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10:42 Clara Osborn (nee Harrison) (The Common Room) by close1
10:42 George Melvin, Schoolmaster, Tarves (Aberdeenshire) by GordonFindlay
10:39 Gordon Dennis Seabrook (Canada Lookup Request) by CaroleW
10:36 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by Mabel Bagshawe
10:34 McDill and Dill (Kirkcudbrightshire) by matt muir
10:23 The Mysterious Case of Annie McKay/Mackie (Scotland) by Forfarian
10:13 very low cm for 2c1xr but share matches on both sides (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
9:33 Margaret Connors (Ireland) by heywood
9:19 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by jess5athome
9:02 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
8:48 Edward egan born 1842 limerick (Family History Beginners Board) by jonwarrn
8:38 Family Lines of Robert Fischer (1841), Madurai, IN (Other Countries) by osprey
8:09 Grace Hustler/Hostler or Dodsworth - Thornton Dale (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:06 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by coombs
6:28 Starting a tree with not much info (The Common Room) by brigidmac
5:45 Castleford Cemetery - layout (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by JCam
5:19 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
4:51 BRYSON obituries & graves 1978 & 1998 HENRY and MARY ELIZABETH, LONDONDERRY, or (Derry (Londonderry)) by Elwyn Soutter
4:29 Andrew Newton Haig 4380 King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion (Armed Forces) by Joy Dean
3:42 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by Johnorrett
3:34 Date display on FTM2019 (Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation) by familyfind
3:09 Occupation Robert Dunbar 1891 Canada Census (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by mcadamsd
3:01 Doubting family stories (The Lighter Side) by KGarrad
3:00 Orr Family Ballygowan (Down) by hdw
2:59 Alice Ames (Cambridgeshire) by Kay99
2:20 William Robinson Bell (Cumberland) by Jos, Whitehaven
2:06 Bridget Geraghty (Ireland) by Kloumann
2:03 Occupation? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Leon47
1:44 Cannot find father of Roger Rodgers (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie99
1:30 William Frederick Faulkner Davenport (Complete) (Canada) by J.J.
11:55 Deaths from Free BDM (Lancashire) by jonwarrn
11:42 Identifying "medals" on teenage milkman London 1934 (The Common Room) by rocala
11:29 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by Bookbox
11:04 Broadbent/Conroys from Bradford and Westmorland (Westmorland) by Jeffrey
10:46 registry of shipping and seamen (TNA ref: BT114/3) (The Common Room) by Bookbox
10:30 Ukrainian translation (Europe) by pb_devon
9:56 Cain (Otherwise Blake) (Family History Beginners Board) by amondg
9:21 Robert KIDD's parentage (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Eyesee

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