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2:01 Can't find grandfather's history anywhere (Family History Beginners Board) by LizzieL
1:55 FRANK HARRISON, WW1, GIGGLESWICK (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by trevalyn
1:49 Bride's surname 1680 marriage (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Galium
1:28 theft of Nectar points (Technical Help) by Christine53
1:27 Help sought with navigating Militaryarchives.ie records (Dublin) by rathmore
1:20 beware (The Common Room) by ray b
1:19 Jennie Kellett Prudhoe (Northumberland) by CaroleW
1:18 A cluster of matches in South CArolina (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Zaphod99
1:11 Help with abbreviations R.N. record (World War One) by Top-of-the-hill
1:03 Graham Chopwell (Durham) by hexhamlad
12:46 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by KGarrad
12:27 Finders International (The Lighter Side) by Wellington66
12:02 DROWNED ONCE, BURIED TWICE (The Common Room) by Gillg
11:59 Palmers of Killead (Antrim) by jnomad
10:59 US submarines based out of Australia operating in Indonesian waters (World War Two) by maddys52
10:56 Death in Valparaiso, Chile (Other Countries) by greenrig
10:51 McLernon (Tyrone) by garngad
10:44 Speakers House, Henley-on-Thames, 1930s (Oxfordshire) by maddys52
10:40 The DYTHAM Family (Staffordshire) by dytham
10:16 baptism registers (The Common Room) by Jebber
9:19 Ireland - Tasmania - ?? - NSW (Australia) by KGarrad
9:11 Captain John Hood, Ship "Brothers" London-Selby-York (possibly from Scarborough) (Occupation Interests) by dobfarm
8:53 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Essnell
8:49 Royal Navy Masters Logs, early 1800s. Duplicate log books? (Armed Forces) by silicondale
8:48 Where can I find and access Gravesend parish records? (Kent) by ojbumblebee1993
8:44 John THOMSON from Manchester late 18th century (Lancashire) by joger
8:30 John mulligan (Australia) by eda
8:12 registry of shipping and seamen (TNA ref: BT114/3) (The Common Room) by clancam37
8:03 Osborne's of Bridgnorth (Shropshire) by amondg
6:52 Looking for names of Ships for Kulhanek Family (Immigrants & Emigrants - General) by TreeSpirit
4:06 Finding the Regiment (Armed Forces) by Wexflyer
1:51 HASLER family from Switzerland (New Zealand Completed Requests) by Lucy2
1:44 SUSAN WESTWELL Murder 1904 (Lancashire) by haney
1:04 Huntly trade/PO Directory, 1870s? (Scotland) by Countryquine
11:44 Esther Watkins of Woolaston (Gloucestershire) by rickjt62
11:30 Offer:Look-up Liverpool (Mersey) Pilots 1734/1990 (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by ozranga
11:04 The Most Recent Census covering Northern Ireland (Ireland) by Jon_ni
10:58 Seeking advice on adoption and family history search in Croydon (Family History Beginners Board) by Doreen Peacock

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