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9:38 Davies Campbell wedding pic.Liverpool 1971. (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by ShaunJ
9:38 Fay Ellen Hoban (The Common Room) by Ecoh
9:14 searching for a marriage (Dumfriesshire) by Little Nell
9:09 Looking for Info on William Kelly (Ireland) by Kiltaglassan
9:08 Sunnyside, Newcastle? or Durham in 1943 (Northumberland) by jonwarrn
8:59 Liverpool Street Renaming c1865 (Lancashire Resources) by Blue70
8:47 Cecil MARSHALSEA WW1 1921 (Somerset) by trevalyn
8:02 Who was this Jane Parry? Who are her family? (The Common Room) by LondonBornNRaised
8:00 Transcription Please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by MUMMYG
7:58 Mary Walshe (Ireland) by Kiltaglassan
7:46 DNA clusters basic question (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
7:39 Sarah Jane Peel b. 1863 Snape, Yorkshire (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by JackB015725
7:39 Missing marriage of Mary Bown and William McGhee (Dorset) by Mabel Bagshawe
7:38 Ancestry hint. (The Common Room) by David Nicoll
7:35 Absolutely stumped! (Angus (Forfarshire)) by David Nicoll
7:19 BIRKDALE FARM REFORMATORY SCHOOL, AINSDALE - 1902 - 1912 MR WEBB (Lancashire) by eliza.odonnel
7:14 Seeking info on James Connolly (Ireland) by Wexflyer
7:13 Anthony PASCO 1799 (Cornwall) by Petros
6:43 How reliable are matches (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
5:05 17thBGH RAMC in India (World War Two) by Joy Dean
4:55 Liverpool street name (St Nicholas Parish) (Lancashire) by Blue70
4:55 George Hyde born 1852 Ticknall, Derbyshire and wife Sarah Ann Hill (Derbyshire) by amondg
4:42 The only appearance of Mary/May Hayes in Seacombe 1921 census (Cheshire) by sigrid7
4:24 Crowtree hospital Louth (Lincolnshire) by tentmantent
4:20 Selected HOOD of Yorkshire Old WILL Summaries and ADMINISTRATIONS Only (Yorkshire (West Riding) Resources & Offers) by BushInn1746
4:10 Marriage certificate help (The Common Room) by Milliepede
3:49 Completed Where was Omega Terrace Fulham in 1881? (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by AlanBoyd
3:17 Looking for Ellen McGrath and William Desmond Murphy (Tipperary) by KevinOK
3:00 Translating a Dutch name to English (The Common Room) by kerryb
2:28 The widow Eugenie Caroline Theodore Rinsby died in Lowerhill nr Richmond, London (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
2:20 Irish Census 1901 (Mayo) by rathmore
2:16 Tremadoc(g) DNA link, corn hill portmadoc (porthmadog) (Caernarvonshire) by collwyn ap tangno
2:07 Wilfred Shelbourn(e) (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by rosie17
1:43 Lamb Hall, Longwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Kloumann
12:50 Torbay Cemetery (Devon) by nanny jan
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12:29 John Rochfort Rae (Australia) by aahume
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