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7:55 Autograph book scanned images available if your name is here?? (World War One) by BushInn1746
7:09 William Billing Sloggett the Miner/Oculist? (The Common Room) by amondg
6:45 Bigamy (The Common Room) by collin
6:42 Ann Brake Walden, married at St Germans 1843 (Cornwall) by HughC
6:37 Here's a word we should all start using (The Common Room) by mare
6:18 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by Ranolki
6:12 Diary summary 6th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by mare
5:52 Joice Jolliffe (or Jollief), wife of Charles Packer, m. 04 July 1731, Horfield (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by nobrickwalls
5:36 Please help find grave for Elsie McCarthy (Carmarthenshire) by kieran257
4:01 Understanding NZ Directories street orientations (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
2:59 Andrew Young - how can I discover more about his fate? (Ayrshire) by wivenhoe
2:36 Tracing a photographer called Little Tich (The Common Room) by sparrett
2:15 Trying to identify this chap (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
1:48 Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864 (US Lookup Requests) by heath
1:25 Islington workhouse-St.John's road (London and Middlesex) by coachcaptain
1:01 Sarah Johnston death Mar 27,1890 Wroxeter Township, Huron Co., Ontario (Canada) by Peggy13
12:39 Bernard H Gallagher died 1982 (United States of America) by shellyesq
12:28 Redwood (Blenheim) - Look up please (New Zealand Completed Requests) by Tim R
12:16 Change of name - Help required. (New Zealand) by Helenw52
12:12 Bastardy Records at Bristol Records Office (Gloucestershire) by dobfarm
10:49 Fred Jones (Family History Beginners Board) by Ladyhawk
10:29 OVENDEN METHODISTS (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by dobfarm
9:49 Ancestry Clusters (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
9:49 David Mayhew patient in st nicholas mental hospital 1976 (The Lighter Side) by coombs
9:48 Ship:Lyttleton (New Zealand) by PatLac
9:41 SPENCER of Selby and Scarborough WILL Summaries and Notes (Yorkshire (West Riding) Resources & Offers) by BushInn1746
8:49 DNA matches high but no clue where we connect possible NPE (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by weenie
8:35 "Scindia House" (Kent) by gracol
8:08 The LMS in Doncaster (Occupation Interests) by mickgall
7:55 Sir Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Prestbury CBE (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by SimonRoberts
7:49 Date for photo based on clothing, please - Fife area (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by John’s
7:48 Farming in the 17th & 18th century around Skipton, Yorkshire (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by jonwicken
6:55 Locating John Henry Clarke - Company Quartermaster Sergeant, RE (Armed Forces) by softly softly
6:23 Restore Old Photo From 1952 of Graham (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
6:07 John Roberts Thurston Tuthill, aka Stephens/Stevens 1852 shipping record (Australia) by KathMc
6:00 Seeking Thomas Thompson (Derry (Londonderry)) by paja
5:58 Migration info request 1910-12 Percy John Henley and Sybil Henley (Canada Lookup Request) by silicondale
5:52 Marriage of grandparents (Monmouthshire) by BumbleB

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