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  • Sam Sulser
    ⭐NEW⭐ Updated Community Code of Conduct
    We have recently updated our Community Code of Conduct. Please take a moment to review it. Our Code…
    Announcement Sam Sulser 1.2K views 22 comments 8 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi January 16
  • PaulHarrison61
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    Seeing the consequences of attaching/removing sources
    When attaching the source it is not clear what the consequences are going to be and often records a…
    Active PaulHarrison61 13 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi 6:22PM
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    Proof of death for people under 100 years of age
    There really should be a requirement that anyone under 100 years of age has to have some kind of pr…
    Active Monica8903 127 views 11 comments 4 points Most recent by Gail Swihart Watson 5:58PM
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    Change Log Filter
    It would be very helpful if a filter by contributor could be added to the change log filters. I am…
    Active Gordon Collett 41 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by genthusiast 5:51PM
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    Lifting restriction on a book your ancestors wrote
    We need to be able to give permission to lift a restriction on a book or microfilm that has been re…
    Active Brenda McColister 35 views 6 comments 1 point Most recent by Gordon Collett 5:05PM
  • PaulHarrison61
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    UK and Ireland addresses
    Standard places do not reflect how people from their countries actually address nor do they use res…
    Active PaulHarrison61 17 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by Gordon Collett 4:06PM
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    Moving children with multiple marriages easier
    With families of multiple marriages, it would be great it would be great if you could simply select…
    Active PaulHarrison61 16 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by genthusiast 3:57PM
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    New pedigree is unusable
    New pedigree view latest update has made it usable. The app greedily grabs the mouse pointer and wi…
    Active PaulHarrison61 15 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Paul W 3:09PM
  • DavidLockwood4
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    Technical Issues/Problems
    There needs to be a dedicated page for site technical issues/problem, such as potential coding erro…
    Active DavidLockwood4 28 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by OMA PAM 3:07PM
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    Merging families not just induvials!
    Please also review the merging of records process. Its a great Idea but should be done at immediate…
    Active PaulHarrison61 11 views 0 comments 1 point Started by PaulHarrison61 1:34PM
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    Missing category data
    I ran into a roadblock and don't know where to proceed. The indexed record has lots of great inform…
    Active AnthonyHopkins5 16 views 0 comments 1 point Started by AnthonyHopkins5 6:20AM
 
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