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6:19 1st Bn The Hampshire Regiment ww2 - Maurice E Elms (World War Two) by liver007
6:15 Records for a house and residents pre 1894 (Family History Beginners Board) by AlanBoyd
6:06 Find a birth (Derry (Londonderry)) by aghadowey
5:55 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by radstockjeff
5:32 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by PatLac
5:32 Jemima Hall (nee Gill) (London and Middlesex) by Daisypetal
5:27 Old newspapers (The Common Room) by Zaphod99
5:09 Could Eliza ever be short for Elizabeth? (The Common Room) by Alison55
4:58 Stumped - can you help me find more about Charles pre name change? (The Common Room) by heywood
4:42 Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia (Dublin) by nannyj
4:19 trying to find a grave for Nellie Wilkie at Mountain Rise ! (South Africa) by elinga
4:09 Ancestry Ethnicity Update (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by glamwales
3:59 Don't know where to start (Family History Beginners Board) by mrjmitchell
3:49 St Jude Hexthorpe Doncaster (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by softly softly
3:39 Who are the cousins? (Ireland) by heywood
3:37 GREENLAND - Joseph Henry (Died at Sea) (Australia) by kevinf2349
3:01 Agnes Mafis m. William Evans 1713 Plymouth St. Andrew (Devon) by Higpoidius
2:47 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by ikas
2:41 help with William Owen and his ancestors, of Glan-y-Gors, (Anglesey Lookup Requests) by bleddyn31
2:34 Already have father & 1 of sons DNA, is it worth doing another son? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by George52
2:20 Samuel Norman of Woburn (Bedfordshire) by jonwarrn
2:11 Missing Elsie Annie Rufey b. 1914 Wokingham, Berkshire (Berkshire) by LizzieL
2:11 Voting restrictions (Lanarkshire) by MollyC
1:55 Privacy Settings on Ancestry trees (The Common Room) by Spelk
1:25 Ancestry DNA update (The Lighter Side) by coombs
1:07 Eleanora Margaret Burn born 1910 Edinburgh, Scotland (Other Countries) by scotmum
1:02 Cady Cemetery Wisconsin (US Lookup Requests) by ciderdrinker
12:38 Burgher Church, Pollokshaws ca 1817-1849 ??? (Lanarkshire) by DamonC
12:38 Dundalk St. Nicholas (Church of Ireland) (Louth) by LH
12:27 Death by Poison Covered Up? (Australia) by Happy Searcher
12:17 Help with some words, please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
12:09 Looking for the birth location of Barbara M Auld b1796/7 (Midlothian) by Forfarian
11:56 Hugo Kurt Alfred Lormes (Europe) by Hopefulone
11:44 Number on Passanger List (United States of America) by hr3333
9:52 Gordon Alexander Hill born 19 Jan 1914 York, Ontario (Canada Lookup Request) by Cockneyrebel
5:58 CHARLES WILLIAM CLARK (1841-1921) -- pics and Parramatta asylum details. (Australia) by GeoffTurner
2:43 Alice Glover to New Zealand 1865 (Ireland) by shanreagh
2:06 Another Cause of Death (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by shanreagh

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