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8:36 1574 Welsh Will of Gwillam ap David Thomas Merthyr Cynog Snippet (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Vance Mead
8:36 Tracking down poorly attested Whitehaven family (Cumberland) by Kay99
8:29 Y DNA (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
8:27 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
8:04 1841/1851 Census - WILLIAM STUBBS (Shropshire Lookup Requests) by wilcoxon
7:48 Death after 1970 - cannot locate any record (Australia) by CassT
7:40 Great Train Robbery (The Common Room) by Siely
7:17 Complex Mystery, Possible Affair in Ponthir? (Monmouthshire) by ashtayl04
7:05 Advice/Opinions on English Name from Prussia (The Common Room) by KGarrad
6:19 Sellars (US Lookup Requests) by Ann W
4:17 Re: Diary summary week ending 27th July 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by jimbo50
3:18 More Machells (Australia) by maddys52
2:48 John Rochfort Rae (Australia) by aahume
2:09 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY RESOURCES (Australia Resources & Offers) by cupoflife
2:03 Unfindable couple / Male was in Navy (Kent) by Neale1961
1:20 William Carroll death (Down) by kptz
1:03 Help with French Document (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by HistoricalGenealogy
11:57 Ancestry DNA Match (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by 4b2
11:31 How reliable are matches (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by 4b2
11:22 Michael Woolaghan marriage - Whitehaven Dist. 1883 (Cumberland) by Emsworthy
10:58 Attorney/solicitor look up between 1770 and 1775 (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
10:47 Swansea Workhouse (The Common Room) by *sara*
10:32 Mary Walshe (Ireland) by MistyEchoes100
10:19 Wartime movements of mystery father (The Common Room) by Keith osborn
10:09 Suffolk parish registers to go online? (Suffolk) by Bee
9:40 Elizabeth Harris, Southall (The Common Room) by close1
9:37 hart (Leitrim) by pat77
9:07 Canal boat mystery family connection (Travelling People) by Penmaiden
8:55 Mary Jenkins, Aberystruth (Monmouthshire) by osprey
8:49 Dorothy Keating sent to Canada 1894 aged 6 (Canada) by Norfolk Nan
8:16 Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by David Nicoll
7:47 Where is Studley, Devon? (Devon) by David Nicoll
7:45 Uniform ID please?? (Armed Forces) by FullofLead
6:45 The widow Eugenie Caroline Theodore Rinsby died in Lowerhill nr Richmond, London (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
5:59 Simon and Johanna Mangan (Clare) by OneNightWright
5:51 Birney - Routledge Look Up (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by redpaws
5:16 Elizabeth Sharon b. 1670 Married George Blenkinsop (Northumberland) by Lewis21
5:07 Marriage Look up please - LEGENDER (Durham Lookup Requests) by diddymiller

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