Facebook is really handy for tracking down long lost family and friends from your past.
And getting your name right probably seems so obvious that you might not think it worth writing about.
But here’s a tip I discovered a couple of weeks ago.
If your current name is different from the one you were known at school with (such as if you changed your last name when you married), then you should include your birth name in your profile name.
Darn!! I wish I had realised this when I signed up my Facebook account. Because although you can change just about anything else in your profile after your account is set up, you can’t change your name!
So annoying. I’ve had to open another account using my ‘old’ name to that anyone from my past, who might want to track me down, can search on my former name and find me.
What a der-brain I am for not realising this before.
But it is very cool to locate old family and friends with Facebook. I’ve found a couple of cousins from London and hopefully, with my new account in my old name, I might be able to locate some old school friends. How super-cool would that be? To locate an old school friend after many (many, many)decades?
Who knows, they may even be into scrapbooking.
Well wish me luck.
Late Breaking News!Antoinette from Sparky’s Scratches just told me how I can fix this. Go into Settings on the top bar of the screen and not only can you change your name, but you can even add a ‘secret’ name (eg. your former name) that doesn’t show on your page but is picked up by people who search on that name. Problem solved!
Thanks a heap Antoinette. |
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Hmm, I’ve seen friends change their name, so there must be a way. Will ask around!
Hey Antoinette. If you could work out how I can do that I would be so grateful. I’m not a power useer on Facebook and I tried every way I could see to change my name with no luck.
Changing your name is easy. Simply go to settings then account settings along the top right of the screen. Click on change name and enter a new last name or whatever you want to do. Then hit the change button. I’ve done this adding my maiden name to my married name.
Thanks a lot Carol. THis thing was driving me nuts so i appreciate you and Antoinette helping me out. I’ve updated the post so that other readers can know about this function too.
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