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1:34 Findmypast sub any offers going? (Family History Beginners Board) by Jool
1:30 Help Finding a Will on Ancestry (The Common Room) by Bookbox
1:23 Do you have suggestions for improving ancestry.com? (The Common Room) by KGarrad
1:22 Does anyone know of any current Ancestry special offers? (The Common Room) by Jool
1:12 Vere Smith marriage to Elizabeth Jones (Monmouthshire Lookup Offers) by Elizlloyd
1:01 Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864 (US Lookup Requests) by shellyesq
12:44 Shared centimorgans of half siblings down the generations (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by meaty
12:29 RAF crash 13 or 14 June 1940 near Le Grand Luce , Sarthe France. (Armed Forces) by John hawthorn
12:29 Ann Brake Walden, married at St Germans 1843 (Cornwall) by trish1120
12:25 Ancestry Clusters (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by ggrocott
12:00 Islington workhouse-St.John's road (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
11:47 David Mayhew patient in st nicholas mental hospital 1976 (The Lighter Side) by CaroleW
11:40 Jessie Struthers 1839-1904 (Ayrshire) by chipchippotato
11:26 Video digitisation services (Technical Help) by familydar
11:26 Diary summary 6th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Gillg
10:49 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by Ranolki
10:12 Brick Lane, Middlesex (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Ministeph
9:46 Barnabas Hedley born 1792 (The Common Room) by trish1120
9:20 photo improved (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by margaret55
9:18 Whaling and whalers in New Zealand waters (New Zealand Resources & Offers) by spades
9:10 Susannah Wells (Oxfordshire) by CaroleW
8:57 Tracing a photographer called Little Titch (The Common Room) by rogerb
8:34 "Scindia House" (Kent) by bearkat
8:32 Migration info request 1910-12 Percy John Henley and Sybil Henley (Canada Lookup Request) by silicondale
7:29 Here's a word we should all start using (The Common Room) by BumbleB
7:27 Change of name - Help required. (New Zealand) by Helenw52
7:13 Sarah Johnston death Mar 27,1890 Wroxeter Township, Huron Co., Ontario (Canada) by Kiltaglassan
5:20 Searching Newspapers for an image - (Sussex Express & County Herald) (Sussex) by sparrett
4:58 Trying to identify this chap (New Zealand) by Tgapitbull
4:34 Date for photo based on clothing, please - Fife area (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by John’s
3:07 Bastardy Records at Bristol Records Office (Gloucestershire) by dobfarm
1:42 Ship:Lyttleton (New Zealand) by carolgenealogy1970
1:07 Elleray Family Burials,Windermere ****Completed*** (Westmorland) by warncoort
12:51 Will of Dorothy Sloggett 1705 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Trevellian
12:21 Completed - Anna Mordecai in San Francisco Chronicle 1876 (US Lookup Requests) by billnkempsey
10:46 Free Access to US Newspapers on OldNews.com, 3rd-5th July (The Common Room) by Chris Doran
10:44 How long for certs to arrive from GRO Ireland? (Ireland) by nicdigby
10:23 Restore Old Photo From 1952 of Graham (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Carole in Dallas

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