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[[Image:Colearn Social Media.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>A Reflection on social networks and Concepts<center></center>]] {{wikipedia|Facebook}} | Facebook is a tremendous genealogical resource. The information on this page will help you find the help you need from real people in real time in Facebook groups.[[Image:Colearn Social Media.jpg|thumb|right|400px|<center>A Reflection on social networks and Concepts<center></center>]] {{wikipedia|Facebook}} | ||
== Research Support == | == Research Support == | ||
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There are hundreds of Facebook groups and pages which cover genealogy research in a specific county, a country, or a region | !Topic | ||
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|[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups FamilySearch's Genealogy Research Communities.] | |||
|There are hundreds of Facebook groups and pages which cover genealogy research in a specific county, a country, or a region | |||
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|[https://www.facebook.com/guildonename Guild of One-Name Studies] | |||
|Facebook group that cover specific surnames to federation-like groups | |||
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|[https://www.facebook.com/FGSgenealogy Federation of Genealogical Societies] | |||
|specific historical and/or genealogical societies | |||
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|[https://www.facebook.com/CyndisList Cyndi's List Facebook page] | |||
|Facebook pages or groups for popular genealogy websites and tools. | |||
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|[https://moonswings.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/genealogy-on-facebook-list-nov-20171.pdf Genealogy Facebook List] | |||
|Katerine Willson's Facebook PDF document is currently a over 300 page long and that contains over 11,000 links to Facebook groups and pages related to genealogy. Click the localities in the Table of Contents to be taken to the facebook groups for that place in the document. | |||
Visit Katherine's [https://socialmediagenealogy.com/ website] or her [https://www.facebook.com/SocialMediaGenealogy.org Facebook page] for more details and to view or download the list. | |||
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=== Getting research support === | === Getting research support === | ||
==== Societies | ==== Societies ==== | ||
Several genealogical and historical societies have a presence on Facebook. The presence is most often manifest in the form of a Facebook page, but some societies use a group. Simply search for the name of your society. These pages and/or groups can be used for asking local research questions, but the response rate varies depending on the society page. Some society pages and/or groups are designed simply to keep members updated with news and not to offer support. | |||
Several genealogical and historical societies have a presence on Facebook. The presence is most often manifest in the form of a Facebook page, but some societies use a group. Simply search for the name of your society. These pages and/or groups can be used for asking local research questions, but the response rate varies depending on the society page. Some society pages and/or groups are designed simply to keep members updated with news and not to offer support. | |||
==== FamilySearch Genealogy Research Communities ==== | ==== FamilySearch Genealogy Research Communities ==== | ||
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FamilySearch offers more general groups--called [[FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups_on_Facebook | Genealogy Research Communities]]--for a variety of regions across the world. These pages are managed by the research help team at FamilySearch and are designed with the goal of answering your research questions--and pointing you in the right direction for a successful search. Volunteers who specialize in those specific areas or topics are available as page administrators to answer your questions. You can [[FamilySearch_Community_Support|volunteer]] to help too. To see a list of available pages go to "[[FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups_on_Facebook | FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups on Facebook]]." | FamilySearch offers more general groups--called [[FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups_on_Facebook | Genealogy Research Communities]]--for a variety of regions across the world. These pages are managed by the research help team at FamilySearch and are designed with the goal of answering your research questions--and pointing you in the right direction for a successful search. Volunteers who specialize in those specific areas or topics are available as page administrators to answer your questions. You can [[FamilySearch_Community_Support|volunteer]] to help too. To see a list of available pages go to "[[FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups_on_Facebook | FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups on Facebook]]." | ||
=== Provide research support === | ==== Provide research support ==== | ||
As you become skilled in a certain area or topic you can join groups or pages for the purpose of sharing your expertise. You can "join" any group (sometimes groups require that an administrator accept your request to join) or "like" any page with the intent of helping to answer genealogy research questions for the topic, region, or resource the page and/or group is about. If you would like to become more involved with research help on Facebook please consider becoming a FamilySearch Genealogy Research Community [[FamilySearch_Community_Support|volunteer]].<br> | As you become skilled in a certain area or topic you can join groups or pages for the purpose of sharing your expertise. You can "join" any group (sometimes groups require that an administrator accept your request to join) or "like" any page with the intent of helping to answer genealogy research questions for the topic, region, or resource the page and/or group is about. If you would like to become more involved with research help on Facebook please consider becoming a FamilySearch Genealogy Research Community [[FamilySearch_Community_Support|volunteer]].<br> | ||