[Genealib] Getting College Age Students Involved

[Deena Butta]

there are several genealogy-related applications for Facebook.
 
search the "apps" by keywords genealogy...family...etc.
 
these work!  i reconnected with a long lost cousin by posting my family tree using the Facebook apps, and it led to other great connections.
 
I also created a bunch of Facebook "groups" for the various surnames i am researching.  The result is that people of that surname, or who have it in their lineage, ask to join my groups in large numbers.  You can post genealogical discussion questions to these folks...old family recipes, stuff about the village they may have come from, conundrums involvinspecific names, etc....
 
the upshot is they start checking with their parents and grandparents to get the answers to my questions....so I am hopeful it is resulting in inter-generational discussions about family history.
 
you can also upload your old family photos to these groups.  You can create family surname groups on Flickr, too.
 
Deena Hartray Butta
Reference Librarian / Genealogy Specialist
Glenview Public Library
1930 Glenview Rd.
Glenview IL  60025
dbutta at glenviewpl.org
(847) 729-7500 x152
 
you said:
<<Use Facebook. I am a genealogy major graduate, and my school tried to create a group like this. I find that if you use mediums that people are already using, it make outreach much easier. Do you want to make it a local group or are people in different parts of the country invited? I would be interested in joining such a group.>>
 
Thanks,
Amanda Forson


On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Amber Brock <ajbrock at u.washington.edu> wrote:


	I am a library student that is interested in forming a group of college age individuals (age 20-35) that are interested in genealogy. The problem I am having is coming up with ideas on how to reach this age group. Does anyone have any ideas or successful programming that they would like to share? Thanks! 
	

	Amber Brock 
	MLIS Student 

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