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    Justification for requesting ordinance
    When someone is requesting permission to do ordinance work for someone who has not living relatives…
    Active WKFarnbach 126 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Eric Sorenson January 22
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    Diversify Names on Indexing/Reviewing/Review Names Area
    The Get Involved area needs more diversity in naming each area. So far, there is Indexing, which in…
    Active Amanda H. Jensen 67 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Amanda H. Jensen January 21
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    I've using familysearch for years. I log in every week to work in my tree. I go over and over, over…
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    The Tree goes back 4 generations and forward for two. Each generation, of course, doubles. If a p…
    Active Donald Findley Switlick 137 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi January 21
  • Glenn Hadfield
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    Make Find Formats the Same?
    When you are doing a "Find" by ID in Family Tree, you do not have to enter the dash in th…
    Active Glenn Hadfield 85 views 3 comments 2 points Most recent by Eric Sorenson January 20
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    new vs old
    The colors, blue vs pink, are way too bright. The detract from what a person is trying to view. T…
    Active Judy Donner 73 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by Maile L January 20
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    I recently changed my password to access church records, leader & clerk resources, etc. at the …
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    All About Me activity is US centric
    I was not born nor live in the US but I use Family Search in English which is not my native languag…
    Active DidiPTY 91 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Jane Cantrell Brookman January 20
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    Allow Old, Obsolete, and/or Inappropriate Discussions to be Deleted
    Please allow experienced FamilySearch workers to be able to delete old and/or inappropriate Discuss…
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    With the new version, one cannot simply click down and highlight information in the vital section (…
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