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12:56 Find a Grave soldier's memorial (The Common Room) by CassieP
12:55 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by rosie99
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12:36 Bitton Parish Records - Esther/Hester Parker 1770s (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by emeltom
12:32 Ann Wrappell m. William Grimsbury, 1700 West Harptree, Somerset. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
12:23 1881 Missing William McKay (Lancashire) by Pendlewitch67
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12:05 Poss census and marriage records (Lanarkshire) by Forfarian
12:01 Burns Family (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by softly softly
11:46 Line in 1621 Will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
11:23 Zillah Constance Gilbert (Family History Beginners Board) by clarksparks
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11:09 Annie Mary Glenn...Marriage to Hallam ? (Lincolnshire) by softly softly
11:09 'Gay' officers in the First World War -- can you help? (The Common Room) by queencorgi1
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10:24 JAMES MUIRHEAD GRANT WW1 1918 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by trevalyn
10:23 Streets of St Fagans - Harding (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by hanes teulu
10:09 Martin COLLINS s/ Martin & Mary/ Margaret MCCARTHY b 1853 Kilcommon Templebeg Ti (Tipperary) by Kiltaglassan
9:56 Look up in Evening Chronicle etc (Durham) by Tickettyboo
9:48 Murdoch McDonald (Aberdeenshire) by Forfarian
9:36 Same person? (The Common Room) by Familysearch
9:31 Where was David Wait born? (How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)) by Scathelock
9:06 Military Hospital Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pennines
8:30 Kellys in Aghafin, Co. Roscommon (Roscommon) by heywood
8:05 GORST - WILSHIRE family Victoria (Australia) by Dalet
8:01 Was Frederick Sr the father? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Petros
6:48 Lettice Thomas - birth record and anything else! (Pembrokeshire) by Cas (stallc)
6:46 Harry Merwin Shedd 1912-1996 (United States of America) by Ratty2
6:06 Arthur John PINKNEY and Margaret Ann PINKNEY nee TRENHOLME d 1996 (Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests) by Chris Pinkney
4:08 Dale & Sons Grantham (Lincolnshire) by Earlybird29
2:15 Having Trouble With Identifying The Parents of George Blenkinsop, Of Sunderland. (Durham) by maddys52
1:54 WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants? (New Zealand) by spades
10:42 my Grandmother Alice Ringrose (Family History Beginners Board) by AlgomaRifle
8:49 Seeking Bridget Conry (Galway) by Cas (stallc)
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