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11:51 Diary summary week ending 25th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by candleflame
11:26 Help Identifying Woman in WWII Photograph – "Maisie", Warwick, 1941 (World War Two) by premulada
11:04 George Arthur Wilkinson pic restoration (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Joed99
10:53 Thomas Kell(e)y (1781 - ) (Devon) by Gordon163
10:36 Newspapers (The Common Room) by AllanUK
10:09 Harriett Gardener (Herefordshire) by NorthernGeezer
10:03 Thrulines question (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Creasegirl
9:58 Mystery elphick (The Common Room) by Jcutting
9:29 William Greenfield (1796-1873) did he have children? (Dudley) (Worcestershire) by softly softly
9:09 Edward Bannister (1753-1838) marriage to Mary Loveridge (1754-1832) 12 Aug 1776 (Northamptonshire) by pegwill
8:34 Help with Latin translation please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Mamac
8:26 Family Search - Person Codes (Family History Beginners Board) by Cornelius88
6:51 The Latchen Room, Longhope (Gloucestershire) by sophiewilliams
4:23 Birthplace name confirmation (Family History Beginners Board) by maddys52
3:26 Chippenham Parish Registers, Baptism - Ann BASE born c1805, married before 1839 (Wiltshire Lookup Requests) by Daisypetal
1:02 Need help with Handwriting on German Birth Certificate - Twins? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Laura Smith
12:13 More Distant Clusters of DNA Matches on Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by 4b2
11:39 Ancestry kits £29 plus shipping until 15th April (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by 4b2
11:26 Another Bill burial (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
11:15 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by Jeffrey
10:52 GREEK GENEALOGY (Other Countries) by haney
10:41 Help me find the Church of Ireland church of Ballykean (Offaly (Kings)) by Sinann
10:37 Poppysmum / Andrew Harris (Family History Beginners Board) by BillyF
9:49 Dalling, John (Devon) by Cindysw
9:00 30 Oct 1735 Banns Thomas Harris and Mary WOOD - St Johns Horleydown Surrey (Surrey) by susiee
8:37 Smithfields, Sheffield 1932 (The Common Room) by Annie65115
8:08 23andMe declares Bankruptcy (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by melba_schmelba
6:35 Looking for Mother & Father of Margaret McGlynn, born about 1897 or 1898 (Antrim) by gaffy
6:25 Jones family, Dunany Point (Louth) by Sinann
6:14 Cornelius John McKenna (Ireland) by Kiltaglassan
6:01 Online parish registers (Dublin) by Jillity
5:59 Suicide 1918, Mansford street, Bethnal Green (London and Middlesex) by MollyC
5:16 Death date ? (Lincolnshire) by softly softly
4:55 Unexpected Find (The Common Room) by RowanR
4:32 Taking a secod name? (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
3:44 Anybody have full fibre fitted? (Technical Help) by Milliepede
3:43 Broe/Brough of Rathfarnham Dublin (Dublin) by TAFH
3:41 Looking for DoB Agnes Caldwell, Antrim (Antrim) by Gerard 62

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