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1:39 William Constable and Daisy Blunt Vyse (Canada) by J.J.
1:39 Need help with a surname (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by RowanR
1:35 Jo Snell (The Common Room) by Milliepede
1:34 Salford Prison Look-Up (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Pendlewitch67
1:31 Patrick O'Brien: daughter Martha emigrated to England probably c1841 (Down) by rathmore
1:16 Unidentified country house (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Jool
12:54 Looking for my mother's-in law father John (or Jack) Hickisey, b. 1905 in London (Family History Beginners Board) by jorose
12:46 Telfords, Canada (Canada) by *Sandra*
12:41 Abbreviations (The Common Room) by Top-of-the-hill
12:30 Terence PUDNER WW1 NEATH (Glamorganshire) by Sam Swift
12:26 Does this prove anything?? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Spelk
12:26 Eliza Annie WOOD of Guernsey (Channel Islands Lookup Requests) by granny lukeis
12:13 Fox's in Ballinamore, Leitrim (Leitrim) by Kiltaglassan
12:11 Cotton mill/manufacturer (Family History Beginners Board) by mudmonster
12:00 Marriage of William Flower to Mary, Publow Somerset abt. 1791 (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
11:58 Marriage of Joseph Flowers and Elizabeth Edwards Somerton 1821 (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
11:52 Seeking the parents of John Cain, blacksmith, of Baldwin (Isle of Man Lookup Requests) by trish1120
11:39 Wow! What a car! (The Common Room) by BillyF
11:27 Grandmother Jessie Alice Bonney nee Evison. (London and Middlesex) by diana2646
10:54 Old silver - assay marks, trying to date spoons (The Common Room) by Gillg
10:50 A useful tip to search through your correspondence with MyHeritage DNA matches (The Common Room) by Zaphod99
10:29 Douglas Frederick Denman Taunton boy? (Somerset) by alan o
9:53 Electoral rolls - where to find these (Australia) by Neale1961
9:42 Help transcribing townland near Ballina (Mayo) by dublin1850
8:40 Death Registration Sarah Forfar - died 18 June 1856 - Luton (Bedfordshire) by Pinetree
8:17 Cant find birth (The Common Room) by Kerrill
7:45 Findmypast subscription (The Common Room) by Retriever
7:31 INNES George John (Aberdeenshire) by tropicalj
5:48 Charles mcLease (name variants) (Durham) by lnr
5:40 The Wherry Inn, Wyle Cop, (Shropshire Lookup Requests) by treeworm
5:20 Grantham (Australia Resources & Offers) by maddys52
3:43 Seeking death record for Ramon Velez Sanchez born 1900 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (United States of America) by rkive82
1:32 Help with Bridget Donohoe near Miltown (Cavan) by jamesm113
10:57 Francis Dillon WILLIAMS of Liverpool (Lancashire) by Mabel Bagshawe
10:40 DED for Gortyarn (Donegal) by mhac
10:29 Re: Diary summary week ending 7th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Roobarb
10:24 Andrew Colhoun Bishops St Londonderry (Derry (Londonderry)) by lmgnz
9:51 Mitchell family in Scotland (Argyllshire) by planehome

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