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1:02 Wakefield Quarter Sessions translation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sticksville
1:00 Sending letters to unknown relatives (The Common Room) by 4b2
12:52 Seaman record book (Down) by HMac
12:47 death of Honora CONSTANTINE nee KIELY (married NFL) (Canada) by HarbourDog
12:44 Howlett Wexford to Newfoundland (Wexford) by HarbourDog
12:32 Sarah Jane Harrison (Durham) by softly softly
12:13 Deaths/Burials (The Common Room) by ciderdrinker
12:07 4 Locton St, Bow, London - Seeking photos or details on history (1870-1880) (London & Middlesex Resources) by ShaunJ
11:59 Occupation in 1890 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ShaunJ
11:36 Cassidy/McIntyre Ireland (Family History Beginners Board) by aghadowey
11:25 Diary summary week ending 24th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
11:22 Solomon Ingram Dawson 1808-1856 (Family History Beginners Board) by jacko-to
11:20 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by jane k
11:14 LILIAN MAY ROBERTS - New Brighton, Wallasey (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by norfolkgal
11:11 Was Imre FURST living in Glasgow in 1961 my grandmother's 2nd cousin? (Lanarkshire) by KGarrad
11:03 Charged with concealing a birth (Gloucestershire) by Norfolk Nan
10:25 William John Hearne / Brice (Devon) by Chelybel131
10:21 Doubting family stories (The Lighter Side) by Marmalady
10:10 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
9:49 Looking for marriage and children of James Martin McBlane and Agnes Crawford (Ayrshire) by rosie17
9:20 Michael Halloran (Kilkenny) by aghadowey
8:57 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by LizzieL
8:52 Company: Universal Amusements Ltd (304,786) private company reg'd 5 Sep 1935 (London and Middlesex) by ValJJJ
8:49 Divorce records? (Renfrewshire) by thedesman1
7:50 Help with finding William Parker in 1851 Pittenweem (Fife) by slewis
7:40 registry of shipping and seamen (TNA ref: BT114/3) (The Common Room) by clancam37
6:57 Knightroots (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by joy_w
6:36 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by tonepad
6:11 Amos William CONNOR/CONNER (Australia) by LisaMarieHanneyMontague
5:19 Papple / Murray Family (Family History Beginners Board) by Inter
5:11 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
3:42 George Robertson Powell / Frances Fielding / Hindle relatives, Cheshire (Cheshire) by hanes teulu
1:41 Death George Allen Macdonald, May 12, 1948 (United States of America) by Peggy13
1:33 Clara Osborne (nee Harrison) (The Common Room) by sparrett
11:59 Lutus -Lithuania- (Family History Beginners Board) by shellyesq
11:04 Help with deciphering Will please (Carmarthenshire) by roycymru
10:19 TEMPLETON (Antrim) by Elwyn Soutter
9:58 Thomas Larkin1702 Goudhurst (Family History Beginners Board) by Rob Larkin

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