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1:52 MyHeritage 2nd connection query (Technical Help) by BillyF
1:47 A 'scandal' in Killin - where to seek details? (Perthshire) by Forfarian
1:45 Glamme Wells? (Wales) by BumbleB
1:36 1851 Census Berwick upon Tweed Barracks (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by Pendlewitch67
1:34 Help tracing my adopted grandfather’s birth family (Bath 1935-36) (Family History Beginners Board) by KGarrad
12:51 John Armstrong married Florence Blake Q2 1926 Middlesbrough (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by Cockneyrebel
12:37 ERNEST HOPE Acrobat (Australia) by sparrett
12:32 Mackin Family from Mallow, Co. Cork (Cork) by ciderdrinker
12:22 Herbert Woodburn Ireland and Family N S W (Australia Resources & Offers) by Jenny1
12:18 merchants in Liverpool, (Lancashire) by mckha489
12:08 Corley Croft (Warwickshire) by angel~eyes
11:56 Mills family of Pulborough (Sussex) by LizzieL
11:49 Jane Ann Sheriff (Northumberland) by softly softly
11:47 Mackin Family from Mallow (Carlow) by sugarbakers
11:33 Help needed please (Fermanagh) by jason 20
11:24 Hesbrook (Family History Beginners Board) by trish1120
9:39 Lemon ERVING age 104 (United States of America) by *Sandra*
9:37 Hugh Kerr & Jannet MacKenzie (Sutherland) by KrisWilson
7:38 Finding Joseph Cragg b.1520 Dad and Mum Cockermouth England Please (Family History Beginners Board) by RickyJack
6:02 Help with Bridget Donohoe near Miltown (Cavan) by Wexflyer
5:48 Looking for information on the surname Hughes (Wexford) by Wexflyer
4:13 Mary Kelly Death (Laois (Queens)) by Wexflyer
2:33 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by dobfarm
12:10 Cain (Otherwise Blake) (Family History Beginners Board) by willsy
11:39 Ancestry DNA Match (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
10:51 Anyone up for a challenge with Imperial German Military History? (Europe) by jess5athome
10:12 Really Stuck and need help (The Common Room) by JacobusV
9:54 Walter Ernest Senior (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
8:38 Phoebe Wright/Woods Liverpool help! (Lancashire) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:34 Swinton Rotherham Burial (Family History Beginners Board) by zetlander
7:13 Elizabeth Selby Hood? 2nd Daughter of Mr Hood, late of Kilfinnan, Scotland (Inverness) by Forfarian
6:55 William Boswell, Romany? (Travelling People) by Taylor94
6:24 Finding details of Royal Navy vessel (Armed Forces Resources) by Roobarb
4:22 Portlaoise Marriage 1826 (Laois (Queens)) by Lance Matthews
4:19 Why leave one child behind? (Immigrants & Emigrants - General) by Alison55
4:10 Peterhead Old Chrchyard - Lairs Index list (Aberdeenshire) by osprey28
3:18 Re: Diary summary week ending 31st August 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by KGarrad
2:21 Sent from the UK to the US for medical treatment (United States of America) by Ranolki

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