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  Problems when searching

  Hi Is anyone else having trouble searching on FamilySearch? When I do a search and the results come…

  Answered Closed Anne Bonner 684 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by Anne Bonner August 14, 2022
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  Unable to find

  Hi! I've requested access to the FamilySearch API for an indexing project my family has been workin…

  Answered Closed Savage, Anson Raymond 1.2K views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by dontiknowyou August 11, 2022
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  How can we "Give Back" to the Genealogical Community

  some ideas and opportunities for volunteering as it relates to FamilySearch https://www.familysea…

  Answered Closed Dennis J Yancey 373 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Dennis J Yancey August 10, 2022
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  How can I post a question under Discussions in a group when there is no option on the group page?

  I would like to put in a request for a transcription of a baptismal record in the German Group. I j…

  Answered ✓ Closed Adriana de Korte 231 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Adriana de Korte August 10, 2022
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  Technical Question - past discussion missing comments

  On August 14 I posted to the German Genealogy Research group asking for help translating several ba…

  Answered Closed spujadas 504 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Robert Seal_1 August 9, 2022
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  Problem Scrolling down on FS Messaging threads

  within the past 24-48 hours there seems to have ben a BUG introduced in the messaging system of the…

  Answered Closed Dennis J Yancey 2.2K views 45 comments 1 point Most recent by RobertLeighPritchett August 4, 2022
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  Cant scroll to read all the text in a message I received

  I recently contacted one of the contributors to my family tree and asked for his sources. I was hap…

  Answered Closed Anna Larcher 534 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by Re Searching August 4, 2022
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  Can't scroll message pane.

  I'm in the message pane, and there are obviously more messages in the thread - for example, I can j…

  Answered ✓ Closed J. P.Gilliver 671 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Re Searching August 4, 2022
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  Problem identified with interpretation of "Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900"

  This is a bug report for FamilySearch. Then a source from "Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers,…

  Answered Closed John Curran 482 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by Paul W August 2, 2022
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  Where to report need for improvement aka programming bugs?

  Since the Ideas section is no longer under the Help section and is defined as "Have an idea fo…

  Answered Closed Gordon Collett 272 views 1 comment 5 points Most recent by Johann Schmidt August 1, 2022