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12:17 1881 Census Help - Lodger mystery! (The Common Room) by ThrelfallYorky
12:16 Who Do You Think You Are (UK) - series 22 announced (The Lighter Side) by ThrelfallYorky
12:15 Diary summary week ending 22nd June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by ThrelfallYorky
12:14 Passenger details of OLIVER family arr Sydney Aug 1886 (Australia) by Tgapitbull
12:11 Family Records Centre (England) by dawnsh
12:06 Information sought about Elizabeth Conroy nee Fitzpatrick born c1829 (Northumberland) by River Tyne Lass
12:06 Boer War / WW1 Query (Armed Forces) by Jebber
12:03 Help To Decipher Abode/Place Name On 1871 Newcastle All Saints Census (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ShaunJ
12:00 Petone Settlers Museum (New Zealand) by Lucy2
11:52 Help in deciphering a 1709 Edinburgh marriage entry - abbreviations (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Ronda231
11:49 Marriage 1927 or 1928 (New Zealand) by SueChris
11:45 Armstrong family in Dipton (Durham) by AlanBoyd
11:42 Long Crendon Marriage 1684 (Buckinghamshire Lookup Requests) by Bunnygirl
11:17 Ancestry DNA matches without a suscription (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by LizzieL
11:14 Street Hawker (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Avondale16
10:51 Viewing of Electoral Rolls (New Zealand) by Helenw52
10:50 George Arthur Riley 7 Feb 1910 Perth, Ontario (Canada Lookup Request) by Cockneyrebel
10:35 Searching Find my Past (Technical Help) by Spelk
10:31 Furintone / Fiorintone in Cardiff (Glamorganshire) by baytree1970
10:04 Ethel Emma Rosetta Louise Cazaly born 18 Dec 1899 Silverhill, Sussex, England (Canada Lookup Request) by Cockneyrebel
9:54 evan mills (Montgomeryshire Lookup Requests) by nibbs
9:28 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
9:20 Bond family history (Devon) by philrmoon
9:16 Did this couple marry? (Durham) by heywood
9:11 London Road Cemetery Coventry (Graveyards and Gravestones) by Pelican
9:09 Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864 (US Lookup Requests) by aghadowey
9:06 Duncan MACKAY 1864-?? (New Zealand) by Eyesee
9:02 Did Ada Julia Napier exist? (Surrey) by LizzieL
7:11 Affiliation Orders (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by MJF
6:55 Signature on a list of shareholders (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Ryan1
6:54 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by sparrett
6:51 Searching for Morrisroes/Morris Family from Co. Sligo., (Staffordshire Lookup Requests) by paulsmith
1:42 Who is This? - Father or Son George Johnstone Downie (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by sparrett
1:32 Taranaki dairy factory. (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
12:54 Suicide 1918, Mansford street, Bethnal Green (London and Middlesex) by DianaCanada
12:05 Royal field Artillery WW1 Hyderabad India 1921 (World War One) by Lizzy
11:41 drownings in the thames (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by cockney rebel
10:51 Re: Diary summary week ending 15th June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BumbleB

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