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Re: What was the cause of death?
chronic myelogenous leukemia
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-myelogenous-leukemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20352417
Re: Can you tell me the cause of death?
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Byron Cole Dowse July 26 1871 May 8 1930
Spouse Olive Nathine Dowse
Father Ernest Pinder Dowse of Springbrook Wisconsin
Mother Julia Florence Lovejoy of Hainesville Illinois
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/family/LCDW-K3N
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Re: On full name review, should I index 'mother' and 'father' under prefix?
Its not controversy about gender identity, its more wondering what to index and what not to index. The categories are there for a reason, and my impulse is to put whatever fits into them. From what I'm understanding from our arguments here, the prefix section sounds like a place to put prefixes of status identity. Rather than making sure to index anything pertaining to gender, indexing less common prefixes such as those that pertain to army ranking, profession, ect. This is what I'm understanding from what people are arguing with me anyway.
Again, would love to hear the mod's opinion. If your responding and your official, do let me know please when you type out your statement.
1: should we index prefixes having to do with gender identity?
2: should we index profession and army prefixes? (such as doctor, sergeant, ect.)
3: are there any prefixes that we should make sure to include that I haven't mentioned?
I'm not here to argue, I merely seek clarification from official sources. A thousand people devoting their time can argue about their individual opinions eternally, its why we need to hear from the leaders of the project, so that our opinions don't cloud what should be done.
Re: Searching for Burial or removal permits 1909-1937, 1940-1941
@ChrisEpstein2 I'm at my FSC this afternoon, and DGS 7920334 is available.
Is there something specific I can help you find?
It does not cover Natchitoches Parish; the records listed for that DGS are all from New York State.
Multiple books covering Natchitoches Parish cemeteries are listed in the FS Catalog.
Re: Hi! I’m looking for help with a restricted record on FamilySearch.
@John Horton This one is all taken care of.
Re: broken links
The short answer to what you are experiencing is that items 1-3 of film 7775596 can be found in images. https://www.familysearch.org/en/records/images/search-results?imageGroupNumbers=7775596 Each item has a separate link. I hope you are able to find the image you are searching for. I have already made our engineers aware of this issue. Thank you for helping us identify areas where we can improve FamilySearch.
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Re: Helping guest, checking on restricted film
@karenrasmussen There was a typo in the metadata—1951 instead of 1851. The film should be accessible after permissions are auto-updated. Please express our apologies to the guest.
Re: I'm seeking information on Earl Letsom. He was of African American descent. He was incarcerated
The death date assigned to Earl in the FS tree has a note:
"This a hint from newspapers.com with reference to the "Kenosha News".
That article in the "Kenosha News" is the obituary of Earl's mother, Mary Cleveland Letsom. The 19 September 1942 is her death, not Earl's, and the obituary states that he is living in Tennessee.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-1942-mary-cleveland-letsom/196207200/
Re: I'm seeking information on Earl Letsom. He was of African American descent. He was incarcerated
@Angelcynn
There are other newspaper references to Clyde Stuart's arrests, also in the Dayton newspapers.
I think this one, about a 1914 family visit, may be useful.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Behner had as their guests, Thanksgiving day, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Behner and daughter Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stuart and son Milton, and Mr. and Mrs Wesley Tran and daughters, Carrie and Mabel.
That notice links the name of Clyde Stuart to the Behner family.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chronicle-telegram-stuart-and-behner/196204820/
Re: Issue with "Age", "Age years", "Age months", "Age days" fields
I've had a poke around in this data, the relevant stored metadata values (which align with the visible change history) are:
label | type of field | text | contributor of latest modification | date/time last modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PR_AGE_MONTHS_ORIG | Original [and in this case editable] | 7 | cis.user.MM3P-J25T [you] | 20/04/2026 13:34:40 |
PR_AGE_YEARS_ORIG | Original [and in this case editable] | 43 | cis.user.MM3P-J25T [you] | 21/04/2026 07:42:35 |
PR_AGE_DAYS_ORIG | Original [and in this case editable] | 26 | cis.user.MM3P-J25T [you] | 20/04/2026 13:34:40 |
PR_AGE | Interpreted [i.e. calculated by FS, not directly editable] | 43 years 7 months 26 days | [no contributor given as this is a calculated field] | 21/04/2026 07:42:36 |
Looks like this has worked correctly, with the displayed FS-calculated Age field correctly deriving its inputs from the fields you have edited.
If that doesn't help, please do post again!
