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12:21 Henry John ATKINSON (Family History Beginners Board) by Dundee
12:18 Samuel Popple of Wing (Rutland) by Rochdalian
12:13 Diary summary week ending 18th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
12:12 V Fontanella Photographer 19 Rathbone Place, Oxford St (London and Middlesex) by AlanBoyd
12:03 Advertising Agency (Occupation Interests) by Siely
12:00 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by ciderdrinker
10:59 William Lewis (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by mckha489
10:59 Re: Help with the Sewell family (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by youngtug
10:55 Griffith Thomas (Merionethshire) by Dingaling
10:54 Why no mother's name on birth certificate? (The Common Room) by dawnsh
10:52 Offer: St Sepulchre Northampton baptism 1815 - 1834 (Northamptonshire Resources & Offers) by trish1120
10:49 Tom and Mary Brayshaw deaths (The Common Room) by AllanUK
10:21 Possible second marriage - brick wall (Europe) by heilanlassie
10:09 Slightly Pixelated Photograph (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
9:58 Any information on PUTTERILL Family, Nether Dean, Bedfordshire Pre 1851 (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
9:54 Jean Hope born c1757 married Thomas Burgess born c1754 Dumfries (Dumfriesshire) by Forfarian
9:16 Sarah Moore Henley in Arden (Warwickshire) by BushInn1746
9:10 Raheenahoran (Laois (Queens)) by Kiltaglassan
8:46 writing on card of WWI soldier missing presumed dead (Armed Forces) by mckha489
8:30 Help with occupation please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pennines
7:08 Missing from 1911 Census? (Warwickshire) by AlanBoyd
2:49 Mystery and assistance looking for my ancestor John Wilson and Samuel Wilson (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
1:22 Abbreviations in U.S. Craftperson Files, 1600 - 1995 (United States of America) by HowardBeale
1:19 Suicide 1918, Mansford street, Bethnal Green (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
11:49 Help with place name please Limerick Ireland (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by aus*jen
11:39 1 Word in Heraldic Description of a Crest - need help deciphering (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Zacktyr
11:25 Burial Records for Belturbet (Cavan) by california dreamin
11:08 Any Belgian Speakers Out There (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Viktoria
10:40 Help with mother's maiden name from marriage record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by PatLac
10:03 Identify place and trade names please. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by aghadowey
9:54 THOMAS HUBERT MASON WW1 Salford (Lancashire) by mckha489
9:17 Broe/Brough of Rathfarnham Dublin (Dublin) by aghadowey
9:08 WW2 RAF Service Number 1229885 Archibald Henry Gibbs RAF- which squadron? (World War Two) by queenswood 1
8:26 Unable to access my account. (Technical Help) by sarah
8:19 And the next Ancestry feature is............. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
8:08 Finding out more info about the Purdy Brothers from Spennymore Durham in WW1 (World War One) by RobertGraham
7:20 Workhouse in 1902 (Antrim) by Rena

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