{"id":9007,"date":"2018-10-04T07:55:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=9007"},"modified":"2018-10-04T07:55:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:55:56","slug":"facebooking-the-local-historical-or-genealogical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/facebooking-the-local-historical-or-genealogical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebooking the Local Historical or Genealogical Society?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to searching for a webpage or email address for a local genealogical or historical society, search for their Facebook page as well. While not all organizations have a Facebook page, many do. Depending upon the set of up their page, you may able to &#8220;instant message&#8221; the organization or email them via Facebook. I usually keep my first message relatively short&#8211;until I&#8217;m certain that someone is actually monitoring it and I get a response. Don&#8217;t expect instant responses as these organizations are typically staffed by volunteers or staffers with limited hours.<\/p>\n<p>Interacting with a group&#8217;s Facebook page can be just another way to reach out. Keep in mind that many organizations do not have the time or the staff to perform research at no charge&#8211;especially for individuals who are not members, but communicating via a Facebook page can be a way to make contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to searching for a webpage or email address for a local genealogical or historical society, search for their Facebook page as well. While not all organizations have a Facebook page, many do. Depending upon the set of up their page, you may able to &#8220;instant message&#8221; the organization or email them via Facebook. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}