Joan I am an old researcher and gave up on Roots Web a long time ago. Hardly ever found any of my relatives on any of the sites. Searching on Roots Web is slow and frustrating to me. I prefer FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Genealogy Bank and Fold3. Stafford On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:55 PM, JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > Bette- > > Absolutely. Many newer researchers use Facebook but may not familiar with > our lists and boards. One member on Facebook commented how nice it is to be > able put a face to the names she's communicated with on the list for years. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 2/4/2012 1:45:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > chumledo@optonline.net writes: > > Maybe the Facebook page could be a way to encourage people to join it's > sister Rootsweb list? > The one strong asset of the Rootsweb lists are the searchable archives, > but Facebook does have the advantage of allowing for the posting of photos. > Bette Collins > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message