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3:41 Evans family of Cwm yr afon, Llanbedr (Merionethshire) by Nigel Porter
3:35 James Hart 1457 (Armed Forces Resources) by Jack TT
3:35 Seeking Thomas Thompson (Derry (Londonderry)) by Kiltaglassan
3:31 Settlement papers 1832 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by fiddlerslass
3:25 Susannah Wells (Oxfordshire) by CaroleW
3:25 Gertrude Alice Armiger, d. 1934 (Norfolk) by Olleyke
2:32 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by PatLac
2:18 Barnabas Hedley born 1792 (The Common Room) by trish1120
2:08 Witnesses and date on a will in 1660s Yorkshire (The Common Room) by jonwicken
1:21 Low Quality Photograph (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by McGroger
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12:59 Understanding NZ Directories street orientations (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
12:51 Locating John Henry Clarke - Company Quartermaster Sergeant, RE (Armed Forces) by softly softly
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11:39 Here's a word we should all start using (The Common Room) by Top-of-the-hill
11:23 St Giles, Camberwell , (Surrey Lookup Requests) by Eyesee
11:13 Thomas Salusbury, 1761-1818 - baptised in St Asaph. Link to other Salusburys? (Denbighshire) by trish1120
10:40 Bathurst NSW marriage - Caroline Elizabeth BRYANT to Charles Edward SIMPSON (Australia) by pastrelatives
10:39 Elleray Family Burials,Windermere (Westmorland) by emeltom
10:32 Ancestry Clusters (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:03 Latin Translation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Greggles
10:01 1657 Baptism help please (Europe) by joger
9:40 Joseph Brown (Family History Beginners Board) by CaroleW
8:32 Marrige St Peter's Leeds 1844 - THACKRAY/WEST (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by StevieB62
7:14 Ship:Lyttleton (New Zealand) by Lucy2
1:05 "Scindia House" (Kent) by maddys52
12:00 Please help find grave for Elsie McCarthy (Carmarthenshire) by kieran257
11:34 Penmachno (Caernarvonshire Lookup Requests) by CeiniogPen
11:05 Eliza Amelia Smith, died Ipswich 1940 (Suffolk) by Susixbawn n Bred
11:05 Marriage between Joseph Horvath and Mary Hajdu "Hayden" (Canada) by AR.Usher
10:37 1690s Latin translation from Yorkshire Quarter Sessions (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by jonwicken
10:27 undertakers records (Dublin) by CBGenealogy
9:30 Devlin Family Falls Road (Antrim) by Gerry Burroughs
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7:58 Diary summary 6th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
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