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5:55 baptism registers (The Common Room) by Dave Francis
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5:49 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
5:37 Esther Watkins of Woolaston (Gloucestershire) by rickjt62
5:35 Jones and Sharp of Baltinglass/Hackettstown (Wicklow) by Charlie J
5:21 Help with abbreviations R.N. record (World War One) by Top-of-the-hill
5:12 Great War military unit ID (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Nevthedigger
5:02 1963 UK Family Photo for Restoration Please (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by TwistNShout
4:50 Can't find grandfather's history anywhere (Family History Beginners Board) by LizzieL
4:32 stephen brown (London and Middlesex) by bigjon
4:30 Henson family last recorded 1880 census Pennsylvania (United States of America) by shellyesq
3:44 Langton(s) House, Alresford (Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests) by t5181825
2:35 Offer:Look-up Liverpool (Mersey) Pilots 1734/1990 (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by ShaunJ
2:19 Hiding The Gold (World War Two) by Siely
2:19 Huntly trade/PO Directory, 1870s? (Scotland) by RJ_Paton
1:21 Cross (x) on an Anglican Baptismal Record (The Common Room) by LizzieL
1:15 Harry Burman Morrall 1869 - 1953(?) Art Teacher at Hull (Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
12:46 Identity of Father, 1645 At All Saints (Northumberland) by ciderdrinker
12:45 Decipher place of burial San Fran death cert 1931 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by gc1
12:39 Isabella Jopling/Richardson b. 1837 (Durham) by mulberry-rose
12:27 Captain John Hood, Ship "Brothers" London-Selby-York (possibly from Scarborough) (Occupation Interests) by BushInn1746
11:36 Confused by Pardoe family of Ombersley - were there two Hannahs? (Worcestershire) by clairec666
10:19 Wrexham Football Club (Denbighshire) by wilcoxon
9:54 Cannot find father of Roger Rodgers (Family History Beginners Board) by jonwarrn
9:38 Mungo Haldane of Gleneagles (Perthshire) by Forfarian
9:32 John Symonds (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by ColC
9:14 Simon and Johanna Mangan (Clare) by Kiltaglassan
8:05 BLAND Edwin John in Birmingham 1796 (Family History Beginners Board) by BronwenS
6:12 Prey family of Tullyree, Bryansford (Down) by gaffy
4:06 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
12:28 Help understanding birth information (Family History Beginners Board) by shanreagh
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11:32 Father's occupation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ITBookworm

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