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1:29 RAFVR 78 SQUADRON (World War Two) by grahamm684
1:24 Help requested - 1666 Inventory - brief text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by SiGr
1:23 Bristol lies partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Somerset (The Common Room) by ReadyDale
1:18 Ellen and Patrick Culbert of Bray / Wicklow (Wicklow) by Kiltaglassan
1:17 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Jon_ni
1:11 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Milliepede
12:49 Difficulty in finding a birth (Somerset Lookup Requests) by Helina
12:31 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by osip
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
11:45 Uniform Enquiry (World War One) by ShaunJ
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 Marriage of Henry James Flower jnr to Selina, 1901-1921 Middlesex. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
10:15 Understanding NZ Directories street orientations (New Zealand) by SignalHill
9:33 lilly chant ms Gilmour (Canada Lookup Request) by Corse21
9:13 Rachael (Rachel) Scott (Durham) by aidansrest
8:22 Montrose Cemeteries (Angus (Forfarshire)) by rosie17
8:21 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by Kiltaglassan
7:34 Richard Womersley born Dalton about 1807, lived and died in Shepley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by J.R.Ellam
7:32 Booths of Bramley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by amondg
7:22 Dunmores around Earls Barton and surrounds (Northamptonshire) by softly softly
7:10 Jane Coutts (1845 - ???) (Family History Beginners Board) by david.povey5
6:00 Benbow family of Cornwall (Australia) by amondg
4:49 Francis E O Couzens (1893-1980) (US Lookup Requests) by Printer
3:55 KEYNOR LANE (The Lighter Side) by maddys52
1:05 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by jimbo50
12:30 Elizabeth Dowle (Dowse), arr Parramatta Asylum from Darlinghurst Dec 1769 (Australia) by GeoffTurner
11:36 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ShaunJ
10:27 Newspaper look Up (Moray (Elginshire)) by Kiltaglassan
9:47 Morven Rirchie Taylor - Old Deer / Udny Station (The Common Room) by Andrew Clark
9:40 Thomas William Liddle Service Records (World War One) by genjen
9:39 Maccesfield old street names (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd

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