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Script_Ancestry.com_Hint_Helper

This script works with Ancestry.com’s hint merge page to properly update data. This helps enforce genealogy best practices and saves time.

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v2 2024-05-01

    Additions with 2

    • Corrects date formats
      • Changes “Est” to “Abt.”
    • Cleans up place names
      • Changes state abbreviations into full names (“MA” becomes “Massachusetts”)
      • If the county is missing, tries to add it
        • Currently works for
          • Added Oregon
    • Adds “County” to the birth place for the following sources:
      • California Birth Index, 1905-1995
      • Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999
      • Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1935-2000
      • Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994
      • Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
    • Adds “County” to the death place for the following sources:
      • California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939
      • Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998
      • Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919-1998
      • Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
      • Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008
      • Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
      • Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004
    • Adds “County” to the marriage place for the following sources:
      • Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
      • Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
  • v1 2021-12-12