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5:56 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by rosie99
5:53 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by Forfarian
5:49 RAFVR 78 Squadron (World War Two) by martin hooper
5:41 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by cbibby
5:38 Jeremiah CAMPION Leitrim, Co Cork. (Cork) by celtic liberty
5:35 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by softly softly
5:24 Marriage of Henry James Flower jnr to Selina, 1901-1921 Middlesex. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
5:22 lilly chant ms Gilmour (Canada Lookup Request) by dbree
5:09 Bristol lies partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Somerset (The Common Room) by radstockjeff
5:03 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Jon_ni
4:30 Mary Jane Myers (Antrim) by lucybella
4:26 Tomkinson Servicemen WWI (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by hoobaloo
4:10 laptop keyboard (Technical Help) by Jomot
4:07 Help requested - 1666 Inventory - brief text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
3:59 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Milliepede
3:49 Mother and Baby Home run by nuns in Churt, Hampshire in the 1960's (Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests) by Newell60
3:48 Bedminster Burial (Somerset Lookup Requests) by lcsnor
3:34 Uniform Enquiry (World War One) by Mercian7
3:18 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by PatLac
2:33 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
2:05 identification of the grooms uniform (Armed Forces) by Patricia Houghton
1:55 Further help requested - 1666 Inventory - one word. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
1:31 A burial or a memorial in St. Saviours Cemetery, Jersey, Channel Islands (Channel Islands Lookup Requests) by Jouault
1:18 Ellen and Patrick Culbert of Bray / Wicklow (Wicklow) by Kiltaglassan
12:49 Difficulty in finding a birth (Somerset Lookup Requests) by Helina
12:23 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by Sally4x
12:17 1851 Census Lookup Please (Suffolk Lookup Requests) by windy_miller
12:16 Ancestor help please (Canada Lookup Request) by rosie17
11:35 Pedigree Collapse/Endogamy and my theory on my 2x great grandmother’s parents (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
11:04 Burial -George Mathieson (Lanarkshire) by Corse21
11:01 Belgium translation (Europe) by jnomad
10:54 Mrs Jane Weston (nee Howard) (Oxfordshire) by brjhh2001
10:22 Henry SLADE - Great Torrington (Devon Lookup Requests) by Milliepede
10:17 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by Higpoidius
10:15 Understanding NZ Directories street orientations (New Zealand) by SignalHill
9:13 Rachael (Rachel) Scott (Durham) by aidansrest
8:22 Montrose Cemeteries (Angus (Forfarshire)) by rosie17
7:34 Richard Womersley born Dalton about 1807, lived and died in Shepley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by J.R.Ellam

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