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9:36 Ancestry Web site down? 20Oct25 (Technical Help) by Vasquez109
9:30 Birth certification in old Russian (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Marianthompson47
9:22 Looking for any notable family background of my French ancestors (Europe) by goldie61
9:15 Harry Wellington Louis (London and Middlesex) by aidansrest
9:15 Eliza Reeve born 1883 Great Canfield (Essex) by softly softly
9:08 Nevern 1851 Census confused entry (Pembrokeshire) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:54 Re: Diary summary week ending 26th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
8:52 London Neighbourhoods (London and Middlesex) by davisd
8:45 Re: Grandfather- Patrick O' Callaghan (Ireland) by car
7:50 Mother's name 094? (Australia) by Forfarian
7:40 Susannah Wells (Oxfordshire) by haliared
7:24 Where Am I? No. 12a - Part Two of "Cazza's House" (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by DavidG02
7:06 'Gay' officers in the First World War -- can you help? (The Common Room) by IanStB
7:06 DNA match on MyHeritage but not on Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
7:03 suicide inquest (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by joliz
6:56 I`m trying to find out about William McIlwain &2 other family members (Family History Beginners Board) by Radcliff
6:48 Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia (Dublin) by taramcdsmall
6:41 Help needed tracing somene who disappears from the records (The Common Room) by PatLac
6:35 Cause of death (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by emeltom
6:07 Silk Winders (Family History Beginners Board) by mudmonster
5:06 Finding the mother (Shropshire) by wiilams83
4:39 Birth records Philadelphia (US Lookup Requests) by Jenny1
4:34 Alexander Campbell Herriot (Fife) by Millmoor
4:16 Identifying a Matthew Lynch, Nottinghamshire death, 1965 (Family History Beginners Board) by wilcoxon
3:58 Long Wittenham, Berkshire 1960's. (The Common Room) by LizzieL
3:50 Already have father & 1 of sons DNA, is it worth doing another son? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by George52
3:22 Richard Colby's wife's name (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by ShaunJ
3:15 Elizabeth Isabella Scott Burn born 20 Jul 1896 Edinbugh (Midlothian) by rosie17
2:49 Death by Poison Covered Up? (Australia) by Happy Searcher
2:31 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by jc26red
2:03 Surname EDRUPT pre 1800 (Huntingdonshire) by LizzieL
2:03 Occupation in census help (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by softly softly
1:45 Unreducting a record on the 1939 Register (The Common Room) by Jon_ni
1:42 smith/simpson (Other Countries) by kaz1056
12:59 Streets of St Fagans - Harding (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by AlanBoyd
12:48 Hucknall Torkard Parish Records (Nottinghamshire) by Ili1133
12:42 Andrew Colhoun Bishops St Londonderry (Derry (Londonderry)) by lmgnz
11:40 1841 census clarity (Devon Completed Lookup Requests) by hanes teulu

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