In
this post I am going to look at how Facebook can help with your genealogy
research.
22
April 2017
15:37
Facebook
may be useful for keeping in touch with your family and friends.
Many businesses
have pages that are used to keep in touch with clients,
customers and employees.
Small businesses often ask their customers
to leave reviews for them. Social
clubs, sports clubs and schools have
pages giving details of their activities. There are
also a variety of sources
which can help the family historian in their never ending
quest for
information. To be fair, no matter how much information we manage to
gather we all know there are still more interesting nuggets just screaming
out to be
found!
The most
obvious pages are those belonging to local family history
societies. You do not always
have to be a member of a society to be
involved in their Facebook page. I am a member of the Isle of Wight
Family
History Society and part of their Facebook group. Whereas with
the Glamorgan Family History
Society I only belong to the
Facebook group. These pages post up to date information that is
relevant in the local
area. Other
members are always happy to help
with queries. Photographs of the area often appear and contributors
who still reside locally provide useful information. For example,
telling
you which school your great grandfather was most likely to have
attended
once you have found his address on the census. You can also
contribute to the page.
A word of caution! Members do not
normally
mind if you copy photographs for your personal use. Including them in your published family history that becomes an international best seller is something completely different!
In my
next post I will show how Facebook groups relating to particular topics
can help the
family historian.
Hint 😉Facebook can help with your late family members as well as those
in the present day.
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