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I am using Firefox 3.0.1 with a Windows XP operating system. All of the scroll-bars on the summary screen for Obadiah Holmes (KNWX-MVV) worked fine except for the one for the burial event. The bottom of this one disappeared behind the footer of the summary screen. I was able to work the scroll-bar b...

I looked at the record for Joel David Wightman in nFS and old Family Search. The individual sources in nFS indicate that the data comes from the IGI, AF, or PRF, although it is not clear what came from which source. In old Family Search you at least know what database the information came from and, ...

When I originally brought this issue up in a different thread I had in mind the idea of separating blocks of records. Most often I see two or three distinct individuals (and their respective combined records) being combined as one individual. To sort them out into the two or three individuals as a b...

I have spent many hours cleaning up the records for my family in the new Family Search and suggested an enhancement that I think would save many users of the system a lot of time in the combining and separating process. There are cases where there have been two individuals with the same name combine...

I too have a problem with the use of standardized place names in NFS. I always try and get the place names correct as to the time and place of the event and do not like how standardization tries to force a display of modern names. Or remove the township level of a cemetery location. A couple of exa...

Official notification was received yesterday from Family Search Support that NFS will "go live" in the Chicago Illinois Temple district on 20 May 2008.