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10:57 Rachel Cohue - Guernsey connection? (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by rosie99
10:51 William Scott 1757-1826 (Northumberland) by danielr
10:46 James Findlay - missing death record (Angus (Forfarshire)) by jonwarrn
10:40 Transportation of George Doleman (Staffordshire) by gnorman
10:37 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st september 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Gillg
10:36 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Essnell
10:27 An English solider, why did he emigrate? (New Zealand) by franh1946
10:17 Ninion Steele Broomfield (Berwickshire) by Forfarian
9:48 Need help finding a death and a birth record (Ayrshire) by Kiltaglassan
9:43 help with parts of a brief Latin will from 1509 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
9:42 Immigration - James and Esther ARTHUR with son Horatio (Australia) by Feos
9:39 More help needed with army records (Armed Forces) by Kathmferrier
9:14 Checking for a newspaper report (Staffordshire) by gnorman
8:46 Harmer Rogers c1753 (Norfolk) by petey22
8:37 Tracking down Mary in Newbold (Leicestershire) by Richard Knott
8:03 Frederick A. Onstott Jr (1915-1981) - Gridley, Butte, Ca. (US Lookup Requests) by Printer
7:12 Catheryne Haywood (Devon) by Gordon163
6:34 Burnford Yeeld, Bromsgrove (Worcestershire) by Carolynxyz
5:54 Mylroie from Isle of Man (Isle of Man) by dibanks
11:24 LONGACRE - long acre, New Zealand (New Zealand) by shanreagh
11:24 Royal Artillery Attestation c 1940 (World War Two) by Pendlewitch67
11:15 What happened to John Cook & Frances Crowder 1812-1813 at Knottingley? (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
10:31 Help with name on WW1 postcard please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by aus*jen
10:06 Elizabeth Garland b.c. 1779 m. Samuel Daniel 1814 Illogan (Cornwall) by osprey
9:21 Anc*y have fixed something! (The Lighter Side) by JAKnighton
9:17 A butcher, a baker... by the name of Wilson (possibly Sorbie, Wigtown) (Wigtownshire) by Lught-thie
8:27 Cork City Schools (Cork) by Dee82
8:27 Looking for Death record (Cork) by ballydw
7:49 Finding an Aunt (The Common Room) by Spelk
7:39 Looking for plot 1169/Lair 11 St Kentigerns Cadder Glasgow G20/23 (Lanarkshire) by jonwarrn
6:44 The Kendal Woman (Westmorland) by Liam59
4:26 Ancestry DNA...no longer a match? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by cockney rebel
3:54 Search for digitised copy of an application for a homestead, Saskatchewan, 1908 (Canada Resources) by Archiec
3:18 Records for Pentre-Ty-Gwyn and Cefnarthen Chapels (Carmarthenshire) by grandmaster
2:37 When do you have enough information? (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
2:27 What are all these medals? (Armed Forces) by Phodgetts
2:08 Ancestry Update 2025 (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Zaphod99
2:03 Offer: Cadder Cemetery Transcriptions, Bishopbriggs (Lanarkshire) by Chris5856

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