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

What should I be doing to 'preserve' digital media?

Accessing data 'natively' in Gramps?

Finding original surname of adopted child from New York?

Letters from US Presidents to persons over 100

Gravestones without date of death seems odd. Is it common?

Is there a GEDCOM processing tool to determine lineage society eligibility?

How do I search for a newspaper (instead of a person) on Genealogy Bank?

Researching a New England sea captain prior to the US Revolution

How to handle smartmatches on myheritage.com - true similar interests vs trolling for huge trees?

Is there a BNF (Backus Normal Form or Backus–Naur Form) for the gedcom grammar?

Locating 18th/19th century grave in Massachusetts?

How do I tell which Gramps data file goes with which family tree?

Where do I find my Gramps data on a Mac or other Unix based file system?

Locating a marriage record for Jacob Bennett and his wife Zipporah in 18th century Connecticut?

Finding out more about Haynes, Sparrell & Co letterhead from 1901 in Boston?

Are there mtDNA societies like there are surname societies for Y-DNA?

Jacob Fisher and Sarah Hodges (married in 1773 in Sharon, MA) - who were their childen?

On what ship did Franz Joseph Kerber (1825-1873) immigrate to the US?

Sources for the birth of Elizabeth Shaw Whaley in Connecticut c.1813?

Seeking info on Phoebe Paine, born 9 Aug 1762

Is there a gramplet or report for getting the list of surnames from gramps?

Which Golden Thread Matrilineal “Clan” maps to my mtDNA haplogroup?

Locating a Massachusetts marriage record circa 1760 for Robert Gray and Margaret parents of John Gray (b 1763, Worcester MA)

Records for 'aide' to officer in US Civil War

Is there a replacement for Gedcom in the works? [duplicate]

World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 - valid source?

Who were the children of Jacob Fisher and Sarah Hodges? [closed]

How rare/common is a surname in US currently?

How rare/common is a surname in the US Social Security Death Index?