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7:49 Gadd Family (Surrey Lookup Requests) by Ladyhawk
7:44 Re: Diary summary week ending 15th June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by radstockjeff
7:23 Elizabeth Mansell Marriage after 1911 (Staffordshire) by CaroleW
7:20 John Mclean Scotland (Family History Beginners Board) by Daisypetal
6:58 Canfield Coal Mine (No2) explosion, Coal Creek, Colorado 1888 (United States of America) by CanScot
6:57 SHELERT surname - a mishearing? (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd
6:55 Samuel Greenway and Alice Keeling (Warwickshire) by CarolineWebb
6:52 John Fletcher, Byron, Inverell. 1865 (Australia) by David Nicoll
6:49 Looking for help…..why was Zachariah Ward in Stornaway? (Ross & Cromarty) by Blairvadach
6:13 Who Is Alice???? (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by ob1kinobi
6:12 Flora Rhodes DILGER British Columbia (Canada) by dbree
5:58 Location name (Glamorganshire) by hanes teulu
4:35 drownings in the thames (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by PatLac
3:36 Did this couple marry? (Durham) by softly softly
3:14 Annie McEvoy (Longford) by Kiltaglassan
3:08 Poppysmum / Andrew Harris (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie17
3:03 Too large a photo (Technical Help) by Joy Dean
3:02 17thBGH RAMC in India (World War Two) by Joy Dean
2:44 Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers. (Family History Beginners Board) by ThrelfallYorky
2:29 Jane and Martha Carter (Lancashire) by softly softly
2:24 Death of George Doig (Family History Beginners Board) by trish1120
2:17 Passenger details of OLIVER family arr Sydney Aug 1886 (Australia) by hanes teulu
1:58 Thomas Walmsley 27/12/1755 - 22/3/1839 (Lancashire) by lancsann
12:43 Ashton-Under-Lyne birth or baptism record please (Lancashire) by BumbleB
12:41 Taranaki dairy factory. (New Zealand) by Lucy2
12:10 Ethel Emma Rosetta Louise Cazaly born 18 Dec 1899 Silverhill, Sussex, England (Canada Lookup Request) by *Sandra*
11:58 Help with Campbell's from Perthshire Scotland (Perthshire) by Throth
11:50 George Arthur Riley 7 Feb 1910 Perth, Ontario (Canada Lookup Request) by *Sandra*
11:32 Cecil John Pearce 5th grenadier guards (World War One) by raa
11:09 Burials at St Omer Pas de Calais - which church? (Europe) by jayaygee
10:51 Latin Probate (1668) for John Norwood (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
10:37 Can anyone tell me the name of the Village? (Derry (Londonderry)) by Kiltaglassan
10:14 Does anyone know of any current Ancestry special offers? (The Common Room) by Joy Dean
10:03 What happened to the three Watson brothers b. 1840s Lambeth? (London and Middlesex) by FrancisGrn
9:54 Kent Electoral Registers (Kent) by DCB
9:50 Charles Devine Maybole/Greenock (Family History Beginners Board) by Neale1961

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