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Here’s what worked.", "score": 51, "comments": 4, "created_utc": 1794264098.652, "snippet": "My great-grandfather, Capt. Andrew Murray Robertson, MC, kept a daily diary from February 1915 to December 1918 with the Canadian Engineers, and wrote letters to a cousin in California. They came...", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/comments/1xs66h4/i_transcribed_my_greatgrandfathers_wwi_diary_and/" }, { "title": "I just have to share my frustration", "score": 32, "comments": 24, "created_utc": 1793860809.692, "snippet": "I don’t like using FamilySearch anymore because it’s all one tree and anyone can add information. I have an aunt and random unrelated people adding unfounded information and people to trees. When...", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/comments/1xobtik/i_just_have_to_share_my_frustration/" }, { "title": "Ancestry.ca- Free access to military records until Remembrance Day", "score": 21, "comments": 2, "created_utc": 1794016455.434, "snippet": "I am not sure if this is available in the UK or other countries, but thought I would share in case you're like me and don't always catch these things. No use to me personally, unfortunately. I...", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/comments/1xpuhu0/ancestryca_free_access_to_military_records_until/" }, { "title": "Restarting Genealogy Hobby", "score": 19, "comments": 5, "created_utc": 1794225439.458, "snippet": "Hi all! 20 years ago I did research on my family tree and spent a few quid on Scotland's people with good success. I managed to get back 9 generations and then put it down for a while. 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