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  • Amber_Eloumari
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    Expand 16+ Generations, Mapping, Bookmarking, Linking
    16+ generations back is when several of my family lines become SO interesting connecting in with ro…
    Active Amber_Eloumari 111 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Amber_Eloumari March 5
  • Steve Wigginton
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    Provide an easy way to mark an uploaded image as a document
    When I upload a document image to Memories, it defaults to "Photo". I often forget to cha…
    Active Steve Wigginton 101 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Steve Wigginton March 5
  • Eric.Scott
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    Standardize "Find a FamilySearch Center"
    I did see other discussions about the link on the "Contact Us" page for North America, an…
    Active Eric.Scott 173 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Eric.Scott March 4
  • Linda Peloquin
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    Member Edits to Records That Do Not Allow Edits
    I've encountered records in the database, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639 - 1932" t…
    Active Linda Peloquin 191 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by genthusiast March 4
  • Don Kolle
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    Locked Records - Change Suggestions
    Can you stop making record change or source suggestions for locked records - else provide an avenue…
    Active Don Kolle 141 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Don Kolle March 4
  • SThomas29
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    Make Collaborate like Memories
    Please set up Collaborate with the same format as Memories. I am constantly contacting different p…
    Active SThomas29 161 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by genthusiast March 4
  • koala0090
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    Display ancester name in default language
    There are some situation that one person could be popular in several region, and this will make dup…
    Active koala0090 131 views 0 comments 1 point Started by koala0090 March 4
  • WGS47
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    In new profile page, Provide indicator of potential duplicate profile
    I have recently encountered possible duplicate individuals without enough info to initiate a merge.…
    Active WGS47 81 views 0 comments 1 point Started by WGS47 March 3
  • ArelCassandra
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    Discontinue "This person's last name contains invalid words."
    I have had to jump through a lot of hoops to get ordinance work done for family members with the la…
    Active ArelCassandra 161 views 0 comments 0 points Started by ArelCassandra March 3
  • Myers29
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    Truncate automatic searching, hints, etc., for some tree members
    I would like to be able to stop getting hints/searches for certain members of my tree. For example…
    Active Myers29 121 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Myers29 March 3
 
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