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11:50 Martin COLLINS s/ Martin & Mary/ Margaret MCCARTHY b 1853 Kilcommon Templebeg Ti (Tipperary) by searchr
11:39 Lettice Thomas - birth record and anything else! (Pembrokeshire) by Cas (stallc)
11:23 Was Frederick Sr the father? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by mrs.tenacious
11:21 Burgher Church, Pollokshaws ca 1817-1849 ??? (Lanarkshire) by maddys52
10:47 GREENLAND - Joseph Henry (Died at Sea) (Australia) by maddys52
10:02 1881 Missing William McKay (Lancashire) by Pendlewitch67
10:01 Back Street Dundee (Angus (Forfarshire)) by jinky55
9:44 Link: Australian BMD fact Sheet (Australia Resources & Offers) by cupoflife
9:13 Capt JAMES MUIRHEAD GRANT MC 1918. (Sussex) by AlanBoyd
9:00 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by UKgirl
8:59 Probate question: transfer of land ownership (Family History Beginners Board) by macwil
8:47 Streets of St Fagans - Harding (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by hanes teulu
8:30 Line in 1621 Will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
8:18 Poss census and marriage records (Lanarkshire) by Forfarian
7:59 Nicholas Emmett (Devon Lookup Requests) by Little Nell
7:22 Completed Bitton Parish Records - Esther/Hester Parker 1770s (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by billnkempsey
6:57 Looking for Information on a Robert Oxberry (Oxburry) from 1757 (Staffordshire) by amondg
5:57 Bedzin in Poland (The Common Room) by Marianthompson47
5:28 James Muirhead GRANT WW1 1918 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by softly softly
5:07 wrights of waddington lincs (Lincolnshire) by rosie99
4:37 Ann Wrappell m. William Grimsbury, 1700 West Harptree, Somerset. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
4:29 Writing on a postcard (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by May2488
4:24 Percy Wearn (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by Little Nell
3:52 Having Trouble With Identifying The Parents of George Blenkinsop, Of Sunderland. (Durham) by JackB015725
2:32 Portsmouth Records Office (Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
2:30 St Paul's Parish, Glasgow. (Lanarkshire) by garngad
2:05 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by coombs
1:29 Burns Family (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by softly softly
1:22 Family name Assistant Surgeon : (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Iain...
1:18 Charles mcLease (name variants) (Durham) by aghadowey
1:04 Osborn Of St Albans (Hertfordshire Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
12:56 Find a Grave soldier's memorial (The Common Room) by CassieP
12:41 Turnbull family Corsenside parish (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by christineabdy
12:11 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
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