Agreed. I see it as more of a way to share links to resources, and to share photos, than to discuss queries in any depth. On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Janean Ray wrote: > We can actually share photos there. > > > Janean Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne P. > Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Our Group on Facebook > > Craig, > > I LOVE the idea, and being a technology lover (and in my 30s), I do > not > think it is experimental at all! Lots of groups are doing it, and I > think > that younger users tend to expect organizations to have a Facebook and > Twitter presence online, in addition to listservs, message boards, > websites, > and blogs. > > I really appreciate the information that i get from other genealogy > groups > on Facebook. I find that, overall, there is less exchange of very > detailed, > specific family information on FB than on the listservs. Rather, > Facebook is > a wonderful way to link up with other like-minded or geographically- > related > groups, and is a good way to send out information about events, > related > websites, and articles. It is also a great way to send out photos. I > have > found so many wonderful resources via my FB genealogy groups. > > I can already say that I see it as a wonderful addition to the > information > already compiled here. Thanks for setting it up! > > Thank you for all you do, > Anne Palmer Johnson > > p.s. You WILL get some of the dreaded "drive-by" genealogists, but i > think > you will find the benefits outweigh the negatives. > > On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am doing something experimental here. I created a facebook (aka >> fb) group for our list. This may be a good idea or a bad idea. Time >> will tell. The reason why is that many rootsweb list administrators >> are doing this, and I thought I'd like to see what happens if we did >> the same thing. I suspect it will be a mixed bag of good and bad. >> The good part will be more participants. The bad part is that many of >> them will be drive-by newbies. The NNVHS has its own facebook page, >> and the recent even to raise funds for the NNVHS scholarship fund >> sold >> 13 tickets in a day by posting the event on its fb page. >> Face book is the poster child for mass communication. >> >> Nothing will change with the rootsweb list. This is purely optional >> on >> your part. Even if you already have a facebook account. >> >> If you do NOT have a facebook account, and don't want to have one, no >> further action is necessary You just won't see what people are >> posting >> there. >> >> Consequences: I will probably have to send over and over this same >> message. I may well change my mind about this. But, let's see what >> happens. It may also dumb-down our list, but it also may smart-up the >> list. Like I said, iI think it will be a mixed bag. >> >> If you are on facebook, you can join at: >> >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/278272062202180/ >> >> Let me know your thoughts on it. If the reaction is favorable, I >> will >> keep it going. If the reaction is negative, I'll take it down. >> I only ask that we give it a month to see what happens with it before >> we pass final judgment. Underline the word FINAL. >> >> Craig >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Anne, I had had a rootsweb list for the KILBY family since 1997. That is not a common name, and every Kilby I know except me is pretty taciturn. It was receiving nothing but junk mail and nothing else. But a cousin of mine in Gloucester County had set up a Kilby web site which was (and does) generate pretty good traffic. When I decided to shut down the Kilby rootsweb list, we agreed to open it on facebook. It's been pretty successful for unexpected reasons. We've certainly found new cousins and new documents we would have never found on our own. To my pleasant surprise, it has been a pretty professional group who all mean well, and no spammers. So, this is not a bad thing. It's just a different thing. Craig On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Anne P. Johnson wrote: > Agreed. I see it as more of a way to share links to resources, and to > share photos, than to discuss queries in any depth. > > > On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Janean Ray wrote: > >> We can actually share photos there. >> >> >> Janean Ray >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne P. >> Johnson >> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:52 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Our Group on Facebook >> >> Craig, >> >> I LOVE the idea, and being a technology lover (and in my 30s), I do >> not >> think it is experimental at all! Lots of groups are doing it, and I >> think >> that younger users tend to expect organizations to have a Facebook and >> Twitter presence online, in addition to listservs, message boards, >> websites, >> and blogs. >> >> I really appreciate the information that i get from other genealogy >> groups >> on Facebook. I find that, overall, there is less exchange of very >> detailed, >> specific family information on FB than on the listservs. Rather, >> Facebook is >> a wonderful way to link up with other like-minded or geographically- >> related >> groups, and is a good way to send out information about events, >> related >> websites, and articles. It is also a great way to send out photos. I >> have >> found so many wonderful resources via my FB genealogy groups. >> >> I can already say that I see it as a wonderful addition to the >> information >> already compiled here. Thanks for setting it up! >> >> Thank you for all you do, >> Anne Palmer Johnson >> >> p.s. You WILL get some of the dreaded "drive-by" genealogists, but i >> think >> you will find the benefits outweigh the negatives. >> >> On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am doing something experimental here. I created a facebook (aka >>> fb) group for our list. This may be a good idea or a bad idea. Time >>> will tell. The reason why is that many rootsweb list administrators >>> are doing this, and I thought I'd like to see what happens if we did >>> the same thing. I suspect it will be a mixed bag of good and bad. >>> The good part will be more participants. The bad part is that many of >>> them will be drive-by newbies. The NNVHS has its own facebook page, >>> and the recent even to raise funds for the NNVHS scholarship fund >>> sold >>> 13 tickets in a day by posting the event on its fb page. >>> Face book is the poster child for mass communication. >>> >>> Nothing will change with the rootsweb list. This is purely optional >>> on >>> your part. Even if you already have a facebook account. >>> >>> If you do NOT have a facebook account, and don't want to have one, no >>> further action is necessary You just won't see what people are >>> posting >>> there. >>> >>> Consequences: I will probably have to send over and over this same >>> message. I may well change my mind about this. But, let's see what >>> happens. It may also dumb-down our list, but it also may smart-up the >>> list. Like I said, iI think it will be a mixed bag. >>> >>> If you are on facebook, you can join at: >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/groups/278272062202180/ >>> >>> Let me know your thoughts on it. If the reaction is favorable, I >>> will >>> keep it going. If the reaction is negative, I'll take it down. >>> I only ask that we give it a month to see what happens with it before >>> we pass final judgment. Underline the word FINAL. >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >>> body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >