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3:42 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by Johnorrett
3:42 Family Lines of Robert Fischer (1841), Madurai, IN (Other Countries) by MollyC
3:38 The Mysterious Case of Annie McKay/Mackie (Scotland) by Andy J2022
3:34 Date display on FTM2019 (Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation) by familyfind
3:27 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by BushInn1746
3:09 Occupation Robert Dunbar 1891 Canada Census (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by mcadamsd
3:01 Doubting family stories (The Lighter Side) by KGarrad
3:00 Orr Family Ballygowan (Down) by hdw
2:59 Alice Ames (Cambridgeshire) by Kay99
2:51 Grace Hustler/Hostler or Dodsworth - Thornton Dale (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by amondg
2:20 William Robinson Bell (Cumberland) by Jos, Whitehaven
2:06 Bridget Geraghty (Ireland) by Kloumann
2:03 Occupation? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Leon47
1:51 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by BridgetM
1:44 Cannot find father of Roger Rodgers (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie99
1:30 William Frederick Faulkner Davenport (Complete) (Canada) by J.J.
1:13 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
11:55 Deaths from Free BDM (Lancashire) by jonwarrn
11:42 Identifying "medals" on teenage milkman London 1934 (The Common Room) by rocala
11:31 George Melvin, Schoolmaster, Tarves (Aberdeenshire) by maddys52
11:29 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by Bookbox
11:04 Broadbent/Conroys from Bradford and Westmorland (Westmorland) by Jeffrey
10:46 registry of shipping and seamen (TNA ref: BT114/3) (The Common Room) by Bookbox
10:30 Ukrainian translation (Europe) by pb_devon
9:56 Cain (Otherwise Blake) (Family History Beginners Board) by amondg
9:21 Robert KIDD's parentage (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Eyesee
8:02 Starting a tree with not much info (The Common Room) by Biggles50
7:24 Alexander MacKenzie Donald born 17 Sept 1885 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Wrightta
6:58 Ship Roebuck ON 60794 (United States of America) by clancam37
6:32 Leach 1871 Gloucs Look up please (Gloucestershire Completed Lookup Requests) by amondg
4:30 Ernest Rouse/ Rowse (Australia) by CassT
3:20 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by jorose
3:10 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Essnell
2:49 Looking for a funeral director in Bradford. (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Essnell
2:04 Ageston Plantation Queensland and the Mune family (Australia) by sparrett
11:12 BRYSON obituries & graves 1978 & 1998 HENRY and MARY ELIZABETH, LONDONDERRY, or (Derry (Londonderry)) by Doreen Peacock
10:12 Woodbridge: monumental inscriptions in Seckford Hospital Cemetery (Suffolk Resources & Links) by gobbitt

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