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8:01 Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by GR2
8:01 Elizabeth Harris, Southall (The Common Room) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:00 hart (Leitrim) by aghadowey
7:57 Re: Diary summary week ending 27th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
7:50 Translation of French Death Record (Quebec) (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by WolfeEye
7:44 citation for Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 (Mayo) by aghadowey
7:43 Newspaper articles (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Comberton
7:34 Who have you given up on :) (The Common Room) by rickjt62
7:10 Where is Studley, Devon? (Devon) by AlanBoyd
7:01 Malley family castlebar mayo (Mayo) by Kiltaglassan
6:52 Govan Poor House Records Circa 1869 (Lanarkshire) by JackB015725
6:38 Elizabeth Gill - Portesham (Dorset) by jusnoneed
5:59 Irish Census 1901 (Mayo) by Muddipaws
5:59 William Carroll death (Down) by kptz
5:54 Thomas Duncan, died Apr 8, 1907, Brockton, Massachusetts (United States of America) by Peggy13
5:38 17thBGH RAMC in India (World War Two) by Joy Dean
5:38 Elizabeth Sharon b. 1670 Married George Blenkinsop (Northumberland) by JackB015725
5:24 Cecil MARSHALSEA WW1 1921 (Somerset) by trevalyn
5:18 Sunnyside, Newcastle? or Durham in 1943 (Northumberland) by carolmc
5:02 Seeking the Origins of Joan MARTIN – Married John WIDDICOMBE, 1774, Ugborough (Devon) by amondg
4:54 Blanchard of Canada (Canada) by ladyk
3:39 Birth for Aubrey Fowell (Kent Lookup Requests) by shunter1966
3:36 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by jksdelver
3:12 Attorney/solicitor look up between 1770 and 1775 (London and Middlesex) by AlanBoyd
2:31 Looking for Ellen McGrath and William Desmond Murphy (Tipperary) by Karytay
1:55 WW2 radio hams Newcastle Area (Northumberland) by jonwarrn
12:40 Dickinson/Dickenson Family – Hints, Staffordshire – 18th Century (Staffordshire) by ciderdrinker
11:57 Marriage and birth location (Family History Beginners Board) by trish1120
11:49 Building in New York 1930s (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by smileygirl
11:35 Unfindable couple / Male was in Navy (Kent) by bradwaterss
11:03 The only appearance of Mary/May Hayes in Seacombe 1921 census (Cheshire) by sigrid7
10:31 Date photo please for the amusement park (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Top-of-the-hill
10:05 To anyone with access to 1984-2005 death index please (Essex Lookup Requests) by charliepipb
9:56 Henry Brown Burnett (Australia) by Darian Zam
9:38 Joseph Rogers of Bocking (st Mary's) (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by petey22
9:27 Sarah Jane Peel b. 1863 Snape, Yorkshire (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Neale1961
9:26 Interpreting an Irish Tithe Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd
9:10 Absolutely stumped! (Angus (Forfarshire)) by lydiaann

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