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10:37 Portadown Rowe Family (Ireland) by aghadowey
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6:34 Harmer Rogers c1753 (Norfolk) by petey22
6:16 Donald Clark Birth 14 DEC 1821 • Petty,Inverness,Scotland (Inverness) by mcadamsd
5:55 Tricky Latin text - 1681 will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Lewis21
4:29 John Thurman Leicestershire Battalion (World War One) by PERKO14
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2:40 Annie Chance 1855 (Cambridgeshire) by bobtonks
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