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11:47 Burial Look Up please Barrow on Soar circa 1876 (Leicestershire Lookup Requests) by willsy
11:01 Exeter 1872 Marriage - Thomas Ellis and Eliza Denham (Devon Lookup Requests) by amondg
10:58 DNA shared matches verses paper trail. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by frostyknight
10:56 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
10:49 General question (The Common Room) by CaroleW
10:45 Alternative records? (The Common Room) by CaroleW
10:27 Looking for my long lost family (The Common Room) by hepburn
9:53 Death In Kingston Jamaica 1942 (Other Countries) by Andy J2022
9:51 3 Central Buildings, Llandudno Junction (Denbighshire) by anneelaine
9:44 Hannah Fenney born abt 1841 (Durham) by ChrissieL
9:34 1654 French marriage (Europe) by goldie61
9:29 Robertson of Riemore (Perthshire) by Throth
9:13 Family deceased member (Family History Beginners Board) by Chloebolton22
8:37 JOHN WILLIAM STEPHENSON 1921 (Northumberland) by trevalyn
8:35 Simon Garrad 1785 to 1859 (Suffolk Completed Lookup Requests) by KGarrad
8:27 Struggling to understand this Will. Any suggestions appreciated (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by This Boy
8:20 Joseph Parker and Mary Elizabeth Smith Sedgley (Staffordshire) by Sally4x
7:48 Re: Diary summary week ending 29th June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
7:31 Date for photo based on clothing, please - Fife area (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by John’s
7:06 James Fryman b1794 (Sussex) by gc1
7:02 Lewis Alford 1839-1900 merchant in Capetown about 1855-1865 (South Africa) by hanes teulu
6:47 An Arbon puzzle.... (Northamptonshire) by DonnaLou84
6:36 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by Ranolki
6:25 Looking for more info - Samuel Hendren (Armagh) by Jon_ni
6:23 john james tickell b 1849 (Australia) by raa
6:19 Probate online (The Common Room) by JenB
5:41 Englishby sisters - Ardee Townparks (Louth) by Sinann
5:40 Help (Norfolk Lookup Requests) by WVRose1969
4:13 When did Alice Ellen Mc Cabe die.? (Family History Beginners Board) by Milliepede
4:08 Marriage Mary Murphy to Jonas Mikalsen Iversen (United States of America) by ballydw
4:03 Who Do You Think You Are (UK) - series 22 announced (The Lighter Side) by Milliepede
4:00 Trying to find info about my 2X great Grandfather John Trotman and family (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by Milliepede
2:06 Frederick COWAN - (1833-1896) Employment Details 1880s/90s? (Essex) by jonwarrn
1:59 Ann Mayor 1775-1860 (Durham) by trish1120
1:24 Issitt baptisms in Loddington (Leicestershire Lookup Requests) by Helen Bedford
1:22 Catherine Murray (Dublin) by valerie1
12:57 RB in National Index of Parish registers: Suffolk? (Suffolk) by Birtle

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