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2:19 Grace Hustler/Hostler or Dodsworth - Thornton Dale (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Lewis21
2:17 Rigby/Machell (Lancashire) by BridgetM
2:14 Clara Osborne (nee Harrison) (The Common Room) by close1
2:09 Barnburgh - James Kitchingman married 1724 (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by sticksville
1:59 William Hambling 1846 Dereham Norfolk (Norfolk) by oldhippy
1:55 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by Johnorrett
1:46 Death George Allen Macdonald, May 12, 1948 (United States of America) by Peggy13
1:43 Charged with concealing a birth (Gloucestershire) by Norfolk Nan
1:21 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
1:21 Colne Times Obituary for Mrs. J. Pollitt (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by SonofSussex
1:20 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by jess5athome
1:13 Papple / Murray Family (Family History Beginners Board) by jonwarrn
1:07 Horace Edward Wormleighton (Leicestershire) by *Sandra*
12:41 1871 Census: John Freeman & family in Wolverhampton (Census Lookup and Resource Offers) by Tony Freeman
12:13 The Mysterious Case of Annie McKay/Mackie (Scotland) by Matt R
12:11 Looking for marriage and children of James Martin McBlane and Agnes Crawford (Ayrshire) by rosie17
11:48 Bridget Delahunty (Ireland) by Kiltaglassan
11:43 Doubting family stories (The Lighter Side) by alan o
11:08 Wakefield Quarter Sessions translation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sticksville
10:56 Thomas Larkin1702 Goudhurst (Family History Beginners Board) by Barbara F
10:51 Help with deciphering Will please (Carmarthenshire) by roycymru
10:38 Can't find grandfather's history anywhere (Family History Beginners Board) by mckha489
10:38 Emma Amelia [Clements] Keates (Hertfordshire) by amondg
10:31 Jonah Lister - 1886 - Newbottle (Houghton) (Durham Lookup Requests) by Radcliff
10:17 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by jane k
8:24 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
8:18 Deaths from Free BDM (Lancashire) by mckha489
8:02 Winchester Close, Elgin (Moray (Elginshire)) by Kiltaglassan
6:37 McManus family of Kilmore, Cavan (Cavan) by corblimey
2:53 Looking for Bloomfield (Family History Beginners Board) by Tr bloom
12:38 Osborne's of Bridgnorth (Shropshire) by Mr Gwynne Chadwick
12:20 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by Wexflyer
11:56 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
11:54 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by BridgetM
10:53 Gordon Dennis Seabrook (Canada Lookup Request) by mckha489
10:42 George Melvin, Schoolmaster, Tarves (Aberdeenshire) by GordonFindlay
10:34 McDill and Dill (Kirkcudbrightshire) by matt muir
10:13 very low cm for 2c1xr but share matches on both sides (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50

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