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