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11:12 Deaths/Burials (The Common Room) by BridgetM
11:04 Help with deciphering Will please (Carmarthenshire) by roycymru
11:01 Company: Universal Amusements Ltd (304,786) private company reg'd 5 Sep 1935 (London and Middlesex) by mckha489
10:58 Help with finding William Parker in 1851 Pittenweem (Fife) by slewis
10:37 Very little info - where to start? (World War Two) by Jebber
10:34 Charged with concealing a birth (Gloucestershire) by Norfolk Nan
10:20 Sarah Jane Harrison (Durham) by ojbumblebee1993
10:19 TEMPLETON (Antrim) by Elwyn Soutter
9:58 Thomas Larkin1702 Goudhurst (Family History Beginners Board) by Rob Larkin
9:51 Looking for marriage and children of James Martin McBlane and Agnes Crawford (Ayrshire) by Neale1961
9:31 William Robinson Bell (Cumberland) by *Sandra*
9:22 Liverpool Machells (Lancashire) by Mabel Bagshawe
9:21 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by jess5athome
9:16 Death George Allen Macdonald, May 12, 1948 (United States of America) by shellyesq
8:28 James Howard Adolphus Annesley (Worcestershire) by *Sandra*
8:05 St. Thomas a Becket Church, Framfield (Sussex) by serendib
7:48 Grace Hustler/Hostler or Dodsworth - Thornton Dale (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Rena
7:28 Edward egan born 1842 limerick (Family History Beginners Board) by heywood
6:55 William Hambling 1846 Dereham Norfolk (Norfolk) by CaroleW
6:50 Rigby/Machell (Lancashire) by heywood
6:07 Castleford Cemetery - layout (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by hadenmaiden
5:52 Hue and cry (Renfrewshire) by irene_kipyahoo.co
5:35 Looking for names of Ships for Kulhanek Family (Immigrants & Emigrants - General) by TreeSpirit
5:28 Knowingly lying on a birth certificate (The Common Room) by Zaphod99
5:04 West African Frontier Force WW1 (World War One) by LAURIE81
5:01 John Tombs - dead end! (Gloucestershire) by Peter Marshall
4:20 Colne Times Obituary for Mrs. J. Pollitt (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Milliepede
4:14 Wakefield Quarter Sessions translation (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
3:55 Gordon Dennis Seabrook (Canada Lookup Request) by Siely
3:49 LILIAN MAY ROBERTS - New Brighton, Wallasey (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by DanielBlancoClay
3:17 1871 Census: John Freeman & family in Wolverhampton (Census Lookup and Resource Offers) by Milliepede
3:07 Clara Osborne (nee Harrison) (The Common Room) by close1
2:52 North Lincoln Militia (Armed Forces) by Lewis21
2:43 Family Lines of Robert Fischer (1841), Madurai, IN (Other Countries) by Ramalingam
2:24 Elspet Jane PIRIE (Aberdeenshire) by Waughhunter
2:09 Barnburgh - James Kitchingman married 1724 (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by sticksville
1:55 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by Johnorrett
1:21 Diary summary week ending 17th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746

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