005623281 > To join this group you MUST BE A MEMBER of the Nottinghamshire Family > History Society. All applications will be approved by David Greenall, > Membership Secretary. > This new group is just for Members to put on Stories about Family History > members who can help members with Family History > > Discussion Board for members > > Regards, > David > Nottinghamshire Family History Society >

I couldn't be bothered with the full Guardian article but I did notice: ' Anyone can glance at your intimate confessions ' Surely the simple answer to that is: do not post your intimate confessions online. I may or may not decide to check out the new group but I am sure that, used sensibly and observing good internet security, we do not need to get hysterical about it. Cliff