Facebook posts have an individual time stamp and URL that can be referenced like the URL of an individual blog post. If you click on the time stamp for the post, you are taken to a page just for that post, which you can cut and paste or print for inclusion in files. When in cite facebook posts, i follow the format for an blog post from EE, but without a title, with the date it was posted, URL for the individual post and access date. FB does not currently allow editing of posts, but it does allow them to be deleted or have their privacy levels changed. Since those can change, i make a copy for my files. Phil. On Dec 14, 2012 12:49 AM, < transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:44:42 +0000 > From: Sue Adams <sueyadams@gmail.com> > Subject: [TGF] Facebook citation > To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <50C9B19A.8040800@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My cousin recently got engaged, which was announced on Facebook. How do > I cite this? Are there any elements that are specific to social media? > > -- > > Sue Adams > > Family Folk

Good post, Phil. The time I used Facebook as a source, the information came from the page owner's biographical information. Bonnie Dunphy Kohler South Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Weiss" <weiss.philip@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:21 AM > Facebook posts have an individual time stamp and URL that can be > referenced > like the URL of an individual blog post. If you click on the time stamp > for > the post, you are taken to a page just for that post, which you can cut > and > paste or print for inclusion in files. > > When in cite facebook posts, i follow the format for an blog post from EE, > but without a title, with the date it was posted, URL for the individual > post and access date. > > FB does not currently allow editing of posts, but it does allow them to be > deleted or have their privacy levels changed. Since those can change, i > make a copy for my files. > > Phil.

Thanks Phil I thought Ah-ha, just what I need and very useful for Facebook posts However it is not quite so simple. The engagement was announced via a relationship status change. Unlike normal posts, the date is not a link, so I can't click on it to isolate the post. It seems that you can have only one relationship status at one time. I am not sure what happens to the previous posts when you change that status. Does anyone here know? Is it possible, permissions and privacy issues aside, to trace the history of a relationship on Facebook? I hope I have succesfully set posts relating to my experimental status changes to private, or I could have some very confused relatives and friends ;-) . Sue Adams Family Folk Blog: http://familyfolklore.wordpress.com/ On 14/12/2012 09:21, Philip Weiss wrote: > Facebook posts have an individual time stamp and URL that can be referenced > like the URL of an individual blog post. If you click on the time stamp for > the post, you are taken to a page just for that post, which you can cut and > paste or print for inclusion in files. > > When in cite facebook posts, i follow the format for an blog post from EE, > but without a title, with the date it was posted, URL for the individual > post and access date. > > FB does not currently allow editing of posts, but it does allow them to be > deleted or have their privacy levels changed. Since those can change, i > make a copy for my files. > > Phil. > > On Dec 14, 2012 12:49 AM, < > transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:44:42 +0000 >> From: Sue Adams <sueyadams@gmail.com> >> Subject: [TGF] Facebook citation >> To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <50C9B19A.8040800@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> My cousin recently got engaged, which was announced on Facebook. How do >> I cite this? Are there any elements that are specific to social media? >> >> -- >> >> Sue Adams >> >> Family Folk > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >