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5:52 ERNEST HOPE Acrobat (Australia) by haney
5:52 mines in Airdrie (Lanarkshire) by maddys52
5:19 Anne Powell (Gloucestershire) by amondg
5:16 Korzinski family in 1931 Ontario census (Canada Lookup Request) by carolgenealogy1970
5:03 Letch House (The Common Room) by maddys52
5:03 Mary Tait of Keswick (Canada) by q98
4:41 Deciphering marriage register please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
12:27 War photo (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by shanreagh
11:34 Crow (Donegal) by shanreagh
10:55 USA - British Subject (The Common Room) by Neale1961
10:51 John Armstrong married Florence Blake Q2 1926 Middlesbrough (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by jonwarrn
10:49 Campbell Rathdrum (Wicklow) by Subaru
10:47 Elizabeth Horton (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
10:37 Ancestry DNA Match (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:32 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
10:28 Sheffield, City Road Cemetery. (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by jonwarrn
9:45 Henry family, Down, NI (Down) by gaffy
9:32 George Son of John Hood bapt Gateshead 1st Oct 1786, any info please? (Durham) by BushInn1746
9:27 Cain (Otherwise Blake) (Family History Beginners Board) by willsy
9:17 Portions (The Common Room) by David Outner
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8:28 Mistakes on Wikitree (The Common Room) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
8:14 Leland Wittler, US Army (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
7:50 Relationship Woes ... (Census and Resource Discussion) by Relsearcher
7:44 Ancestry Club 1890. A bargain if never there was one. (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd
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6:55 John F A Davidson (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by May2488
6:45 Peterhead Old Chrchyard - Lairs Index list (Aberdeenshire) by osprey28
6:26 Blandford War Graves (Graveyards and Gravestones) by May2488
6:20 A 'scandal' in Killin - where to seek details? (Perthshire) by GR2
5:21 John Scott Arnott (Lancashire) by *Sandra*
4:05 Where else could they be? (England) by May2488
3:51 Apprentices 1530 (The Common Room) by BridgetM
3:29 WW1 Italian Soilder - Look up and unform ID (World War One) by alan o
3:04 Denis J Boulger. Where is he buried? (Dublin) by Justjtaylor
2:38 Old sailing ship's documents (1797) Bill of Lading, Manifest etc London/Montreal (The Common Room) by Ronda231
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