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9:25 Looking for Tooley (Norfolk Completed Look up Requests) by WVRose1969
9:06 Ann Taylor (Lincolnshire) by star sister 14
8:59 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
8:57 Lost children of Thomas and Mary Mansell (Gloucestershire) by Mansl
8:42 An Arbon puzzle.... (Northamptonshire) by DonnaLou84
8:39 WALTER MAJOR WW1 1920 (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by trevalyn
8:36 Joseph Parker and Mary Elizabeth Smith Sedgley (Staffordshire) by Sally4x
8:36 Diary summary week ending 22nd June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by candleflame
7:40 Arthur Crabtree born 12 October 1892 (New Zealand Completed Requests) by Special Needs Girl
7:32 I need to pick your brains! (Family History Beginners Board) by Elswick
7:25 Husborne Crawley baptism Thomas LEWIS 1813 (Bedfordshire Completed Look ups) by sjl62
6:55 Investigating Chilean Ancestry (Family History Beginners Board) by Erato
6:46 ROBERT ARMSTRONG WW1 1921 (Cork) by ballydw
6:45 Robert CLARKSON/Janet LOUDON family Glasgow/Liverpool (Lanarkshire) by Forfarian
6:25 Royal Parks Policemen (The Common Room) by joliz
6:16 Mullis, worth (Devon Lookup Requests) by insidecentre
5:15 drownings in the thames (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by PatLac
5:05 Place in the Isle of Man (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by kokomo
4:45 Looking for a fresh pair of eyes (The Common Room) by CrispyGlitch
4:43 John Moulton and Ann Bride (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by DCB
4:32 Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers. (Family History Beginners Board) by RowanR
4:24 Hannah Fenney born abt 1841 (Durham) by mulberry-rose
4:06 MAUD ELIZABETH WHITFIELD, 1918 - 1937 DARLINGTON, AND DISTRICTS, CO. DURHAM (Durham Lookup Requests) by Doreen Peacock
4:05 Free Frank 2 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Whatthefranklin
3:55 The Earls and the Wilkinson families Westmorland (Westmorland) by Christopher Earl
3:52 WW2 request for Geordie man (Northumberland) by geordiemac48
3:48 Curious Missing Relative in Pennsylvania (United States of America) by shellyesq
2:47 Jane and Martha Carter (Lancashire) by Shrop63
2:38 John and Mercy (Lancashire) by Shrop63
2:38 Artificial Intelligence - Tongue in Cheek Observations (The Lighter Side) by ThrelfallYorky
2:22 Ann Mayor 1775-1860 (Durham) by trish1120
2:21 Surname (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Shrop63
2:16 1787 Constables Census of Westmorland (Westmorland) by Gigi
2:11 Elizabeth Coverley (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Vixen999
2:09 Henry Percy son of Algernon Percy the Diplomat (Northumberland) by hepburn
2:02 Who was the mother? (Warwickshire) by hanes teulu
1:46 DNA shared matches verses paper trail. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni

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