Yes, I forgot to mention it's a good way to find some possible living family members, or old classmates. Seems like just about everyone has a facebook page even if they don't use it much. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: masmith [mailto:masmith@freedomnet.org] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:14 PM > To: 'Lisa Lepore' > Subject: RE: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > I agree. I use the List for my really "sure" information....... but > Facebook does give me a clue, sometimes, of family members who are > alive NOW and might know something about their ancestors...altho > Facebook is not really a genealogy program, but more social......... > > I'd like to be able to give someone on Facebook my personal email > address sometimes, so they can send me lists, data, etc..... or just to > talk to and exchange information about families that are really closely > related to me....... some of them I've lost contact with over the > years, esp. as the older folk die and the younger ones do not pursue > genealogy very actively! > But they WOULD know the names of some of the people in their families, > and not care if it is shared..... I tend not to give out names and > dates and locations of living people.....just for privacy and safety > sake....As much as I trust the genealogy group people, it would be a > good way for someone to gain personal information for other reasons.... > some of which might not be safe, or even worth the risk. > > I have "met" a lot of good people in the genealogy groups.....and would > like to be able to correspond with them personally, off-list....... > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Lepore > via > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:11 PM > To: 'Françoise J. Côté Séguin'; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > Hi Fran, > > > > The only thing to do is to keep posting messages on the various lists > you belong to, and hope > > that people will respond. There may still be members, but just not > post too often. If there is > > activity then maybe interest will pick up, although I tend to doubt > it . > > > > Other than that, I dont think theres much to be done. This group has > remained as > > active as always, with the addition of its facebook group, and I think > thats great. I would > > rather use a list like this for asking a question or discussing a topic > than use facebook. Im not > > quite sure the information will stay there, since genealogy research is > not its purpose. Also, > > as I mentioned earlier, its hard to find things that have been posted > previously. > > > > > > Lisa > > lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > > > > > > > > From: Françoise J. Côté Séguin [mailto:franseguin@bell.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:01 AM > To: Lisa Lepore > Subject: RE: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > > > I agree with you but I have given up trying to stay out of face book. > What can we do to try and keep the (old ways). truly Fran > > > > To: kola626@embarqmail.com; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 17:40:05 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > From: quebec-research@rootsweb.com > > > > There is no cost to sign up for facebook, and you can make your page > > as private as you want it to be. > > > > I signed up for a few facebook groups when it seemed like there were > > less posts on genealogy lists like this. This is a very active list, > > but many of the the others I belong to have dwindled down to hardly > > any posts at all. It seems like everyone has moved to facebook and > the > > blogs. > > > > Although some of the facebook groups are good [like the quebec group > > :-) others are not so great. It's hard to go back to find old > > messages, and in some > cases, > > people > > delete their posts after they get their answers! > > > > I like the lists much better, > > > > Lisa > > lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quebec-research- > > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Patricia LeBeau via > > > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 10:32 AM > > > To: quebec-research@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > > > > > Then too many of us are not signed up for Facebook and have no > > > desire to be. I think it is sad that this so-called social media is > > > not open to everyone, so is not really very sociable. > > > > > > Patricia in SW Florida > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ > List Archives are at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message
That was me until this past 22 Sept. I had a FB page set up by a niece, under a fictious, made up name,but did not friend anyone except her and one of my daughters. I had some serious reservations about going public, but then on the 22d decided to come out of hiding and show myself on FB under my REAL name. I am now friends with several people, mostly family member,s as well as two groups, including the Q-R Facebook page. My privacy settings are high, for personal reasons, but otherwise I'm happy I "came out of the closet!" so to speak. I can now share photos with friends and family without needing to send downloaded photos by email. Linnie -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Lepore via <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> To: 'masmith' <masmith@freedomnet.org>; QUEBEC-RESEARCH <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 1:05 pm Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook Yes, I forgot to mention it's a good way to find some possible living family members, or old classmates. Seems like just about everyone has a facebook page even if they don't use it much. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: masmith [mailto:masmith@freedomnet.org] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:14 PM > To: 'Lisa Lepore' > Subject: RE: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > I agree. I use the List for my really "sure" information....... but > Facebook does give me a clue, sometimes, of family members who are > alive NOW and might know something about their ancestors...altho > Facebook is not really a genealogy program, but more social......... > > I'd like to be able to give someone on Facebook my personal email > address sometimes, so they can send me lists, data, etc..... or just to > talk to and exchange information about families that are really closely > related to me....... some of them I've lost contact with over the > years, esp. as the older folk die and the younger ones do not pursue > genealogy very actively! > But they WOULD know the names of some of the people in their families, > and not care if it is shared..... I tend not to give out names and > dates and locations of living people.....just for privacy and safety > sake....As much as I trust the genealogy group people, it would be a > good way for someone to gain personal information for other reasons.... > some of which might not be safe, or even worth the risk. > > I have "met" a lot of good people in the genealogy groups.....and would > like to be able to correspond with them personally, off-list....... > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Lepore > via > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:11 PM > To: 'Françoise J. Côté Séguin'; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > Hi Fran, > > > > The only thing to do is to keep posting messages on the various lists > you belong to, and hope > > that people will respond. There may still be members, but just not > post too often. If there is > > activity then maybe interest will pick up, although I tend to doubt > it . > > > > Other than that, I dont think theres much to be done. This group has > remained as > > active as always, with the addition of its facebook group, and I think > thats great. I would > > rather use a list like this for asking a question or discussing a topic > than use facebook. Im not > > quite sure the information will stay there, since genealogy research is > not its purpose. Also, > > as I mentioned earlier, its hard to find things that have been posted > previously. > > > > > > Lisa > > lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > > > > > > > > From: Françoise J. Côté Séguin [mailto:franseguin@bell.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:01 AM > To: Lisa Lepore > Subject: RE: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > > > I agree with you but I have given up trying to stay out of face book. > What can we do to try and keep the (old ways). truly Fran > > > > To: kola626@embarqmail.com; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 17:40:05 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > From: quebec-research@rootsweb.com > > > > There is no cost to sign up for facebook, and you can make your page > > as private as you want it to be. > > > > I signed up for a few facebook groups when it seemed like there were > > less posts on genealogy lists like this. This is a very active list, > > but many of the the others I belong to have dwindled down to hardly > > any posts at all. It seems like everyone has moved to facebook and > the > > blogs. > > > > Although some of the facebook groups are good [like the quebec group > > :-) others are not so great. It's hard to go back to find old > > messages, and in some > cases, > > people > > delete their posts after they get their answers! > > > > I like the lists much better, > > > > Lisa > > lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quebec-research- > > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Patricia LeBeau via > > > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 10:32 AM > > > To: quebec-research@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > > > > > Then too many of us are not signed up for Facebook and have no > > > desire to be. I think it is sad that this so-called social media is > > > not open to everyone, so is not really very sociable. > > > > > > Patricia in SW Florida > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ > List Archives are at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message