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11:49 Looking for Richard Mitchell and Annie Bourke (The Common Room) by maddys52
11:46 Married or Not (Midlothian) by Neale1961
11:45 Re Daniel Joseph Bradley - Fitzroy, Victoria (Australia) by maddys52
11:27 Cecilla Price abt 1847 (Glamorganshire) by amondg
11:11 1657 Baptism help please (Europe) by goldie61
10:44 James wixon Sydenham (Oxfordshire Lookup Requests) by mozzba1974
10:42 James wixon (Oxfordshire Completed Look Up Requests) by mozzba1974
10:40 Locating John Henry Clarke - Company Quartermaster Sergeant, RE (Armed Forces) by K127
10:28 R.q. on a Royal Navy record (Armed Forces) by Jebber
10:26 finding burial location Newquay, Cornwall (Graveyards and Gravestones) by S.Sullivan
10:24 gibsons (Staffordshire) by star sister 14
10:17 Carl Frederik August (Charles) Thomsen (Europe) by Wdavies
9:52 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by Ranolki
9:41 Burials at sea (Family History Beginners Board) by Rena
9:41 Trying to identify this chap (New Zealand) by David Nicoll
9:38 "Scindia House" (Kent) by gracol
9:23 Understanding NZ Directories street orientations (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
8:32 Thomas OWEN, baptised in Acton, 1720s (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by gc1
8:01 brick lane (London & Middlesex Lookup Offers) by pinkcrush
7:38 Bathurst NSW marriage - Caroline Elizabeth BRYANT to Charles Edward SIMPSON (Australia) by pastrelatives
7:06 Coalmining houses at Watermill, Clackmannan (Clackmannanshire) by John Ramage
6:57 RAF Service Records (World War Two) by Norfolk Nan
6:41 Löber & Schikowski, Paderborn - GERMANY (Europe) by Liviani
6:30 Free Access to some Ancestry Canada records until 2nd July (The Common Room) by Chris Doran
5:06 London Gazette Mentioned in Dispatches (World War One) by ALAMO2008
4:56 Baptism Record for George Mather/Mathers (Scotland) by WolfeEye
4:50 McManus family of Kilmore, Cavan (Cavan) by STEAMFITTER
4:46 few questions on records (World War Two) by pinkcrush
4:19 JOHN PONTIN WW1 1916 (Carmarthenshire) by trevalyn
4:11 Diary summary 6th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Caw1
4:03 Keeper's Cottage, Tissington Hall (Derbyshire) by lydiaann
3:58 FTM 2024 not showing Ancestry Data (Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation) by HarryW
2:28 Elisha (One Name Studies: A to G) by Siely
2:08 1841 Census Wrexham lookup please (Denbighshire Lookup Requests) by Bizness
1:04 The Bainbridge Family (Durham Completed Look up Requests) by fiddlerslass
12:47 Finding Victoria Bizat (The Common Room) by wilcoxon
12:26 Grave search (Family History Beginners Board) by Doreen Peacock
12:01 William Hancock 1802 - Fulbourn (Cambridgeshire) by Dulverton

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