Doug, For the first couple of years I had the group, it was kind of lonely with very few posts. But, as more people have joined Facebook and become familiar with it's format, the membership has increased. Some members are elderly, but I think because most things are standardized on Facebook, people are much more comfortable posting and sharing. Because of the little box on the right that recommends groups to people, we've really seen the membership surge this year. I've had Portuguese Hawaiian Groups on a variety of platforms over the last 10 or so years, and this is the only one that has really been successful.
We're getting a great mix of people with a variety of backgrounds. I'm glad that the Portuguese group is getting more active (I've been seeing post notifications for the last two weeks). On Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:58:55 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > I don't know about you, Mel, but I find the format of Facebook superior in > my experience over the past few days. Until this week, I rarely used it but > now I like it way more. > > And in the past few days have also "friended" several people I knew from > the old Portugal List on Rootsweb. > Always nice to find old friends again. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > ============================================= > Get ready for NFL Fantasy Football and join me in the newly created Azores > Genealogist League. Still looking for more participants. > Write me here for more info: [email protected] <javascript:> > ============================================= > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Hawaiian Group on Facebook > From: IslandRoutes <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Thu, July 10, 2014 2:41 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Doug's post reminded me that I haven't posted about the Portuguese > Hawaiian Genealogy Group on Facebook. We have a fairly active group > working in various areas of Portuguese Hawaiian Research. > > It is a closed, moderated group (because of spammers). If you're on > Facebook, check us out. Click the Join Group if you'd like to > participate. Once your request is approved, you can post. > > Here's the link: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/171030375067/ > > (if you have trouble with that link, just search for portuguese hawaiian > genealogy) > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
