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How to stop "FamilySearch" from repeatedly marrying two people who lived more 200 years apart?
Mary Royce (1673–1717) (KWZQ-46C) was the spouse of Samuel Lewis (1648–1725). They had six children and are well-documented early Colonial Americans. Larcom Samuel Lewis (1896–1925) (L2XS-8DC) had wife was named Bertha Judd. They had two children, Adina & Wester. He is also fairly well sourced and there are no sources that…
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SLIDESHOW is BACK!
I see the slideshow feature is back Wonderful! However I note that when I click the initial PLAY button that then another screen pops up and I have to yet again click a Play Icon. that makes no sense. Please don't make me click twice for no reason.…
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Research Request: Vignati Family History and Genealogical Records – Robecco sul Naviglio, Italia
Hello, I would like to request assistance with researching historical records and documents relating to the VIGNATI family, who lived in Lombardy, Milan, specifically in Robecco sul Naviglio. The family arrived in Espírito Santo, Brazil, aboard the ship Adria on February 28, 1889, with São Mateus as their final…
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Trying to track down ancestor who lived in Hamburg for a few years circa 1840s/1850s
Hi, his name is John William Dolton and according to his son Frederick Augustus Dolton, John was a stonemason. Fred emigrated to Australia and married Margaret. Fred is my g-g-grandfather. It appears that John married twice (?) to an Anna Faulk and to a Mary Allen (different names on Fred's marriage and death…
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I notice that posting comments, as of 05 Nov 2026, has a linger issue
Hello, as I was conversing here, I saw that after I'd hit the Post Comment button, my comment would post, but the comment itself was still available to be posted again in the submission box. I have only noticed this today, and I've been using an InPrivate (Incognito) browser session, so the behavior probably isn't due to…
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Hiányzó évek a katalógusokban
Ásványráró, Hédervár, Darnózseli környékén keresnék, de hiányoznak az alábbi évek: Hédervár: Kereszteltek: hiányzik 1774-1826 Házasultak: 1693-1712, 1754-1779 Halottak: 1693-1712, 1754-1779 Darnózseli: eleve 1787-től indul, előtte lévő időszakban keresnék. Hol lehet ezeket megtalálni?
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Change in upload to Memories
It used to be that if you used the Drag and Drop feature of adding Memories items you could upload MORE than 10 items. Now the Drag and Drop feature limits to 10 items per drag and drop. The NON "Drag and Drop" I think was always limited to 10 items
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BUG in latest Memories UI
It used to be that we could see the DATE a memories item was uploaded to FS I no longer see it Can you PLEASE put it back???
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System Automatically Replaced Mother For Other Children
Very odd thing happened to me today, and I hope it is an edge case because it could cause A LOT of problems. In source linker I went to link a woman (Maria Fossati, P3XV-5PQ) to parents from a record…
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como consigo la descendencia de la familia, si yo soy, la 7ma generacion y necesito saber los padre
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We are consolidating some categories based on low usage. The FamilySearch Center and FamilySearch Account categories are being merged into General Questions. Please use General Questions for these topics. Thanks!! Sam 😊
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'Memories Feedback' & 'Memories (People and Find Pages)' groups are no longer available
If you have concerns or questions, please post, in the Ask A Question, Memories Category. Friends in the community will help answer questions and add insights to discussions. For BUGs or challenges, we still have support staff able to get direct help from the Memories Team. Thank you for your participation in the…
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