We thank everyone who wrote and instructed us on removing ourselves from Facebook. Many thanks. As we closed our account, a Facebook team message was emailed to us (in essence; not direct quote) that anytime we wished to return we could, and things would be just as they are today. Do I understand this message to mean that our information is permanently stored on Facebook? This effort to use a venue such as Facebook has been another learning experiece for us. In conclusion, I think the problem is that we did not fully understand the purpose of Facebook. Considerably after the fact, we have read its statements of purpose. TIA Rana