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5:40 Re: Diary summary week ending 12th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by mare
5:18 Hedley Family Search (Northumberland) by mwhedley
4:54 Did he die or just stayed in Australia? (Australia) by sparrett
4:06 Ancestry Ethnicity Update (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Nova67
3:12 John Southerwood/Southernwood Willington (Derbyshire Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
2:18 Moderators not responding. (How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)) by Lil Boy Blu
1:28 Percy Wearn (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by grahamila
12:23 Elizabeth and John Tomlinson - multiple marriages? (Derbyshire) by maddys52
12:19 Mary Christine Reilly (O'Reilly) (Lancashire) by CaroleW
12:08 JAMES DUNCAN WW1 1918 (Lanarkshire) by Rockford
11:56 Uniform help please (World War One) by BarbW
11:35 French document in Rodiere from 1579 (Europe) by goldie61
11:17 Owners of a Belfast Pub (Antrim) by Gerard 62
10:48 Description of a coat of arms (Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms) by Zaphod99
10:21 Temperance Hotel, Barker Gate, Nottingham 1880s (Nottinghamshire) by ValJJJ
9:53 Stockport, Cale Green area, a chapel (Cheshire) by Ray T
9:39 Obituary Alexander Forbes 1935 (United States of America) by rosie17
9:27 Susan(nah) Oram death. (Durham) by Vasquez109
9:18 24 Bargy road Dublin (Dublin) by Sinann
9:14 Even the person himself doesn’t know where he was born?! (The Common Room) by Cas (stallc)
9:12 Joyce Family (Dublin) by CBGenealogy
9:05 148th Battery Lytham st Annes 1915 (World War One) by mabb1009
7:52 Find a Grave soldier's memorial (The Common Room) by Andy J2022
7:43 James Hepburn Book Query (Scotland) by castlebob
7:29 Black Horse, County Durham (Durham) by jonwarrn
7:10 Gilbert Sims Gadney, Died in The Somme (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
7:06 JAMES FENTON of Golden Lane Watchmaker (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by wikitoria
7:03 Belgium translation (Europe) by Zefiro
6:32 More Information (if possible) (Durham) by AlanBoyd
6:15 Throwing out of NZ family history's from Library. (New Zealand) by MollyC
6:11 Are these photos of the same person? (The Common Room) by May2488
5:16 Group of miners NSW (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
5:08 John Duncan Master of HMS Essex in the Royal Navy died 1764 (Armed Forces) by rosie99
4:44 Othello Maxwell (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by jimmax
4:26 B. of Mary Powell, Byford Herefordshire, 1670 (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
4:21 Ty’n Lon Gyrn Goch- Clynnog Parish (Caernarvonshire) by collwyn ap tangno
4:15 Parents? (Midlothian) by Little Nell
4:13 Fobbing church Essex (Essex) by louisa maud

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