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9:01 Passenger details of OLIVER family arr Sydney Aug 1886 (Australia) by softly softly
8:50 SCAM (Family History Beginners Board) by Lizzy
8:49 Rejected by US Authorities in 1913 (Immigrant and Emigrant Resources & Offers) by wifeywebb
8:45 Diary summary week ending 22nd June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
8:44 WW1 R.A.F. Photograph (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by McGroger
8:40 Robert CLARKSON/Janet LOUDON family Glasgow/Liverpool (Lanarkshire) by Tgapitbull
8:38 Understanding A 1683 Staffordshire Marriage Deed (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
8:33 Looking for birth confirmation for Tom Kennedy (Family History Beginners Board) by davidkennedy
8:30 Looking for a fresh pair of eyes (The Common Room) by CrispyGlitch
8:14 DNA shared matches verses paper trail. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Creasegirl
8:12 Is there any evidence of a Birth of James Keefe in Wexford in 1865 (Wexford) by Wexflyer
8:07 Place in the Isle of Man (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by KGarrad
7:59 The Archie Macdougall Mystery (Australia) by rosie17
6:37 Free Frank 2 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
6:00 Victorian death 1875 (Australia) by sparrett
5:51 John Moulton and Ann Bride (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by goldie61
5:18 Burial of prisoners in 18th century (The Common Room) by jorose
4:32 Heenry Percy son of Algernon Percy the Diplomat (Northumberland) by Bruce609
4:11 Can anyone help (The Common Room) by Neale1961
2:59 1787 Constables Census of Westmorland (Westmorland) by warncoort
2:35 Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864 (US Lookup Requests) by heath
2:32 MAUD ELIZABETH WHITFIELD, 1918 - 1937 DARLINGTON, AND DISTRICTS, CO. DURHAM (Durham Lookup Requests) by Doreen Peacock
2:08 Henry (Harry) Bryson Army joined prior to WW11 demobbed 1st Sept., 1944 (Armed Forces) by Doreen Peacock
1:46 John Atlantic Stephenson (Family History Beginners Board) by ALTZA53
12:32 Marriage 1927 or 1928 (New Zealand) by SueChris
12:30 1950's Marriage Records (New Zealand) by SueChris
11:39 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
11:26 chaney family 1841 (Kent Completed Lookup Requests) by stuart vogel
10:50 Protocols for officially identifying dead bodies in Scotland (late 19th C.) (Scotland) by RJ_Paton
10:32 Thomas Burton of Ashbourne (Derbyshire) by lmgnz
10:29 An Arbon puzzle.... (Northamptonshire) by CaroleW
10:26 faded pencil text on back of old artwork (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by fiddlerslass
10:13 Occupation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
10:07 trying to find Emily Prescilla Harding b 1910 (London and Middlesex) by raa
10:04 Latin Inquisition - Arthur Asheton (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
9:40 I need to pick your brains! (Family History Beginners Board) by fiddlerslass
9:22 JOHN PRICE'S TWO WIVES (Wiltshire) by Galium
9:21 Gilfach Goch Band. (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by tom bowen

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