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11:42 Are you allowed to do this?. (The Common Room) by CaroleW
11:38 Help Needed with The Browns (and their spouses!) (Ireland) by Neale1961
11:32 Seeking Marriage Record or Confirmation: William Millward and Elizabeth? (Derbyshire) by lmgnz
11:25 Elizabeth or Betty Holt missing after 1871 (Lancashire) by willsy
10:49 Will of John Slogat 1604/5 transcription (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by goldie61
10:37 Martin O’Grady Coach Builder Barrack St Loughrea (Galway) by aghadowey
10:25 Samuel King born c1765-1766 died 1843 Yarmouth (Norfolk) by jonwicken
10:23 Ancestry 1841 census for the City of London, all marked Middlesex (The Common Room) by maddys52
10:22 henry lewtas (Lancashire) by Ladyhawk
10:20 Suffolk parish registers to go online? (Suffolk) by jonwicken
9:33 Patrick Healey 1807 (Ireland) by Wexflyer
9:19 Belford Presbyterian records online? (Northumberland) by belfordian
9:11 1826 -- Birth, Marriage, Death -- Mary (Margareta) Money, Mooney, Maney (Galway) by Wexflyer
8:56 1815 --Births, Marriages, Deaths -- Joannis Melville, John Melville, John Melvin (Kildare) by Wexflyer
8:52 death certificate (Family History Beginners Board) by Milliepede
8:52 Reason to move to west Wales in 1900? (The Common Room) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:42 Cain Smith 1733 gypsy (Family History Beginners Board) by hollzbellz
8:24 Anomalies or inconsistencies on baptism registry. (The Common Room) by aukington
8:17 IPM phrase "p. Sect. Cur" (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by tlodge60
8:15 Re: Diary summary week ending 15th June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
8:05 CWGC Headstone Wrong??? 6th Bn Cheshire Reg & 477th Agricultural Corps (World War One) by Rowan Tree
7:50 Birth certificate help (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd
7:42 Why would Greenwich Hospital grant someone property? (The Common Room) by mckha489
7:31 Help Needed with the Irish/Scottish Browns (and their spouses!) (Lanarkshire) by gaffy
6:45 Parkburn House Kilsyth (Stirlingshire) by Sandel1
6:40 Liverpool: Beatles connections? (The Common Room) by MollyC
6:29 Philip McDaid from Lower Fahan (Donegal) by CarolBN
6:03 Very confused journalist (Australia) by David Mo
6:00 Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers. (Family History Beginners Board) by RowanR
5:58 A Poor Starting Point (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
5:14 drownings in the thames (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by hepburn
5:03 probate records (Family History Beginners Board) by Andy J2022
3:47 Ellen Docherty Rooney b. 1906 (Nottinghamshire) by softly softly
3:45 Robbie Ross's nephew (Canada) by *Sandra*
3:24 Henry Family, New York Arrival/Departure or Immigration/Naturalization Records (United States of America) by KrisWilson
2:28 Harvie Family - Stevenston Ayrshire (Argyllshire) by liver007
2:13 Talbots of Ryton on Dunsmore (Warwickshire) by lmgnz

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