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Correcting Altered Records on FamilySearch.org?
The critical part of the information is the GS Film number:1562175.
If you go to the Family Search Catalog, paste this number into the search box labeled film/fiche number. You will see the ...
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Downloading documents at Family History Center (FamilySearch)
When I have viewed documents at a Family History Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library in the past I was able to view and download most documents for future access at home. I believe there are some ...
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What is my Lineage?
Germany is usually considered to be part of Western Europe, therefore Western European would be the natural option to choose.
However assuming you are American I would be surprised if all your ...
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Familysearch terms of use (2018) and "ownership" of information?
You seem to be confusing ownership and licensing.
When you submit information to a website such as FamilySearch, you will usually be licensing them the information. The FamilySearch Terms of Use (...
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Export data from FamilySearch.org Family Tree as spreadsheet?
You can use the Family Search API even though they have no already written tools. This is suggested in the link Colin left in his answer.
Specifically, someone has written a python script that exports ...
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Export data from FamilySearch.org Family Tree as spreadsheet?
Looking at the help / FAQ on the FamilySearch site it states that there is currently no way to export your tree from FamilySearch. It goes on to say that this may be possible with a third party ...
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What are the rules for putting media on different sites?
You can only repost something if it's out of copyright or it is in copyright but the copyright owner has licensed it to be reposted in the way that you want to do it.
Do not assume that the stuff is ...
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Determining whether FamilySearch entry is my ancestor and not a namesake?
You can't know that a particular record at Family Search (or any other vendor) belongs to your ancestor by analyzing the information in that single record and doing nothing else. Records that were ...
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Finding church / parish records for Kent?
Ancestry.co.uk
Many original parish records for Bexley, Bexleyheath and Sidcup can be viewed on Ancestry.co.uk. See:
Bexley, Kent, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials,
1558-1812
Bexley, Kent, ...
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Analyzing Wurttemberg church records discovered via FamilySearch?
When you are attempting an analysis of historical records, there is no substitute for looking at the original records.
In her Quicklesson 1: Analysis and Citation, Elizabeth Shown Mills says "...
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What is my Lineage?
Before 1952, the state today known as Baden-Württemberg did not exist. In 1880, Baden and Württemberg were separate countries, which were part of united Germany since only 9 years, but had large ...
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Indexing nE census record at FamilySearch?
In a footnote in Kirsty Gover's Tribal Constitutionalism (p 122), citing an interview with genealogist Rita Souther, the author notes that N.E. stood for Not Eligible:
Some base rolls exclude non-...
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Keeping family trees up-to-date or synchronised between websites
What kind of trees are we talking about anyway?
I'd like to address some misconceptions that are in your question before I answer your question directly. You wrote:
If you ask me, one of their goals ...
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Importing Gedcom from MyHeritage into existing Ancestry.com tree?
After reviewing my options, I decided to import GEDCOMs from the other sites I use into FamilySearch. This has the advantage of helping me get all data into one place, although it's frustrating that I ...
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How to access digitised content at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library?
You'll need to contact FamilySearch Support and provide the IP address(es) for the library. Please see this article: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Affiliate-Library-...
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How to access digitised content at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library?
The article Restrictions on viewing an image in historical records says, for the status message
These images are viewable:
To signed-in members of supporting organizations when they use the ...
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Determining whether FamilySearch entry is my ancestor and not a namesake?
after reading all your questions, I think I understand now your concern. The surnames Heftle and Brackenhammer are quite rare in Germany. How I posted on your other question the family tree down from ...
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Correcting Altered Records on FamilySearch.org?
With the guidance received from your website, I was able to obtain a
copy of the original NY Return of a Marriage for Consuelo Yznaga. As I suspected, the record that was posted on Family Search HAD ...
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Is there any program that automatically imports sources attached to the FamilySearch tree?
Today, Randy Seaver wrote a blog post about how RootsMagic Can Import Sources From FamilySearch Family Tree.
He gives an example and shows a screen where he compares RootsMagic Sources on the left ...
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Finding church / parish records for Kent?
The Kent History and Library Centre serves a the county archive, but it does not cover all of the historical county. For counties adjacent to London and where county boundaries have changed over time, ...
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Finding church / parish records for Kent?
Further to the answer above, you will find it helpful to use a parish map such as this - http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/west-kent.gif - to establish the names and locations of the parishes you wish to ...
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Correcting Altered Records on FamilySearch.org?
Also, be aware that in the 1870's in America and in many other countries, Y and I were often interchangeable, as the alphabet was not yet officially 26 letters, and so Y, J, I all were basically used ...
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Persistent URLs (web addresses) for online records of genealogical events
Update to previous answer by @AdrianB38:
In a post (submitted byrraymondon Fri, 04/06/2018 - 17:28) in the discussion Using FamilySearch Citation on the Evidence Explained website, Robert Raymond ...
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Finding FindMyPast Devon Marriage image indexed by FamilySearch?
I used the Old Search to search for any marriage in 1729 with "Plymouth, Devon, England" in the Where box, then narrowed the search by selecting these filters:
Country: England
Subcategory: Marriages ...
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Finding FindMyPast Devon Marriage image indexed by FamilySearch?
The marriage occurred at Plymouth Charles the Martyr, as it can be found in the index made by the late Don Curkeet: Charles the Martyr Marriages 1644-1758.
OSMENT, Robert, 1720-1729, SIMONS, ...
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Determining whether FamilySearch entry is my ancestor and not a namesake?
I'm not really sure what you are asking. You can't really go into any online records and simply find a person with the same or similar name and assume they are your ancestor.
There is also a problem ...
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Where is John Knight of Henry Kentucky in 1840 census?
If you click on the little i to the right of the 1840 census title it leads you to the wiki page about the census. Down that page is a section, United States Census, 1840 known issues which refers to ...
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Where is John Knight of Henry Kentucky in 1840 census?
Many NARA microfilm publications have a descriptive pamphlet which describes the microfilm and explains how it is arranged. These publications sometimes say when pages have been lost (similar to the ...
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What does 'civil' mean in a location
I believe this is a quirk in the way FamilySearch indexed a particular town record book for Minot, Maine. Many, if not all, of the entries from the indexing of the film (#11550) of that book use "...
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