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r/familysearch•

The AI photo situation is getting out of hand

I just unlinked "photos" of people who died in the 1700s. The "photos" were screenshots of images generated by chatgpt (you could see it in the screenshot). I'm seeing more every day. I hope that FS sets a policy against using ai generated content. The Remi reconstructions were bad enough, and very often nightmare fuel, but at least they were based on real pictures.

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r/familysearch•

Will FS do anything about griefers

I've contacted them before and they just scolded me for daring to do so. But there are 2 people, who possibly have dementia, that keep wrecking my family lines.

The first is a woman who about every 3 months finds one of my ancestors with the same name as her ancestor (usually the same one), detaches the wife and children from her ancestor and attaches them to mine, then detaches the wife and children from my ancestor and attaches them to hers. Both families are well researched with sources. In the process she mixes up sources, children end up attached to the wrong family. I've tried messaging and leaving notes, nada. This has been happening for a long time. She used to be a very good resea

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r/Genealogy•

Newspapers and/or OldNews lookup please

Request

Usually, I can get the transcription on Newspapers but it won't work on this one. It is an obituary for William McQuay, 17 March 1931 in the Rochester Journal and the Post Express and Democrat and Chronicle.

Links, I hope these work:

Newspapers,com - Democrat and Chronicle

william Mcquay - Search - Newspapers.com™

Mar 17, 1931, page 27 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com

MyHeritage - Rochester Journal and the Post Express

[William McQuay - United States Obituary Index from Ol

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r/findagrave•

Merge recommendations are being declined.

Discussion

Lately it seems that most of my merge recommendations are being declined for the same reason, might be a cenotaph. I've done as much research as I could to ensure they are the same person, and I believe they are. Often, one memorial has plot info, and or an actual gravestone, while the other one has neither but is in a different cemetery. Cenataph is a possibility but there is no evidence for it, no plot info, no markers, nothing whatsoever to suggest that it is anything other than a duplicate. I have found cases where the person bought a plot in one cemetery, but later decided to be buried in a different cemetery. As far as I can tell, these are not that. I think that whoever is reviewing

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r/FlashForge•

File Does Not Exist, Error. How do I fix this?

Windows. Flashforge AD5M. Everything was working fine. I updated Windows Orca to 2.3 from the app, which sent me to github, and it printed fine for the rest of the day. The next morning, I turned on the printer and sent files, nothing happened, checked the printer and there is an error, "File does not exist." Clicking the connection icon then Test, it says the connection works properly. It is connecting to the printer but the files are empty(?).
Troubleshooting:

  1. Reinstalled 2.2. Rebooted everything. nada.
  2. Reinstalled 2.3. Rebooted everything. nada.
  3. Factory reset printer + Reinstall 2.3. Rebooted everything. nada.

Tested with Flashprint and files send and print.

I asked

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r/Genealogy•

Any researchers familiar with Richard Burton Archives in Swansea?

Request

My 2x great-grandfather disappeared from records between 1871-1874. His death is not registered with the GRO, nor have I found a burial. If he died, I'm hoping his death/burial was recorded by St Mary's Catholic church, whose records now reside in the Richard Burton Archives. Father Peter Lewis was the parish priest at that time.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KC2H-W23

Someone at the archives was nice enough to find his children's baptisms (their births were not registered) and his marriage but told me I would have to conduct further research myself, in person, which is impossible as I live in the US. So

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r/3d6•

Stay Warlock or multiclass?

D&D 5e Revised/2024

Level 6 Tiefling Archfey Warlock about to level up and I'm deciding whether to stay Warlock or multiclass. I'm a blaster so a dip in Pally is not useful.
Warlock 7: Lvl 4 spells +1 Invocation
W6 + Sorc1: +4 cantrips, +2 spell slots
W6 + Bard1: +2 cantrips, +4 spell slots
Stretched out to level 9, W6+S3, is a nice mix, but who knows if the campaign will last that long. In the short term it's a wash at best. But a War9 is no slouch either.

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r/DMAcademy•

My players are getting bogged down with conspiracy theories

Need Advice: Encounters & Adventures

They convince themselves that every NPC: shopkeeper/innkeeper/blacksmith/mayor is cheating them or hiding a secret, queue ... insight/investigation/medicine/religion/etc. We are spending 30-45 at every shop and often they don't buy anything because 'I think the potion seller is selling fake potions,' or similar ideas. One group convinced themselves that a random child was a shapeshifter. The guy that hired them to retrieve the gem is 'up to something,' so they don't want to turn it over. These are one shots and short campaigns (3-4 sessions) for beginners, so we have limited time and I'm having to skip locations and fast forward finales to have a conclusion. Anyone else experience this? How

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r/Genealogy•

Researching Mormon DNA Cluster - dead end

Brick Wall

I have a mystery cluster of Mormons (most around 20-25cM) and no idea how they are related other than they also connect to my great-grandmother's line from Swansea, Wales. AFAIK, her family were Anglican. Many of them have well researched trees, but neither FS nor Ancestry find crossover with my family. Could the polygamy be interfering? Having multiple spouses isn't normally a problem.

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