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Hello FamilySearch Team, I am conducting genealogical research in Cape Town, South Africa, and would greatly benefit from access to the City and Area Directories, 1813–1962 collection. These directories are essential for tracing household addresses and family connections, particularly in Woodstock and surrounding areas…

Anyone else having problems with the Details & the Sources pages refreshing with either "Oops something went wrong" or Blank? After working on a person for a while, when either a new Detail or Source is added (or changed), when the page refreshes one often gets either "Oops something went wrong¶ Please refresh the page" or…

I am sorry this new way of doing merges is just making more work to be done once this merge is completed and you go back to the parents, you have to merge each single child again to the parents to make a complete family in one. Then to crown it all the possible matches appear as well as the Research Helps. Can this be…

The only information I have about him is that he was born c. 1816 in France. He died in Kentucky (I believe c.1850-1880?) and was known to have painted murals in several houses of note in Lexington (Fayette County) and Woodford County (Versailles and Midway). His name was Alfred Cohen. I do not know where to start to find…

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…

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…

My grandmother was married to a man who used to beat her. She left him with my actual grandfather but they never officially married. She was mentioned into her first marriage register as his spouse. How can I mention the register already created to my family tree without adding the man who's not my grandfather? My grandma…

Hello! I am researching my ancestors in Ceará, Brazil, and have reached a point where I would appreciate help accessing a restricted record and finding additional information about the family. My ancestor Amandio Pereira de Sena died on March 5, 2000, according to Brazil’s Cadastro Nacional de Falecidos. His parents were…

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 😊

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…