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US—City Directories, 1903–1935 [Part M] [MQPP-8HX]
US—City Directories, 1903–1935 [Part M] [MQPP-8HX] Under given names, the record says Nellie and Amelia. Should both names be listed on one line or should you list them separately on different lines?
What do I put in for record place?
[Part N] [MQPR-5Z9] It reads: "To the Honorable the District Court of the United States, holden at Province, within and for the District of Rhode Island" I don't see a record number on any page. Do I just put "blank"? Do I put the witness name for the given name on an additional entry, not the name of the person who is…
Tree relationship has changed
My relationship between my 5th great-grandfather and my 6th great-grandfather has changed and I can’t figure out why. I’m hoping someone can help. Thomas Corey is my 5th great-grandfather- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/81R1-X32 His father, John Corey is my 6th great-grandfather but “view relationship” no…
New resource: Gannett, a free website to find US census records by location
For years, I've wanted a way to find Enumeration Districts across different censuses by location. I have now built a tool called Gannett to do this for larger US cities from 1880–1940. Given an address or coordinates, you can jump right to the population schedule pages for the correct enumeration district in FamilySearch…
Oops. You’re moving too quickly. You may need to wait a moment and try again.
Why do I receive a page that pops-up with the two line message: "Oops. You’re moving too quickly. You may need to wait a moment and try again." It occurs with census pages and WW1 registration pages that I need to view in order to be sure that I have the correct relationships / person prior to adding the record, or to add…

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Interpreting Danish church book record entry
This is for a foster daughter of an ancestor of mine, Anne Olivia Jørgensen, born in 1863 in Skørringe, Fuglse, Maribo, Denmark. In the record in the link below, I cannot make out what the last column is saying. Does it give a parent's name? Thanks for any assistance.…
Instructions what to do if you index second page from the image first.
If you accidentally index second page in the image before first one, there is a way to add additional entry before already completed one. To add entries in the data entry area, do the following: 1. On the indexing toolbar, click the Add Entries icon. This can be found on the toolbar at the top of the page (on the left side…
FYI for mods--Walnut Creek Military Discharge Records
The PI states to index all military records, including discharge records. Image 1 in this batch is a different discharge record from the example. Can we get an example of this type of record? @Ashlee C. [MQPL-4Y1]
from Australia, Queensland—Passenger Lists, 1848–1923 [MQKC-5MH] p.302 'Merkara'
Returning after a longish break, I'm a bit rusty. I am reviewing a passenger list, with no date recorded; the indexer has recorded 18**, maybe a carry over from previous pages. Do I leave it blank? Secondly, the indexer has recorded the place of origin e.g. Hants or Kerry, and added the country name e.g. England or…
US, Kansas—1885 State Census [MQLR-HCV] not a question-entry type
While indexing I've found more than a few pages with no indication of New Household Id and this box cannot be marked <blank> so I have deduced (not guessed or assumed) that the NHI should be marked Yes when the Surname is written only once with an appropriate (adult) age and marital status because the census takers made…

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