28 January 2012  Foraging in Forums  I love Ancestry's Facebook
page. I'm on there a lot answering and asking questions,
checking news and connecting with people. What surprises me is
how many people post queries like "anyone researching Jones
family?". It's not a bad idea to ask, mind. It's just that
Facebook's a stream of consciousness and that post will be
invisible in a day. I've even seen people ask if the Facebook
page is searchable so they can find information and queries that
have long past. It's not, but there's hope! In most sites,
you'll find a plethora of information not found readily anywhere
on the web. This magical forest has it's own hazards of dead-
ends and misinformation, but to a wary traveller, it can bring
about the most fascinating finds! What is this wonderland of
genealogical beauty? A forum!  Forums or Message Boards are
places where people put up a message hoping that a living
breathing person like themselves will happen past it and they
can connect and share information. When used p