Yes. I have a source labeled "Facebook." Remember that, like Tessa and Randy, I'm a lumper. So, if I find genealogical information on Facebook [such as birthdays, anniversaries, names, ages, etc. of children], I select the Facebook source and fill in the details on the event itself. I copy the information into the notes section. If it's something that was posted, I begin with the name of the poster and drag down to include the date and the information detail."
Surely any contact with an individual should be classed the same. An interview, letter, email or video are all sources where the author is known and the content needs the usual evaluation. Facebook or other social media should not need to be treated as a separate type of source.
Hilary Gadsby - I think Evidence Explained has included E-Mail on page 154, paragraph 3.42, as part of Private Holdings. So, we have some guidance for a Citation. I think, and I certainly could be wrong, that Facebook posting or any other social media might fall into that category.
The difference between an email and Facebook I feel is that
A) we normally know more about the sender of an email ==> email has a higher level of proof.
B) You also have more people hiding about a user like Ancestry or is it a fake Ancestry account?
C) The change history is rather obscure in Facebook you don't know when it was last updated exactly or created
D) Its rather difficult to find an unique URL to the location of the information inside Facebook ==> saying it was found in Facebook is of little value for another user https://www.facebook.com/evidenceexplained
Yes. I have a source labeled "Facebook." Remember that, like Tessa and Randy, I'm a lumper. So, if I find genealogical information on Facebook [such as birthdays, anniversaries, names, ages, etc. of children], I select the Facebook source and fill in the details on the event itself. I copy the information into the notes section. If it's something that was posted, I begin with the name of the poster and drag down to include the date and the information detail."
ReplyDeleteDonna Willis Brown -- Thank you.
ReplyDeleteRuss
Magnus Sälgö - Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIf you find something on Facebook or other Social Media, do you CITE where you got that information from?
Russ
Magnus Sälgö - Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSorry I can't agree with you but we don't have to agree.
Are you also saying that you Don't cite information in an email?
Russ
I have used facebook messages but not set up a citation for them yet. Something I will have to do when rebuilding the family tree.
ReplyDeleteI do the same as Donna Willis Brown and I also have a source labeled email. Sometimes I will create a fact/event named email and add the email to it.
ReplyDeleteShannon Thomas
ReplyDeleteI have a Fact / Event for Emails and I mark that Fact as Private so that only I can see the email address.
Thank you,
Russ
To me, Email is a source rather than an Event or a Fact. It could also be added into a Research Log and/or Correspondence Log.
ReplyDeleteSurely any contact with an individual should be classed the same. An interview, letter, email or video are all sources where the author is known and the content needs the usual evaluation. Facebook or other social media should not need to be treated as a separate type of source.
ReplyDeleteRandy Seaver Totally agree with you. I do use an Email FACT if I have an email address for a family member. It's marked as Private.
ReplyDeleteThank you,
Russ
Hilary Gadsby - I think Evidence Explained has included E-Mail on page 154, paragraph 3.42, as part of Private Holdings. So, we have some guidance for a Citation. I think, and I certainly could be wrong, that Facebook posting or any other social media might fall into that category.
ReplyDeleteRuss
+ Russ Worthington I agree with that being the best way to treat this type of source.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between an email and Facebook I feel is that
ReplyDeleteA) we normally know more about the sender of an email ==> email has a higher level of proof.
B) You also have more people hiding about a user like Ancestry or is it a fake Ancestry account?
C) The change history is rather obscure in Facebook you don't know when it was last updated exactly or created
D) Its rather difficult to find an unique URL to the location of the information inside Facebook ==> saying it was found in Facebook is of little value for another user
https://www.facebook.com/evidenceexplained
Best is
https://www.facebook.com/evidenceexplained/posts/682732271802158
Magnus Sälgö - Got all of that, Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBut do YOU USE information that you might get from Facebook?
As for the URL - Try right clicking on the TimeStamp of the posted message.
IF you used something from Facebook, and I am NOT asking about on line trees, what would your Citation Look Like?
Russ
Magnus Sälgö - What is the problem with that referenced Evidence Explained article?
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, YOU use Family Tree Maker. YOU CAN add that video in the Media Workspace AND you can cite it if you link it to any Fact.
Russ