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Deduce gender from women's names?I am doing a census and I cannot see anything about the genders in the instructions. What I see is…Answered ✓ Closed José Antonio Núñez Rosario 95 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Melissa S Himes Indexing -
1Indexing page number (image viewer)I have seen many record volumes that are ordered or grouped incorrectly (e.g. two books merged). Co… -
Can I correct an incorrectly indexed name?https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1Z-CLB shows an indexed name of Sophonia Graves for the p…
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How to attach the second page when a Source carries over?When I attach a Person to a Source that's part of a Collection, how should I handle the case where …Answered Closed Eric8090 36 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Julia Szent-Györgyi General Questions
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Should I index all names that appear in the image even if some names seem to belong somewhere else?Here is the image I am indexing. In the red box are some names written. The ink is not as dark as t…Answered ✓ Closed José Antonio Núñez Rosario 63 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by LarryClark43 Indexing
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Why Does Ancestry.com Better Copies and Better Indexing of Census Records Than FS?Here's just one of many examples. Doing a search of 1850 Boone County Indiana Census records, I cou…
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When Indexing Death Certificates should I calculate their age?I am reviewing Death Certificates and the field where the age of the peson is supposed to be shows …Answered ✓ Closed José Antonio Núñez Rosario 58 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by José Antonio Núñez Rosario Indexing
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1Indexing -- give indexers optionsIn my stake we have lost MOST of our indexers -- why--there is no variety of projects to do any mor…Active Closed RichinsSusan1 64 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by David Peterson Suggest an Idea
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Is Get Involved replacing Indexing?No, Get Involved does NOT replace indexing. You can still index; we need you to continue indexing. … -
How to correct 1950 US Census index for family split across multiple images?I am new to this forum community so apologies if there is already discussion around this issue in a…