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Poor grammar on Newroom page?
Should the following say "Official" rather than "Officially"? FamilySearch Fac…

Active Closed Kevin Augustus Long 41 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile December 29, 2023
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Suggestions for Improvement / Errors
When I link a baptism record, it doesn't appear at the top under "Christening" but under …

Active Closed MartinaCW 41 views 2 comments 2 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi December 28, 2023
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Flag, Quote, Insightful, I Agree, Like, Awesome
The problem with this is it does not allow for people to indicate if the idea is unsuitable. Many i…

Active Closed SG7107 61 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Gordon Collett December 27, 2023
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Add Find a Grave to Person, Details, Search Records
Under Person, Details, Search Records; are options: FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast, etc. Can w…

Active Closed W Andrews 51 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile December 25, 2023
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Hyperlink to person page
When I am on the people I am "Following" page, the names I follow are not hyperlinked to …

Active Closed BrookelynHarvey 91 views 6 comments 2 points Most recent by Adrian Bruce1 December 24, 2023
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To improve visibility of relationships between people.
To fix mislabeling and improve visibility of records for people under slavery, I have been relabeli…

Active Closed JuanZuluaga3 21 views 0 comments 1 point Started by JuanZuluaga3 December 23, 2023
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Enhancement request for Hints list
I added this comment to another thread, but wanted to include it here, as well: "My experience…

Active Closed Georgia Cotrell 31 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Georgia Cotrell December 22, 2023
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Red means Permission Required
I often keep an eye out for green ordinance icons. I have never been able to process an ordinance f…

Active Closed W Andrews 161 views 2 comments 2 points Most recent by W Andrews December 22, 2023
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Show when "REQUEST PERMISSION" will expire plus explanation
This is a small feature, but helpful to those who are new: I realize there is a detail explanation …

Active Closed W Andrews 21 views 0 comments 3 points Started by W Andrews December 21, 2023
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More robust/advanced event-editing tools
It would be helpful if FamilySearch's event-editing tools were more robust, allowing for operations…

Active Closed lelmon 31 views 0 comments 2 points Started by lelmon December 21, 2023