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9:36 Diary summary week ending 18th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
9:17 Aspinall Family of West Derby Liverpool (One Name Studies: A to G) by tornado
9:17 Prytherch family - Anglesey (Anglesey) by WelshGen
8:57 Switch off of Canmore, Scran and Scotland's Places (Scotland) by Forfarian
8:50 Smithfields, Sheffield 1932 (The Common Room) by ASB74
8:48 Possible second marriage - brick wall (Europe) by heilanlassie
8:33 1801-1831 UK Census (The Common Room) by BumbleB
7:50 HMS MILE? WW2 (World War Two) by gaffy
7:40 Skibbereen - Famine Survivors, How? (Cork) by conahy calling
7:39 need help with birth record (Tipperary) by Wexflyer
7:12 Royal Navy Reserves Records Abbreviations Help Please (World War One) by JMHaddy
5:26 William Lewis (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Vixen999
5:08 Tracking down place of burial (Montana) (United States of America) by shellyesq
5:07 Seeking Information on the Family of Esther Martin (England) by softly softly
4:43 c. 1793 Alice SMITH, Moreton (near Bidston): parents & siblings??? (Cheshire) by Rowan Tree
4:28 two polish names (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Kay99
4:06 John Cooper c1800 (Staffordshire) by BumbleB
3:55 Watson (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by Curiously
3:29 Ancestry - Pro Tools Offer - Free for a month. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
3:20 Paragraph in 1670s Shropshire will - any help much appreciated (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
3:17 Fred Langson died WW1 born Wadebridge - who was his father and other questions! (Cornwall) by rosie99
2:59 Taking a secod name? (The Common Room) by GR2
2:58 Bevan Allan/Allen/Alan Wilson b.1943 Mackay, Qld (The Common Room) by Darlene_Wilson
2:57 Need help with Handwriting on German Birth Certificate - Twins? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Zefiro
2:43 Help identifying Elizabeth Osborn(e) (Family History Beginners Board) by ASB74
2:27 Discount codes (The Common Room) by bernard rogers
2:06 Where to start with Scottish Research? (Scotland) by Forfarian
1:11 The Dodge Family of Somerset and Dorset (The Common Room) by Davidxmas
1:04 stephen wright and millicent squire (Lincolnshire) by trish1120
12:57 HAY WILDY RIBBESFORD (Worcestershire) by trish1120
12:40 SYDNEY OWEN FRANCIS CALVER WW! (London and Middlesex) by trevalyn
12:36 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by Jeffrey
11:25 Old Scottish 1550s document. 1 line. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by shanreagh
10:50 Looking for help on ages in Norfolk marriage license bond (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by trish1120
10:22 Identify place and trade names please. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Leon47
9:59 Census catagory: health: blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic. (Census and Resource Discussion) by aghadowey
9:55 Homestead grants (Canada) by flower fairy
8:48 Hubert McVeigh (World War Two) by z stringer

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