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5:09 Marriage 1866 Ulverston John Hesketh/ Mary Ann Pratt (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Radcliff
4:42 Hubert Avery (Glamorganshire) by Deirdre784
4:07 Death of Former Soccer Player Thomas Septimus Dickinson (Canada Lookup Request) by *Sandra*
4:07 Joseph Habersham 1728-1796 (Dorset) by radstockjeff
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4:06 Jane Tilly nee Ormston. (Kent) by rosie99
3:59 What is this heraldic charge? (The Common Room) by KGarrad
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12:25 Did Edward SWEENEY have a daughter in Ireland called Julia Ann? (Ireland) by Richard Knott
11:59 Westminster Chest 1764 will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
11:56 A few words on a 16C woodcut (Europe) by goldie61
11:39 Wilmont/Willment family Curry Mallet (Somerset) by GrahamPC
11:31 George Smailes, White-le- Head (Durham) by rosie99
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10:59 Christopher Laws (Family History Beginners Board) by Spelk
10:44 Y111 vs Y67 test (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by BushInn1746
10:19 1897 Rescue from Drowning in Carlisle. (Cumberland) by This Boy
10:18 Marriage of Clement Gerry bef. 1655 Ashwater, Devon. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
9:50 Scottish birth and bapism (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Neale1961
9:39 Elizabeth Stubbs from Glasgow (Lanarkshire) by Forfarian
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7:30 John Harris, death in circa 1832 Walworth & Kennington (b 1767) (London and Middlesex) by amondg
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2:17 CHINERY Family History (Warwickshire Lookup Requests) by Irish Anne
1:39 Thomas Manning b1851 (Galway) by Neale1961
11:49 Edward Johnston, Feb 1859, died 13 June 1924, Buckley, Iroquois Co., Illinois (United States of America) by Peggy13
10:51 Hutton family Belfast in 1850-1870’s (Antrim) by goatfish77
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