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12:41 Diary summary week ending 25th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
12:35 William Colhoun Born 1777 (Donegal) by JACK GEE
12:15 Mary Summerson/Charlton (Durham) by dippitybix
12:11 Your opinion matters (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd
12:03 Aspinall Family of West Derby Liverpool (One Name Studies: A to G) by tornado
12:00 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by ciderdrinker
11:54 Taking a secod name? (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
11:46 Family Search - Person Codes (Family History Beginners Board) by Cornelius88
11:44 Unexpected Find (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
11:44 Where is it? (Europe) by Stuart_McDonald
11:35 Chippenham Parish Registers, Baptism - Ann BASE born c1805, married before 1839 (Wiltshire Lookup Requests) by hanes teulu
11:32 Another Bill burial (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by mezentia
10:33 hardy family in newark notts (Nottinghamshire) by trish1120
10:18 James Burns (Leicestershire) by DCB
10:05 Poppysmum / Andrew Harris (Family History Beginners Board) by Kobee
9:40 Campbell Wilson Conniss (Australia) by lynda conniss
9:22 Online parish registers (Dublin) by CBGenealogy
9:10 Suicide 1918, Mansford street, Bethnal Green (London and Middlesex) by petey22
9:08 Was Edward Harrison the brother of Charles Eltham? (Canada) by LizzieL
9:01 Looking for DoB Agnes Caldwell, Antrim (Antrim) by aghadowey
8:41 French handwriting on WWI card (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Andy J2022
8:29 Irish marriage certificate handwriting (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Kiltaglassan
4:41 need help with birth record (Tipperary) by johnstonville
4:25 Need help with Handwriting on German Birth Certificate - Twins? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Laura Smith
4:16 30 Oct 1735 Banns Thomas Harris and Mary WOOD - St Johns Horleydown Surrey (Surrey) by amondg
3:36 Thomas Graham, Graham orphanage London? Illegitimate son of Colin Campbell? 1897 (Family History Beginners Board) by gtoal
2:20 The Retreat, Wantz Road, Maldon (Essex) by maddys52
11:12 23andMe declares Bankruptcy (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
11:02 William Lewis (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Vixen999
10:30 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
9:48 1801-1831 UK Census (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
9:37 Bermondsey/Deptford - EASTERBY (London and Middlesex) by smudwhisk
9:37 Anybody have full fibre fitted? (Technical Help) by louisa maud
9:22 John James Williams (Down) by Daiwalker
9:21 Re: Help with the Sewell family (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by lisa2312
8:38 whiting family lincolnshire (Lincolnshire) by softly softly
8:35 Royal Navy Death in 2nd Opium War (Armed Forces) by ShaunJ
8:27 1841 Census Kingston Union Workhouse (Surrey Lookup Requests) by Bookbox

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