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11:43 redacted names in 1939 register (Family History Beginners Board) by Spelk
11:39 Murrays & Fletchers of Canonbie (Dumfriesshire) by ColC
11:38 Ancestor help please (Canada Lookup Request) by rosie17
11:37 Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797 (Sussex) by mazzie74
11:37 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Kay99
11:35 Coles Obituary (Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests) by rosie99
11:00 Etchingham marriage mystery (Sussex) by Pheno
10:59 Looking to find 4th G Grandparents (Denbighshire) by tornado
10:58 Mary Gibbs, Need some help (Buckinghamshire) by TomGad
10:56 Three Rabbits Pub (London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests) by PJ 1850
10:46 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:41 Idebtifying the Uniform (World War One) by ShaunJ
10:12 Morris ap Cadwallader (Caernarvonshire) by tommy-tipper
10:07 Thomas William Liddle Service Records (World War One) by genjen
9:51 William Henry Catt in New Zealand (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
9:31 Salmon Family Westmeath and Margaret Bowen (Westmeath) by LH
9:09 John Balls of Aldeburgh (1758) (Suffolk) by windy_miller
9:09 Family of CHARLES CLARK, sailed Aberdeen to Melbourne on "Jane Geary" 1852-53 (Australia) by sparrett
8:58 Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1 (Kerry) by Kiltaglassan
8:45 Estate of a female relative who died intestate in 1935 before her husband (The Common Room) by susieroe
6:07 Did Elizabeth marry twice? (Somerset) by Helina
5:43 Andrew Rowles - Grandfather of a pop star (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by JoeDee1234
2:38 Needing help with Latin again (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
1:22 Incomplete RN Record/Ledger (World War Two) by glendan561
1:05 William and Louisa MITCHELL (London and Middlesex) by Eyesee
12:36 Eliza Charlotte Farmer & Alice Rose Farmer in 1921 - Where Was it Taken? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Bee
12:01 Eliza DEVEREUX b.1794 d.1853 Norfolk (Suffolk) by windy_miller
11:39 John Newton, Lanchester (Durham) by Tickettyboo
11:32 George Hardy b1818 Beccles Suffolk (Suffolk) by windy_miller
11:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Caw1
10:32 identification of the grooms uniform (Armed Forces) by mmm45
10:31 Famine times near Kilkelly Ireland 1845 -1850 (The Common Room) by Viktoria
9:26 Two Children born only 1 baptised!!! (Suffolk) by coombs
9:05 Athol Rupert KENSHOLE (Australia) by Shari
8:54 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by softly softly
8:37 year of photo Margaret Cowen (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by oldohiohome
8:02 1841 Liverpool census page (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sorrellk
7:18 Wallis in Great Bardfield/Thaxted. (Essex) by Vasquez109

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