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1:28 Scottish birth and bapism (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Millmoor
12:55 Harry Tasker 1st Batn Lincolnshire Regiment (World War One) by Jebber
12:53 Part of my GRO birth record is missing (The Common Room) by Zaphod99
12:32 What became of Edgar Roy Arbuckle? (United States of America) by shellyesq
12:31 Immigration - James and Esther ARTHUR with son Horatio (Australia) by sparrett
12:17 Isaac Newton - North-West Mounted Police / Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canada) by Joy Dean
12:17 Martin family, Redbourn, 17/18 century (Hertfordshire) by IanStB
12:02 Tate of Wistow; Rimington of Pontefract; Todd, Turner & Wharrey of Selby (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
12:01 Admin of estate of William Covell of Ashmanhaugh. (Norfolk) by coombs
11:35 Have you heard of 3 Bells? (London & Middlesex Resources) by Neale1961
11:15 Families of Vokins, Lockey and Lawrence. (Oxfordshire) by corinthian
11:06 Surrey residents date unknown (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by jim1
10:43 French marriage contract 1618 (Europe) by manukarik
10:41 Will a Grenah's Death Ballad (Roxburghshire) by castlebob
10:29 Wright Family Ruabon (Denbighshire) by wilcoxon
9:57 Burial Certified (The Common Room) by J Bux
9:55 Help: brick wall GODLEY (The Common Room) by Neale1961
9:54 The hell that is two factor authorisation (The Common Room) by Biggles50
9:06 Looking for migration to Australia Thomas Henry Howard (Australia) by cupoflife
8:22 Drowned At The North Dock In Sunderland, 1902? (Durham) by AlanBoyd
7:55 Elizabeth King born about 1790 in Croxton (Leicestershire Lookup Requests) by rotter55
7:09 Ancestry Update 2025 (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
6:42 Jean Martineau, married name Cazenove (The Common Room) by ChrisWd
6:06 Edward Johnston, Feb 1859, died 13 June 1924, Buckley, Iroquois Co., Illinois (United States of America) by amondg
1:09 Edith Dunbar (born Wentworth), 1845 - 1891 (The Common Room) by Farelf
10:41 William James Turner, Herefordshire (The Common Room) by close1
10:31 Y111 vs Y67 test (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by John-76
10:12 'Wanted Person' Isabella Boyens (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Mabel Bagshawe
9:37 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st september 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
9:32 Missing couple (Ireland Resources) by Olicana
7:00 Nerquis on 1939 Register (Flintshire) by Wrexthedragon
6:44 Dorset deaths 1907 (Dorset) by CaroleW
6:35 Kenneth Frank Newman in the USA (United States of America) by amondg
5:54 Mary ann smith/new grocock (The Common Room) by CaroleW
5:45 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
5:06 Looking for offspring of Anne Phillips and Thomas Heyward (Pembrokeshire) by hanes teulu
4:30 Sad listings. (The Lighter Side) by GrahamSimons
4:07 Austrian Birth Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by FNEVIK

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