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12:26 Diary summary week ending 25th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
12:00 Irish marriage certificate handwriting (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Lavender13
11:12 23andMe declares Bankruptcy (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
11:02 William Lewis (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Vixen999
10:35 30 Oct 1735 Banns Thomas Harris and Mary WOOD - St Johns Horleydown Surrey (Surrey) by susiee
10:30 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
10:26 Another Bill burial (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by mezentia
10:00 Looking for DoB Agnes Caldwell, Antrim (Antrim) by aghadowey
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
9:07 Poppysmum / Andrew Harris (Family History Beginners Board) by Kobee
8:59 Aspinall Family of West Derby Liverpool (One Name Studies: A to G) by AlanBoyd
8:38 whiting family lincolnshire (Lincolnshire) by softly softly
8:35 Royal Navy Death in 2nd Opium War (Armed Forces) by ShaunJ
8:32 French handwriting on WWI card (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by issi
8:27 1841 Census Kingston Union Workhouse (Surrey Lookup Requests) by Bookbox
7:54 Broe/Brough of Rathfarnham Dublin (Dublin) by LH
7:50 Looking for Parents of Patrick Delaney (Laois (Queens)) by heywood
7:46 HMS MILE? WW2 (World War Two) by mazi
7:17 Homestead grants (Canada) by flower fairy
7:14 Thrulines question (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by bethanyyd96
6:39 Online parish registers (Dublin) by Jillity
6:19 Green Eyes (The Lighter Side) by KGarrad
5:52 James Burns (Leicestershire) by PERKO14
5:06 Taking a secod name? (The Common Room) by KGarrad
4:55 Royal Navy Reserves Records Abbreviations Help Please (World War One) by AllanUK
4:29 BOWLAND'S Maternity Home for Navy and Marine Wives, Southsea (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by CherryWalker
4:24 Need help with Handwriting on German Birth Certificate - Twins? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by davecapps
4:17 Seeking Marriage Record or Confirmation: William Millward and Elizabeth? (Derbyshire) by spendlove
4:03 c. 1793 Alice SMITH, Moreton (near Bidston): parents & siblings??? (Cheshire) by DCB
3:18 The Retreat, Wantz Road, Maldon (Essex) by johnboyhx
3:07 GREEK GENEALOGY (Other Countries) by jnomad
2:59 Art Shop in Newton Abbot around 1948 to 1949. (Devon) by Althea7
2:52 Henry Wedge ROSSITER in Tasmania (Australia) by George James rossiter
2:38 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by westlass

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