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7:25 Find a Grave soldier's memorial (The Common Room) by Andy J2022
7:25 Ancestry Ethnicity Update (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Nova67
7:20 German profession (Europe) by Zefiro
7:20 148th Battery Lytham st Annes 1915 (World War One) by hanes teulu
7:16 GEELAN (Longford) by Kiltaglassan
7:15 Katherina Warren m. Jacobus Soper 1641 Ugborough, Devon. (Family History Beginners Board) by osprey
7:14 Trimnells in Christian Malford (Wiltshire) by ellerydesign
7:12 North Wales place name? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Stewart R
7:11 M'Andrey family Cork (could be McAndrew or McAndrey) (Cork) by aghadowey
7:11 Cosnett (Worcestershire) by bully
7:08 Are these photos of the same person? (The Common Room) by Cas (stallc)
7:06 M'Andrey family Cork (Cork Resources & Offers) by Bilham
6:51 John Southerwood/Southernwood Willington (Derbyshire Lookup Requests) by osprey
6:29 Home Children to Canada (Canada Resources) by J.J.
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6:03 Group of miners NSW (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
5:31 Black Horse, County Durham (Durham) by jonwarrn
4:46 JAMES CLARK WW1 1919 (Lanarkshire) by trevalyn
4:29 Description of a coat of arms (Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms) by Zaphod99
3:24 Looking for Shea, or O'Shea. (Family History Beginners Board) by aghadowey
2:41 Re: Diary summary week ending 12th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by ThrelfallYorky
2:36 Lost street in Dundee (Angus (Forfarshire)) by chinakay
2:27 Half a quarter of pedware (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by MollyC
2:02 Timothy Swinerton (United States of America) by swinno
2:01 Date for Victorian Family Portrait - Lincolnshire (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by John’s
1:53 Stockport, Cale Green area, a chapel (Cheshire) by Ray T
1:42 Looking for Information on a Robert Oxberry (Oxburry) from 1757 (Staffordshire) by PaulJ56
1:35 Percy Wearn (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by grahamila
1:02 Andrew M'Auley, Esq. of Ballymena & Mary Cashell of Randalstown (Antrim) by pablo1
12:48 Hedley Family Search (Northumberland) by rosie99
12:28 James DUNCAN WW1 1918 (Lanarkshire) by Rockford
12:19 FINLAND, Sjoblad (Europe) by Vance Mead
12:12 Gipsy Dan Boswell (Travelling People) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
12:03 Why am I so baffled by Lillias Halley’s life? (Perthshire) by Blairvadach
12:02 Margaret Annie ADAMSON born Normanby 1885 (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Pinetree
11:59 Samuel Norman of Woburn (Bedfordshire) by Petros

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