*I am with you!! Consider these facts: *
1. *Some of my friends on Facebook declared their birth city to be some other city besides the one they were actually born in.* 2. *Some of them lied about their birth.* 3. *Some of them lied about their jobs. Reason so they cannot be contacted at work.* 4. *I have friends who are parents who engage in a "my child is better than your child" type game. Report card time, they wait for their friends to say what their child got on a report card, and make their own child better.* * Facebook, while you do have bona fide honest friends, I bet all of us have friends who will exaggerate to look as good as the people next door. I keep reminding people not to take everything at face value on Facebook. My solution: If someone on Facebook says an ancestor of mine married so and so, I email them and get more facts. I will recond in Legacy that Kathy Smith said <whatever>. Then I will actually get verification of those facts through records. If I find it true, I will list Kathy as a bona fide source (Not Facebook). If not true, I leave the information Kathy said about my ancestor in notes. It might prove useful to refer to later, but I won't change anything. **Thank you. **Robert* *Genealogy without documentation is mythology! Always SOURCE your work.* On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Sherry/Support < [email protected]> wrote: > Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook??? > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Randy Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > If they state their birthdate and you believe it to be credible then why > not > > source it as Facebook? > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Just out of curiosity, WHY would you want to use Facebook as a source? > If > >> you are talking with Mr. John Doe on Facebook and he gives you some > >> information that you need then I would source it as an interview with > the > >> person. (And, I would then try and find the information myself so > that I > >> could source it properly. Hearsay from someone isn't really a proper > >> source.) > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
