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  Finding Friends

  Is there a way to find a friend who passed away years ago and has never used or created an account …

  Answered Closed miketerry44 51 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Chas Howell January 25, 2024
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  Documents print darker and are less clear than they are when viewed on the computer.

  It is harder to read many NARA and other document images including censuses because they have a dar…

  Answered Closed S. Nordlinger 31 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile January 25, 2024
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  Why the inconsistency over publicly displaying your email address?

  Under the Community code of conduct ("These behaviors are unacceptable and not allowed") …

  Answered ✓ Closed Paul W 72 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi January 25, 2024
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  I see stuff like this that someone has typed into as a note. What does it mean?

  !#21-v6-p270; !dau & coh; w/d 10 Nov 1767, w/p 20 Mar 1771; `Duchess of Hamilton; ^marr-L1> …

  Answered Closed DCoutts 205 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by MikeLongSr January 24, 2024
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  I saved this New Idea, but what happened to it after I edited it?

  The link is here: https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/156301/streamlining-the-process-…

  Answered ✓ Closed Busse8842 41 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by Busse8842 January 24, 2024
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  Definition of a term

  I ran across the entry "I went to Jontys home bringing" in an 1865 entry in a Bucks Count…

  Answered ✓ Closed Dale Flowers 112 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Dale Flowers January 23, 2024
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  My legacy at Family Search

  There are two things about Family Search that depress me as I lie here dying from cancer. The firs…

  Answered ✓ Judy Crook_1 71 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Gail Swihart Watson January 23, 2024
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  Video links to work

  In the Wiki on the FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks page is a video which requires silverlight. …

  Answered Closed Lois.P 61 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by kimleegalloway1 January 22, 2024
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  All the Stories Website

  Does anyone know why "All The Stories" website isn't on the Solutions Gallery anymore? I…

  Answered Closed Carol Lou Hill 21 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Rhonda Budvarson January 22, 2024
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  Translation of documents

  I received a link to documents from a member who posted on my family tree. He has forwarded docume…

  Answered Closed NancyKaruhn 52 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile January 21, 2024