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9:57 Ronald Lines (b1933 Birmingham) (Family History Beginners Board) by amondg
9:57 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by cbibby
9:52 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by Forfarian
9:36 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by amondg
9:36 Battle of Langside (The Common Room) by RJ_Paton
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9:10 lilly chant ms Gilmour (Canada Lookup Request) by dbree
9:03 Daniel GILLESPIE and Lily McBRIDE, Margaret DUGGAN (Donegal) by Kiltaglassan
8:56 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by Richie1956
8:51 Unknown family member(s) (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by tonepad
8:39 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by davecapps
8:10 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by JenB
7:46 RAFVR 78 Squadron (World War Two) by grahamm684
7:26 Henry SLADE - Great Torrington (Devon Lookup Requests) by osprey
7:22 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by PatLac
7:19 Bernard Bracken death? (Antrim) by Jon_ni
6:52 what regiment did they serve in (Armed Forces) by RGrayling
6:37 Where the King's Own Scottish Borderers in Kendal in 1943-44? (Armed Forces) by RGrayling
6:01 Bedminster Burial (Somerset Lookup Requests) by osprey
6:01 Polish workers???? (Selkirkshire) by Jouault
5:38 Jeremiah CAMPION Leitrim, Co Cork. (Cork) by celtic liberty
5:24 Marriage of Henry James Flower jnr to Selina, 1901-1921 Middlesex. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
5:09 Bristol lies partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Somerset (The Common Room) by radstockjeff
5:03 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Jon_ni
4:30 Mary Jane Myers (Antrim) by lucybella
4:26 Tomkinson Servicemen WWI (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by hoobaloo
4:07 Help requested - 1666 Inventory - brief text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
3:59 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Milliepede
3:49 Mother and Baby Home run by nuns in Churt, Hampshire in the 1960's (Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests) by Newell60
3:34 Uniform Enquiry (World War One) by Mercian7
2:33 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
2:05 identification of the grooms uniform (Armed Forces) by Patricia Houghton
1:55 Further help requested - 1666 Inventory - one word. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
1:52 Quay Street, Ammanford (The Common Room) by jeffdavies
1:31 A burial or a memorial in St. Saviours Cemetery, Jersey, Channel Islands (Channel Islands Lookup Requests) by Jouault
1:18 Ellen and Patrick Culbert of Bray / Wicklow (Wicklow) by Kiltaglassan
12:49 Difficulty in finding a birth (Somerset Lookup Requests) by Helina
12:23 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by Sally4x

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