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  If someone was born at sea, how and where would that be recorded?

  Census has my ancestor born at sea 2 different years, but his tombstone says born in Carlisle PA. I…

  Answered Closed Beverly Kwiatkowski 41 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Beverly Kwiatkowski December 17, 2023
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  Got to a certain point and nothing.

  I was tracing my Grandfather's name Donahue on my father's side. I got to a certain point and don'…

  Answered ✓ Closed Kieran Donahue 71 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Jeniann Nielsen December 14, 2023
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  translation

  Could someone please translate this marriage record. It is for Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Bietsch and…

  Answered Closed Christine8152 62 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Christine8152 December 14, 2023
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  Henry McEuen Jones 1848 - 1930

  Henry was my Great Grandfather. I have good info on him, but not so much his father, I believe to …

  Answered Closed NataleeSargent 22 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Rhonda Budvarson December 13, 2023
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  How do I delete a chat?

  The new chat feature in Family Tree shows a long list of prior chats. The list is getting unwieldy…

  Answered Closed jlwestra 325 views 30 comments 1 point Most recent by BraydenGraves December 12, 2023
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  How long does the free ancestry access last?

  I'm not yelling in caps, just legally blind. I received an email from FS inviting me to join ancest…

  Answered ✓ Closed KDKnight64 101 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by KDKnight64 December 9, 2023
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  Home Page

  For the past few weeks, when I open FamilySearch website in my browser, I get this screen. Once I s…

  Answered Closed Beverleyn 102 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by Beverleyn December 8, 2023
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  How does one access the Beta site?

  I have never gone to the Beta site before today. I tried today by using my regular username & …

  Answered Closed LAHS6 1K views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Tennuchi Alan Cyril Edward December 8, 2023
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  Trouble with granting helper permission

  This discussion was created from comments split from: Grant Permission in Helper Resources - a Prob…

  Closed System 51 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Maile L December 7, 2023
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  Input family tree

  Is there a way to input a family tree that is in Gedmatch or Ancestry.com?

  Answered Closed SamMeeks 81 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by RTorchia December 5, 2023