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Ancestry/Genealogy

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

1. Apparently lots of people

Reply to dgibby (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 11:24 AM

Aug 2013

are having good luck with finding relatives on Facebook genealogy pages...

I joined a French Canadian group and am feeling frustrated at not seeing any of my own family names.

And here in the DU genealogy group it mostly seems to be English ancestors

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Face Book Genealogy pages [View all] dgibby Aug 2013 OP

Apparently lots of people pipi_k Aug 2013 #1

Many Fr-Canadian names have variations throughout the years, No Vested Interest Aug 2013 #2

Yeah, it's those dit names... pipi_k Aug 2013 #6

I started 2 family groups of FB, dgibby Aug 2013 #3

I wouldn't have pipi_k Aug 2013 #7

I know there is a Judge family in Montana. grasswire Aug 2013 #10

Thanks PatSeg Aug 2013 #4

I'm not exactly sure how to use FB for genealogy research No Vested Interest Aug 2013 #5

Use the FB search, dgibby Aug 2013 #8

I'll give it a whirl. No Vested Interest Aug 2013 #9

I've been surprised how many times PatSeg Aug 2013 #12

yup CountAllVotes Aug 2013 #15

There are people who visit cemeteries PatSeg Aug 2013 #16

Huge UGH CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #17

So decrepit, nosy cousin PatSeg Sep 2013 #18

Yes, my cousin sent me a copy of her book CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #19

That is quite an accomplishment PatSeg Sep 2013 #20

Wow that is so very true! CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #21

That is amazing PatSeg Sep 2013 #22

thanks for the tip grasswire Aug 2013 #11

Cool! dgibby Aug 2013 #13

Just found this on FB. Looks like an excellent resource. dgibby Aug 2013 #14