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10:27 Missing: Fanny/Frances Swift b1840 Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire (Leicestershire) by CaroleW
10:24 James Dransfield born abt 1838 Cowlam or Langtoft (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by amondg
10:17 Mylroie from Isle of Man (Isle of Man) by robertalan
10:10 Eleanor Rodenby Watson b. 1902 in Blyth (Northumberland) by jonwarrn
10:02 What happened to Ethel Pontin? (Australia) by CassT
9:58 Going round the houses with Eugenie Magdalene Landucci ! (Warwickshire) by LaytonLily
9:53 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by FrancisGrn
9:48 Ancestry in French (Technical Help) by PalmTree1
9:35 looking for distant relatives (Family History Beginners Board) by osprey
9:28 Ballycastle Photo 1950s Please help (Antrim) by dmooney
9:26 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by osip
9:17 Link: Watt Library online index of BMDs (Scotland Resources) by jonwarrn
8:54 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by Richie1956
8:29 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
6:36 Rebecca Bayes 1781 Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) by emeltom
6:15 1820 census St Mary's Louisiana (US Lookup Requests) by sunflower
6:13 Looking for any photographs of my great/great-great grandparents (Family History Beginners Board) by GB2005
6:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 9th November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
6:11 Ancestry Home Page - Potential Ancestors (The Common Room) by Josephine
5:52 Woodbridge: St Mary's churchyard inscriptions (Suffolk Resources & Links) by gobbitt
5:50 Merchant Seaman George Sidney Jopling (The Common Room) by meekhcs
5:46 Connor/O'Connor Kiltoom/Coole/Castlepollard - COMPLETE (Westmeath) by Pat O
5:34 Booths of Bramley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Calverley Lad
5:25 Search Problems on 1881 LDS Census on Scotlands People (Scotland) by Douglas P
5:02 Death of Robert MITCHELL (Dublin) by PatLac
4:55 GHANA records for ELLIOTT family (Other Countries) by brigidmac
4:51 Help with Reading will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by PaulCD1960
4:49 Thomas Gordon (Durham) by aidansrest
4:41 Unknown family photograph (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Steven P
4:30 Kathleen - Who is she? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Steven P
4:10 DNA experts may understand this Radio4 Curious Cases (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by elliot
3:38 Brook Family/Lamb Hall Huddersfield (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Pinetree
3:37 Gadney Family Brick Wall, Can anybody break through the wall? (Oxfordshire) by rosie99
3:37 Hughes Family burial plot - missing members (The Common Room) by Douglas P
3:31 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by Higpoidius
2:54 boarding houses of Helen Eliza ELLIOTT (London and Middlesex) by brigidmac
1:23 Lownds/Short - Wednesbury (Staffordshire) by angel~eyes
1:21 Henry or Frederick Cann born 5 May 1884 Trull, Somerset (Somerset Lookup Requests) by CaroleW

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