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Do any programs use Gedcom X (as opposed to Gedcom)?

gedcom software-recommendations standards
Nov 5 '17 at 16:27 ColeValleyGirl♦ 6,098
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What should I be doing to 'preserve' digital media?

preservation
Jun 17 at 9:13 zaen 101
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Accessing data 'natively' in Gramps?

gramps
Oct 29 '17 at 15:52 ColeValleyGirl♦ 6,098
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Finding original surname of adopted child from New York?

united-states research-methods 20th-century adoption new-york-state
Apr 3 '18 at 20:10 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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Letters from US Presidents to persons over 100

united-states sources
Oct 13 '15 at 4:56 PolyGeo♦ 11k
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Gravestones without date of death seems odd. Is it common?

grave-marker
Jul 3 '19 at 23:52 Unsprung 1
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Is there a GEDCOM processing tool to determine lineage society eligibility?

gedcom
Dec 19 '19 at 6:51 ColeValleyGirl♦ 6,098
 
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How do I search for a newspaper (instead of a person) on Genealogy Bank?

newspaper genealogy-bank
Dec 18 '19 at 14:03 ColeValleyGirl♦ 6,098
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Researching a New England sea captain prior to the US Revolution

england 18th-century new-england north-carolina
Jun 18 '15 at 0:58 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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How to handle smartmatches on myheritage.com - true similar interests vs trolling for huge trees?

myheritage.com
Jun 21 '18 at 3:46 user8213 1
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Is there a BNF (Backus Normal Form or Backus–Naur Form) for the gedcom grammar?

gedcom standards
Nov 4 '17 at 14:19 Harry Vervet♦ 17.8k
 
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Locating 18th/19th century grave in Massachusetts?

united-states 19th-century cemeteries grave-marker massachusetts
Jul 11 '17 at 10:51 Community♦ 1
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How do I tell which Gramps data file goes with which family tree?

gramps product-support
Jan 30 '13 at 1:17 Doug Blank 863
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Where do I find my Gramps data on a Mac or other Unix based file system?

gramps product-support
Jan 30 '13 at 1:13 Doug Blank 863
 
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Locating a marriage record for Jacob Bennett and his wife Zipporah in 18th century Connecticut?

united-states 18th-century marriage-records connecticut
Mar 14 at 21:30 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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Finding out more about Haynes, Sparrell & Co letterhead from 1901 in Boston?

united-states massachusetts 1900s-decade
Jun 10 '18 at 11:36 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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Are there mtDNA societies like there are surname societies for Y-DNA?

dna mitochondrial-dna
Feb 2 '16 at 20:24 CRSouser 5,529
 
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Jacob Fisher and Sarah Hodges (married in 1773 in Sharon, MA) - who were their childen?

united-states dna 18th-century surnames massachusetts
Oct 19 '17 at 21:55 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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On what ship did Franz Joseph Kerber (1825-1873) immigrate to the US?

immigration ship
Jan 6 '17 at 23:13 Community♦ 1
 
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Sources for the birth of Elizabeth Shaw Whaley in Connecticut c.1813?

united-states 19th-century birth-records connecticut
Feb 6 '16 at 16:44 Harry Vervet♦ 17.8k
 
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Seeking info on Phoebe Paine, born 9 Aug 1762

baptism-records new-england werelate.org
Feb 4 '16 at 7:36 PolyGeo♦ 11k
 
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Is there a gramplet or report for getting the list of surnames from gramps?

gramps
May 9 '15 at 13:54 Doug Blank 863
 
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Which Golden Thread Matrilineal “Clan” maps to my mtDNA haplogroup?

mitochondrial-dna
Sep 23 '16 at 14:00 lkessler 16.1k
 
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Locating a Massachusetts marriage record circa 1760 for Robert Gray and Margaret parents of John Gray (b 1763, Worcester MA)

18th-century marriage-practices locating-records massachusetts
Feb 6 '16 at 17:22 Community♦ 1
 
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Records for 'aide' to officer in US Civil War

19th-century military-records us-civil-war
Feb 9 '13 at 1:01 Fortiter 13.3k
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Is there a replacement for Gedcom in the works? [duplicate]

standards gedcom
Dec 1 '12 at 23:11 Community♦ 1
 
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World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 - valid source?

ancestry.com sources
Apr 1 '17 at 14:46 Mike Dobson 11
 
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Who were the children of Jacob Fisher and Sarah Hodges? [closed]

united-states 18th-century baptism-records new-england
Feb 6 '16 at 21:02 PolyGeo♦ 11k
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How rare/common is a surname in US currently?

united-states surnames statistics
Feb 6 '16 at 17:33 Community♦ 1
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How rare/common is a surname in the US Social Security Death Index?

united-states surnames statistics social-security
Feb 6 '16 at 15:51 Harry Vervet♦ 17.8k
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