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Thread	Start Date	Last Post	Messages
Place distribution maps	7-10-2020 by Dwight Lynn	7-10-2020 by Ray Gurganus	2
I'm not able to see the distribution of people in my branch. When I open "Places: State & County Resources, " it shows two US maps but the numbers do not match my branch (I suspect they are yours, Ray; 18467 in North Carolina - I don't have that many people in my branch and only 14 in North Carolina). I've tried selecting my branch on the seach function on State& County page but it does not change the maps/numbers.
Problem with search	6-21-2020 by Dwight Lynn	6-23-2020 by Ray Gurganus	2
I notice today when I do searches, it will allow me to include my Branch as a search field along with other items but then ignore it, giving me everyone's entries that match the other search criteria.
Census images on FamilySearch	3-12-2020 by Dwight Lynn	3-13-2020 by Dwight Lynn	3
I've notice the past few days that the FamilySearch site no longer has the images available for many of the census years. Does anyone know if this is a permanant situation? There is just so much information available on the actual census form than is available in the summary.
Pop up Birthplace message	11-16-2017 by Allan Joyce	12-7-2017 by robweis	6
For the last couple of days I get the following message; for every new entry, even though I've already done that, with sources. "When possible, please always try to put in at least a speculated birthdate, based on dates of relatives, and a birthstate. This aids duplicate checks, feasibility checks, and finding new relatives. Read More" Example: https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Joseph-Alexander-Sharp/p634019
Location Coloring for Historic Locations	11-28-2017 by robweis	11-28-2017 by robweis	1
Location Coloring for Historic Locations The coloring for locations seems to be based on the historic location. In this record: https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Daniel-Drake/p584958 the Birth location color is for the current NJ, Hunterdon even though the actual location is NJ, Mercer, Hopewell. No big deal, of course, but I'm a big fan of your location/color scheme. It's very helpful when browsing.
Find a Grave new format	11-7-2017 by Dwight Lynn	11-8-2017 by Ray Gurganus	5
Find A Grave rolled out their new format today and this site no longer recognized the URL in the current format. For example, the old format was: https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11785103 the new: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11785103/thomas-oregon-king At the moment, there's an option to use the old format but I don't imagine that will last.
Errors in "Find the Relationship"	9-20-2017 by Dwight Lynn	9-20-2017 by Ray Gurganus	2
I've occasionally received answers from this feature along the lines of "cousins, 3 times removed" (note, no number for the cousin). I got such an answer today when I was checking on a relationship but, upon examining the linages, I realized the person was my great, great uncle, not a cousin. The details are here: www.ourfamtree.org/relate.php?relate=443437&id2=443256 You can see John William Ramsey and Fidelia I Ramsey are siblings, so John is Ernest's uncle, James' great uncle, and my great, great uncle. Is there a simple fix for this?
Error in date sequence	6-13-2017 by Dwight Lynn	6-13-2017 by Violet Wilcox	4
I've had this come up a couple of times - occasionally I'll have the full date for a birth but just the year for the death. When these are in the same year, an error message comes up when you try to save "Error in date sequence ..." Can the error checking be adjusted to allow this situation?
Descendants w/ Multiple spouses	3-21-2017 by robweis	3-21-2017 by Ray Gurganus	2
This report https://www.ourfamtree.org/descend2.php?fid=371772&whose=w is not properly including children of Mary's second husband.
Minor glitch in census editing	2-2-2017 by Dwight Lynn	2-5-2017 by Ray Gurganus	2
I have a woman Esther Bacon who died in 1880 a month after the 1880 census was recorded. When I try to add 1880 census details through the Edit Census popup, it does not provide a check box for her (I presume because of her death that year) and subsequently deletes the 1880 Reside data and the census source from her record.

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