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7:07 Struggling to find a British civilian returning to UK in 1945. (Immigrants & Emigrants - General) by alan o
7:06 Ada Taylor (née Lester) (Cambridgeshire) by wilcoxon
6:59 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by AntonyMMM
6:55 Can't find grandfather's history anywhere (Family History Beginners Board) by heywood
6:44 Help finding a Montreal Marriage Please. (Canada) by polarbear
6:44 McLernon (Tyrone) by garngad
6:34 A cluster of matches in South CArolina (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
6:22 Glaum (Essex Lookup Requests) by Siely
6:20 What's this word? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by softly softly
5:26 17thBGH RAMC in India (World War Two) by Joy Dean
5:24 ship's manifests record of age (Ireland) by kclinch
4:56 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Kay99
4:30 Witherbed and Selby (Leicestershire) by Nicki H
3:59 Finders International (The Lighter Side) by Gillg
3:47 FRANK HARRISON, WW1, GIGGLESWICK (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by *Sandra*
3:25 registry of shipping and seamen (TNA ref: BT114/3) (The Common Room) by rosie99
3:19 Mackinder (Lincolnshire) by Dave Mackinder
3:16 Palmers of Killead (Antrim) by aghadowey
3:09 beware (The Common Room) by aghadowey
2:50 Esther Watkins of Woolaston (Gloucestershire) by rickjt62
2:44 Scotland's People - Service Returns Death Cert. (Scotland) by Clare Champion
2:13 Kerry Names (Kerry) by Clare Champion
2:10 Look Up for Deighan/Deehan family arriving in USA (US Lookup Requests) by Deehan1971
1:49 Bride's surname 1680 marriage (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Galium
1:36 Charles Nairne Marshall J.P. and wife Catherine Harley (New Zealand Completed Requests) by RobbieMar
1:28 theft of Nectar points (Technical Help) by Christine53
1:27 Help sought with navigating Militaryarchives.ie records (Dublin) by rathmore
1:24 Helen McDougall (Scotland) by GERRY LIVADAS
1:19 Jennie Kellett Prudhoe (Northumberland) by CaroleW
1:11 Help with abbreviations R.N. record (World War One) by Top-of-the-hill
1:03 Graham Chopwell (Durham) by hexhamlad
12:02 DROWNED ONCE, BURIED TWICE (The Common Room) by Gillg
11:40 Juckes (Shropshire) by Martin010
11:09 Ageston Plantation Queensland and the Mune family (Australia) by Harps
10:59 US submarines based out of Australia operating in Indonesian waters (World War Two) by maddys52
10:56 Death in Valparaiso, Chile (Other Countries) by greenrig
10:44 Speakers House, Henley-on-Thames, 1930s (Oxfordshire) by maddys52
10:40 The DYTHAM Family (Staffordshire) by dytham

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