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  • Feedback options - response issue

    It appears that a response to Feedback queries submitted using the button in the left margin are not acknowledged or responded to - is that normal? For the New Person page experiment now in Labs, is it best to use the blue Feedback Welcome button (right margin)? Some are hesitant to use it due to the complexity of…

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    How can I correct this to back to what I had it??

  • Antigua and Barbuda - Saint Mary's Parish Birth Records 1885 onwards

    Hi all, I believe my great grandfather's brother was born in Bolan's Village, Saint Mary's Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, in late 1885. However, the records I can find easily on FamilySearch seem to end in early 1885. Does anyone know the later years exist on this platform anywhere (circa 1885-1890 specifically), or why they…

  • Center Lookup request: 4 locked images (Catholic, West Prussia/Posen)

    Hi! These images are locked for me, im trying to get the parents of my family. Could someone at a FamilySearch centre or affiliate library save them and either message me or emial me the acts? Thank you! 1. Marriage, Wielka Łąka (Wielkalonka), 22 Nov 1790: Jakub Lewandowski (29) × Petronela Marszałkowska (21). Need: both…

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  • Family Group Tree

    I am trying to assist a guest who created a new family group adding all of his living family members including his wife to the family group tree at the time he created it. The issue is his wife is the only one that family members cannot see of everyone he added. He states that she is showing private. Do you have advise on…

  • Suggestion for sorting algorithm: composite names

    May I suggest an adjustment to the algorithm that sorts the results from a search (and perhaps the hint score)? In Spanish there are composite given names, like María José and José María (it must be noted that the name María José is given to females, and José María given to males.) Maria Jesús and Jesús Maria. (María Jesús…

  • How can someone become a volunteer FamilySearch Places editor with editing privileges?

    I’m trying to find out whether FamilySearch currently has volunteer Places editors with editing privileges who are not service missionaries, and, if so, how someone can become one. I already use the public “Improve This Place” and “Suggest a New Place” options, so I’m not asking how to submit suggestions. My interest in…

  • UPLOADER Tool has been Upgraded!

    We invite you to check out the new upgrades to the Memories Uploader. Then share your feedback! You will see changes to the Uploader Tool when you select multiple memories to upload. You will see these changes when uploading memories in the Gallery as well as when uploading through the Memories Tab on a Person’s Page in…

  • The starting point- using your spouse as the starting point when searching relatives

    @Bruce Uebergang We have moved your post from User Trees Feedback to Family Tree so you can receive an answer. The previous post will be deleted. Brice said: There are times when we both have the same ancestor but without the ability to switch between the two of us then only one set of relationships are shown. Is it…

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