tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post4538356086328445660..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Is Reading Facebook a Royal Waste of Time?James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-40444977454473631192017-11-10T20:02:47.513-07:002017-11-10T20:02:47.513-07:00Researcher Katherine R. Willson has created a docu...Researcher Katherine R. Willson has created a document, Genealogy on FB, which has over 11,000 links to genealogy pages on FB!I always include this resource in my genealogy lectures. https://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/Carol Kostakos Petranekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05460906836117876215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-1379944651085628002017-11-09T08:13:26.424-07:002017-11-09T08:13:26.424-07:00Facebook is quite helpful when researching some re...Facebook is quite helpful when researching some remote cousins or people whose relation is unclear - you may look whom they tagged as their relatives, where they live or lived, studied, etc. Not everyone has this information public, but sometimes it's there and is helpful. The same goes for other social networks: Odnoklassniki and VKontakte are much more pervasive in former Soviet countries than Facebook, and many people have more info in their profiles there than in their profiles on Facebook. I was able to extend my tree laterally by at least 150 persons thanks to social networks.<br />Besides, link to a person's profile on social network may be considered as another source in genealogical sense: it's a proof they exist and were born on given date. R. Kovbasyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15538731754324028314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-24775845452916015562017-11-09T05:18:30.881-07:002017-11-09T05:18:30.881-07:00Facebook is a great resource for those of us resea...Facebook is a great resource for those of us researching our European ancestors. I've benefited from both the Polish and Czech genealogy groups. I use it to keep in touch with cousins, but mostly for the genealogy groups.Mary Foxworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920635118761855399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-33564681009371846722017-11-08T23:24:42.406-07:002017-11-08T23:24:42.406-07:00I suspect I have been a bit like you. I've com...I suspect I have been a bit like you. I've come very late to the world of Facebook. I have be-friended. I have not looked any suggestions relating to friends. I am a member of 6 or so closed or secret groups. I do not get inundated with unwanted trivia. <br />I have toyed with making closed groups for relatives to get data about various lines I am tracing, but from the response I have had so far, I am uncertain how involved they are with Facebook. I shall certainly try the searching as you suggest. Many thanksJohn Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982396423751118567noreply@blogger.com