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11:28 Sad listings. (The Lighter Side) by Rena
11:26 Hutton family Belfast in 1850-1870’s (Antrim) by Neale1961
11:24 Tate of Wistow; Rimington of Pontefract; Todd, Turner & Wharrey of Selby (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
11:16 Findmypast subscription (The Common Room) by Chris Doran
11:08 Scottish birth and bapism (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Isabel H
10:53 Leroy family (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by Jersiaise
10:52 Help: brick wall GODLEY (The Common Room) by Neale1961
10:50 Immigration - James and Esther ARTHUR with son Horatio (Australia) by Feos
10:34 William & Catherine Sullivan (nee O'Shea) of Greenwich Village (US Lookup Requests) by dweber1429
10:21 Alexander Lewis help please! (Wales) by Mabel Bagshawe
10:10 Y111 vs Y67 test (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:05 William "Billy" Tone b. Ire 1796 d. 1867 Arthur Ont. can't find (Canada Lookup Request) by migalsal
10:03 Soldier's burial (World War Two) by Top-of-the-hill
9:24 Street map for 75 Rathbone Street, off Washington Street, Liverpool (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by litherland lass
9:18 Help requested - meaning of 1662 phrase "ad Facultas Mag." (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by SiGr
9:05 Montrose Cemeteries (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Forfarian
8:59 Portrane graveyards (Dublin) by CBGenealogy
8:50 'Wanted Person' Isabella Boyens (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Trevellian
8:13 ALLARD Family - Help Please! (Suffolk) by gralorn
7:10 Harry Tasker 1st Batn Lincolnshire Regiment (World War One) by smokeyfeline
7:08 French marriage contract 1618 (Europe) by Zefiro
5:53 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st september 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
4:16 What became of Edgar Roy Arbuckle? (United States of America) by Erato
4:13 Cardiff Workhouse death (Glamorganshire) by hanes teulu
4:09 Edward Johnston, Feb 1859, died 13 June 1924, Buckley, Iroquois Co., Illinois (United States of America) by Peggy13
4:09 Maria Amelia Lonsdale & Edward Lonsdale (England) by mulberry-rose
3:50 Have you heard of 3 Bells? (London & Middlesex Resources) by Milliepede
3:27 Part of my GRO birth record is missing (The Common Room) by jonwarrn
3:20 What is this uniform. (The Common Room) by AllanUK
3:11 Rattlesden - Allwood Family (Suffolk) by gralorn
2:58 Surrey residents date unknown (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by rosie99
2:52 The widow Eugenie Caroline Theodore Rinsby died in Lowerhill nr Richmond, London (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
12:17 Isaac Newton - North-West Mounted Police / Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canada) by Joy Dean
12:17 Martin family, Redbourn, 17/18 century (Hertfordshire) by IanStB
12:01 Admin of estate of William Covell of Ashmanhaugh. (Norfolk) by coombs
11:15 Families of Vokins, Lockey and Lawrence. (Oxfordshire) by corinthian
10:41 Will a Grenah's Death Ballad (Roxburghshire) by castlebob
10:29 Wright Family Ruabon (Denbighshire) by wilcoxon

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