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Sorting out difficult duplicates
I think this is more of a "202" question instead of a "101" question. I am working on a lineage project where the parents of a certain established person are very cloudy. This person was born in 1856, has a documented marriage and documented children. He lived to have a death certificate. He and his descendants are fine.…
Family Name Research Groups
I would like to see a feature in FamilySearch where we can create a collaborative research group based on a single ancestor who's research has proven difficult. For example, my ancestor Charles Minnis, b.1833, would be a Group. Everyone who has information and records on this ancestor can message each other and share…
Home page: Hints: add a Hide/Show function, add a limit by parent function,
These hints mushroom into unmanageable volumes. It should be possible to show smaller and/or only specific groups. I have to page through the whole massive list to pick out the few of interest Hide/Show: often I only want to view the ancestors/descendants for a specific lineage. Could be: biological parents, biological…
Has the "Compare Person on Family Search" on Ancestry been discontinued?
This is the situation. Regardless whether I am signed into FamilySearch directly (for the 2 weeks easy sign-in) or through the Church I am having this problem. For the last several years, I'd typically in ancestry click on the "tree" logo on the top right and if I didn't already connect the person, I'd connect them and…
Source of G-Grandmothers marriage
Hello anyone who may be able to help. I had a look at my great grandmother, and know that she never left Staffordshire and Lancashire England in her life. So why can't I delete the Time-line entry that she married my great grandfather in the Azores, Portugal. Finding it frustrating cannot find the best way forward and…

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double asterisk
In a Virginia birth register, there is a double asterisk by a person's surname. What does that double asterisk mean? A single asterisk is for colored.
Just a comment, really
I miss doing the Military records. It was my favorite indexing project(s.) **Sigh**
Just a tip for VA Births
3rd example in Project Instructions shows not to index the surname for the parents for that type of form. Field Helps for parents' surnames also says, "Do not assume a surname from the surnames of others mentioned in the document." I know there have been other projects where the surname is applied to all when written at…
Name badges for FS Center consultants and volunteers
I would like to know how to order name badges for those serving in the FamilySearch Centers.
Having trouble indexing the Stockholm name register.
Hi, there is one project in Swedish right now, the Stockholm population register. I am familiar with these types of registers, but many people are not. It took me several tries before I got comfortable with it, but I still have some questions. I went to review a batch and that person clearly was having trouble…

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