Re: [Gramps-users] Proper Way To Cite Facebook Group

[Philip W. <wei...@gm...>]

There's no single "correct" way to do it, but this is how I would do it:

I treat facebook posts as a form of correspondence.  The source is the
person who posted it.  My source name is "Individual, John Parker" (the
'Individual' is for sorting purposes).  The citation volume/page says
something like "Facebook photo posted 25 April 2014  (
https://www.facebook.com/kingrat/posts/10203654334589036 : accessed 25 Apr
2014); further information on the claimed provenance of the photo".  I cut
and paste the text associated with the photo and put it in a note attached
to the citation.  The first date is the date the photo or status was
posted.  Further provenance is where the person who posted it claimed they
got it from.  Possibly "handed down through family" or "citing an
unpublished family genealogy compiled by the poster's aunt" or the like.
 The biggest key is that unless I get it from the original source myself, I
cite where I got it.  If it's to a Facebook group, I possibly could source
it to the group itself if I was only concerned with people being able to
find exactly where I got it, but groups disappear and people delete things
on Facebook.  Getting the individual's name as the source means someone
reading my database can at least track down the person.  You could site the
group and attach the person's name to a note.  (Note that I don't have a
repository for individuals as sources.)

Anyway, my way ain't the "most correct" way, but it gives me a ton of
information for assessing the source and it's quality when I look back
later.

Phil.


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:54 PM, David W. Gilmore <pfl...@gm...>wrote:

> I am a member of a Facebook group and we share many photos and other
> genealogical info. As an example what would be the most correct way to site
> if someone puts up a picture of a person (not themselves) sitting in a
> residence.
>
> Would Facebook.com be the Repository? Would the Facebook Groujp be the
> repository? How would the whole citation be done?
>