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6:33 Cause of death 1852 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Tickettyboo
6:32 Boyce Family from Ireland to New Brunswick (Canada) by jboyce
6:30 Ronald Lines (b1933 Birmingham) (Family History Beginners Board) by Radcliff
6:29 Alice Mary Jones (Merionethshire) by CaroleW
6:26 Help request - deciphering place names Scotland (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by PatLac
6:23 Mobbs of Hethe and Stratton Audley (Oxfordshire) by Genghissian
6:02 Help requested - 1666 Inventory - brief text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by SiGr
5:41 Roots magic 9/10 64bit on Windows 11 (Technical Help) by mudmonster
5:40 Clewer House of Mercy (Berkshire Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
5:15 Simpson Hill, Bury (Lancashire) by Missamc
4:58 MARKS surname throughout Ireland (Ireland) by Kiltaglassan
4:48 Maccesfield old street names (The Common Room) by WidHist
4:39 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by Jool
4:29 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by Higpoidius
4:14 Swain family (-ies) in and near Condover (Shropshire) by Missamc
3:50 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ShaunJ
3:32 Mary Lewis Wife of Thomas Minshull (Shropshire) by NorthernGeezer
3:14 Battle of Langside (The Common Room) by castlebob
3:13 Charles Sinfield, Woburn-ish (Bedfordshire) by Norfolk Nan
2:53 Help requested - ‘sense-check’ of a Julian calendar calculation. (The Common Room) by SiGr
2:40 Looking for Records - Ontario - Conway - Death of 2 Children (Canada) by shawd
2:13 laptop keyboard (Technical Help) by sandiep
2:07 1921 census advice please. (Sussex) by rosie99
1:31 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
1:20 Missing Great Grandfather - 1921 Census Help!!!! (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by ciderdrinker
1:12 William 'Bill' Tredinnick 1946-200? (United States of America) by shellyesq
12:30 Dorothy Cork (Australia) by m23to53
12:22 James Dransfield born abt 1838 Cowlam or Langtoft (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by Bilham
12:20 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by osip
12:20 A burial or a memorial in St. Saviours Cemetery, Jersey, Channel Islands (Channel Islands Lookup Requests) by Jouault
12:08 Decipher a place name in 1870s (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by TALIEW83
11:58 Bird in the Bush Inn-Penshaw (Durham) by AlanBoyd
11:46 City of London Anglican Churches with lost baptism records (London and Middlesex) by Gordon163
11:34 Help with Reading will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by PaulCD1960
11:11 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Kiltaglassan
10:38 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
10:38 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by worth
10:20 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Ladyhawk

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