Being able to post a picture of a document, or a photograph is one benefit of facebook over the mailing lists. Lisa lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quebec-research- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl McGregor via > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 11:42 AM > To: quebec-research@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] Facebook > > > Most of the Facebook posts are pictures, links to stories and event > notifications. Genealogy queries where folks can actually attach > photos. Some of those posts wouldn't work as well on the list serve. > I would hope that people posting actual queries would be posting them > in both places to get the benefit of as many eyes as possible. Another > thing to remember is that the posts always seem to lessen through the > summer as folks are out and about on vacations and such. > > Cheryl > > > > > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 17:40:05 -0400 > > From: "Lisa Lepore" <lisa.lepore2@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Q-R] QR and Facebook > > To: "'Patricia LeBeau'" <kola626@embarqmail.com>, > > <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <54306935.74148c0a.560b.ffffe83b@mx.google.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > 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 > >