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9:55 Looking for marriage and children of James Martin McBlane and Agnes Crawford (Ayrshire) by rosie17
9:50 Emma Amelia [Clements] Keates (Hertfordshire) by calidris
9:29 Papple / Murray Family (Family History Beginners Board) by jonwarrn
9:26 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by Bookbox
9:21 Thomas Larkin1702 Goudhurst (Family History Beginners Board) by Rob Larkin
9:20 The Mysterious Case of Annie McKay/Mackie (Scotland) by Matt R
9:08 Doubting family stories (The Lighter Side) by ThrelfallYorky
8:38 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by jds1949
8:37 Clara Osborne (nee Harrison) (The Common Room) by heywood
8:24 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
8:18 Deaths from Free BDM (Lancashire) by mckha489
8:05 Grace Hustler/Hostler or Dodsworth - Thornton Dale (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by amondg
8:02 Winchester Close, Elgin (Moray (Elginshire)) by Kiltaglassan
6:37 McManus family of Kilmore, Cavan (Cavan) by corblimey
2:53 Looking for Bloomfield (Family History Beginners Board) by Tr bloom
12:38 Osborne's of Bridgnorth (Shropshire) by Mr Gwynne Chadwick
12:20 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by Wexflyer
11:56 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
11:54 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by BridgetM
10:53 Gordon Dennis Seabrook (Canada Lookup Request) by mckha489
10:42 George Melvin, Schoolmaster, Tarves (Aberdeenshire) by GordonFindlay
10:34 McDill and Dill (Kirkcudbrightshire) by matt muir
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
9:02 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
6:28 Starting a tree with not much info (The Common Room) by brigidmac
5:45 Castleford Cemetery - layout (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by JCam
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
3:00 Orr Family Ballygowan (Down) by hdw
2:59 Alice Ames (Cambridgeshire) by Kay99
2:20 William Robinson Bell (Cumberland) by Jos, Whitehaven
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