It also depends to some extent on whether you use a Windows computer or a Mac. Some of the best software is not available for a Mac but there are very good Mac-compatible programs as well
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11-04-2023 9:08 PM
Thread: Family Tree Software
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It also depends to some extent on whether you use...
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26-03-2023 10:03 PM
Thread: Unindexed records on FamilySearch
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Great tip Pam. Thank you
Great tip Pam. Thank you
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16-10-2022 9:07 PM
Thread: Guy Etchells
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Very sorry to hear about Guy. He always talked...
Very sorry to hear about Guy. He always talked such good sense. You need people who are well grounded and knowledgable to contribute as he did over the years.
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14-08-2022 10:59 PM
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When I get new matches I first click on their...
When I get new matches I first click on their name, then on "Shared Matches". Most of the low cM matches don't have any shared matches with me so I ignore them. When someone does share matches with...
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06-01-2022 10:59 PM
Thread: 1921 Census
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I would always buy the image rather than the...
I would always buy the image rather than the transcription although it costs a little more. Great to see the actual return in your ancestors' own handwriting and make your own transcription.
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06-01-2022 10:55 PM
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Pity they got the date of the census wrong. It...
Pity they got the date of the census wrong. It was taken at the end of April not June as the report suggests
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20-10-2021 9:43 PM
Thread: FATHER
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I was going to make the same suggestion as Deeny...
I was going to make the same suggestion as Deeny but I'm guessing that gillie doesn't have much in the way of a family tree to associate with a test. It is also worth pointing out that DNA test...
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24-05-2021 1:05 PM
Thread: my family name is Norman
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Thanks Les. Probably the wrong family then. ...
Thanks Les. Probably the wrong family then.
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21-05-2021 8:10 PM
Thread: my family name is Norman
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Hi Les I see that you stsrted this thread in...
Hi Les
I see that you stsrted this thread in 2007! I also noted that believe that the Norman family came from Northamptonshire. My 2nd great-grandfather on my maternal side was John Norman, born... -
14-04-2021 9:57 PM
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I recently transcribed a very helpful Will of a...
I recently transcribed a very helpful Will of a widow who named daughters, their husbands, sons (both dead and alive still) and many grandchildren. All the living relatives were left bequests and the...
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30-03-2021 8:53 PM
Thread: Criminally brief
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Criminally brief
I received an email today from FMP tempting me to look at their extensive criminal records. I have known for years that a family within my ancestry - a father and his two sons - all went to prison at...
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12-03-2021 10:32 AM
Thread: I've got the Hump(hreys)
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Thank you everyone for strengthening my suspicion...
Thank you everyone for strengthening my suspicion that he made his father's name up. As far as I could ascertain it was not a name from the family, just a random one, as indeed was the 'father's...
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11-03-2021 11:58 PM
Thread: I've got the Hump(hreys)
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Hi Christina I'm not really cross...it all...
Hi Christina
I'm not really cross...it all happened a long time ago. Clearly my man was less ambitious than yours, claiming only that his father was an elastic weaver. Perhaps he was a... -
11-03-2021 10:29 PM
Thread: I've got the Hump(hreys)
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I've got the Hump(hreys)
When my paternal great grandmother married my great grandfather she already had a 10-year-old son William Humphreys - her surname. She was described as a spinster on the marriage certificate so...
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01-03-2021 12:03 AM
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Great advice although you don't explain what...
Great advice although you don't explain what recombination actually entails. My limited understanding of the subject suggests that what you are referring to is that although we each inherit roughly...
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18-02-2021 11:12 PM
Thread: An interesting bit of trivia
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Perhaps she just had uninteresting friends?
Perhaps she just had uninteresting friends?
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03-02-2021 11:54 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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Hi Pam I am trying to confirm the mother's...
Hi Pam
I am trying to confirm the mother's maiden name at the birth of 4 children to confirm a marriage but you are correct that the years in question are not currently covered by GRO. The mother... -
03-02-2021 10:18 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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.....and GRO doesn't have the records I need!!!!!
.....and GRO doesn't have the records I need!!!!!
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03-02-2021 10:14 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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In! Firefox did it for me! Thanks everyone. I now...
In! Firefox did it for me! Thanks everyone. I now have 3 browsers!
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03-02-2021 10:07 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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I don't have a specific antivirus program as a...
I don't have a specific antivirus program as a Mac user (I know that you can but I don't). All my devices are Apple. Either I'm told that privacy cannot be guaranteed and I'm not given a choice to...
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03-02-2021 9:38 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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Nope! Still can't get in. Tried using my laptop,...
Nope! Still can't get in. Tried using my laptop, iPad and iPhone all with the same result.
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03-02-2021 12:07 PM
Thread: GRO broken?
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It's odd because I only ever use Safari and...
It's odd because I only ever use Safari and Chrome and I've managed to get in within the last week. Particularly galling right now because I need to see mothers' maiden names to unravel a very odd...
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03-02-2021 10:53 AM
Thread: GRO broken?
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Pam I just tried your link and it also failed....
Pam
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03-02-2021 10:36 AM
Thread: GRO broken?
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GRO broken?
I've just tried to access the GRO via Safari then Chrome and finally via the more general .gov site and every time I've been blocked. Is anyone else suffering similarly?
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01-02-2021 1:02 PM
Thread: Puzzling Mortality Statistics
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Hi Ed The journalist didn't give the source of...
Hi Ed
The journalist didn't give the source of his statement but as a piece of journalism rather than an academic paper I wouldn't expect sources or footnotes. I agree that in context it supports...
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