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  • MarkSuggitt
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    New Brunswick (Canada) 1861 census "Native"
    You are mislabeling virtually the entire population of New Brunswick in the 1861 census as "Na…
    Active MarkSuggitt 91 views 3 comments 2 points Most recent by Mary Munk August 26
  • Update your Faulty GEDCOMs
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    Source overhead
    I just found out that there's an overhead of 200 sources that can be attached to someone. Nothing e…
    Update your Faulty GEDCOMs 91 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Update your Faulty GEDCOMs May 8
  • System
    Count of total descendants
    This discussion was created from comments split from: Descendancy.
    System 51 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by RogerStroud May 6
  • Paul W
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    Could the "relationship-finder algorithm" be adjusted to exclude non-biological parents?
    This is not a personal issue of mine, but I became aware of the problem when contacting another use…
    Active Paul W 51 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Gail Swihart Watson May 8
  • Jeff Pugh
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    Requesting ordinances for relatives
    On the app you can put in the contact of the nearest living relative, but on the computer you canno…
    Active Jeff Pugh 31 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Jeff Pugh May 8
  • Ray Garrison
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    Arrangement of the tool bar on the person details page
    For anyone working regularly in FamilySearch, the arrangement of the items in the tool bar on the p…
    Active Ray Garrison 141 views 3 comments 2 points Most recent by Gordon Collett May 8
  • Dallan Curtis Fraughton
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    Memory File Type
    My dad changed all the old videocassette family videos into digital ones however when I splice them…
    Active Dallan Curtis Fraughton 101 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by Gordon Collett May 8
  • WachlinBruceJennings1
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    Rearrange the Objects on the Person Page
    I assume that everything on the page is an object. I would rather have the family information objec…
    Active WachlinBruceJennings1 41 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi May 7
  • MLV2
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    Add capability to search within community group discussions
    Adding a search function to allow key word searching through the many pages of discussions would he…
    Active MLV2 141 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile May 11
  • TinaBaker7
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    Search retrieval
    Hi. I have noticed the return of search information doesn't always return with the most relevant p…
    Active TinaBaker7 51 views 3 comments 2 points Most recent by Áine Ní Donnghaile May 7
 
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