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12:56 WW1 Italian Soilder - Look up and unform ID (World War One) by CaroleW
12:53 Annie Chance 1855 (Cambridgeshire) by rosie17
12:46 Italian Soilder - Date and Uniform ID (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by dogmanny
12:43 Waltham Holy Cross marriage entry request (Essex Lookup Requests) by trish1120
12:39 John Thurman Leicestershire Battalion (World War One) by *Sandra*
12:07 Diary summary week ending 24th August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
12:02 A cluster of matches in South CArolina (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
11:56 Francis merchill (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by hoobaloo
11:48 Ancestry and win10. (The Common Room) by mickmack1942
10:48 Decypher place name in the 1841 census for Warrington, Lancashire, Uk. (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by algy
10:43 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
10:37 USA - British Subject (The Common Room) by Tickettyboo
10:29 the school house Oswestry (Shropshire) by maddys52
10:17 Unknown Surname (Family History Beginners Board) by David Nicoll
10:14 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by ozranga
10:10 Tynan family from Thomastown Kilkenny Ireland (Kilkenny) by Jean003
9:59 Dunlady Road dundonald (Down) by hardsocks
9:40 Wedding of Elizabeth Park and William Munro 1872 and emigration to New Zealand (England) by Kathmferrier
9:16 Ancestry Message Boards (The Common Room) by MollyC
9:08 Osborne's of Bridgnorth (Shropshire) by pastoralviewer5
8:55 John Smith (Lancashire) by Jan Prit
8:52 Skidmore Family (Shropshire Lookup Requests) by amondg
5:35 Tracing great grandfather (Family History Beginners Board) by brigidmac
4:48 Lemon ERVING age 104 (United States of America) by brigidmac
4:11 Now looking for Maria Morris in the 1891 Census in Sheffield. (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Kay99
4:10 transcription service BDM queensland (Australia Lookups completed) by DRave
12:36 Derry 1945 (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Magh Itha
12:08 Searching sources for birth certificate or record for Robert James Ballesty 1867 (Family History Beginners Board) by Ballesty
11:59 Cause of Death Elizabeth Munro 3/6/32 (Australia) by Kathmferrier
11:52 Black Country Quakers (Quaker Family History) by mutchall
11:18 1921 census (Family History Beginners Board) by Ladyhawk
11:10 Looking for death of Mary Ann Hilliard between 1891-1916 (London and Middlesex) by effrenata
11:07 The phrase "Bail for bonds" (Scotland) by GR2
9:25 Edward egan born 1842 limerick (Family History Beginners Board) by heywood
9:06 Sent from the UK to the US for medical treatment (United States of America) by Ranolki
8:43 John Kirker born 1850 Armagh, Ireland (Armagh) by Kiltaglassan
7:31 Help with Campbell's from Perthshire Scotland (Perthshire) by Kmaleski
7:22 Brown and Henley in Abbots Bromley, 1861 (Staffordshire) by silicondale

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