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12:04 Gedcom files and databases (Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation) by Biggles50
12:03 Hendly family, Athy region, 1800's (Kildare) by ciderdrinker
11:56 Family tree interference (The Lighter Side) by Biggles50
11:55 Cotton mill/manufacturer (Family History Beginners Board) by mudmonster
11:55 Death Registration Sarah Forfar - died 18 June 1856 - Luton (Bedfordshire) by wilcoxon
11:54 Re: Diary summary week ending 7th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by KGarrad
11:52 Bent Family from Whaddon, Buckinghamshire (Buckinghamshire) by gc1
11:28 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by stevelunt
11:27 Timothy Baylay 1710- 1785, innkeeper ? (Devon) by lambre
10:55 Fox's in Ballinamore, Leitrim (Leitrim) by Kiltaglassan
10:41 Marriage of Joseph Flowers and Elizabeth Edwards Somerton 1821 (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
10:20 Looking for my mother's-in law father John (or Jack) Hickisey, b. 1905 in London (Family History Beginners Board) by mckha489
10:14 Army record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Davedrave
10:07 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW (Lanarkshire) by Lodger
8:58 Ellen Cardwell (Lancashire) by Kay99
8:35 Anc*y have fixed something! (The Lighter Side) by ptdrifter
8:10 Help transcribing townland near Ballina (Mayo) by dublin1850
8:08 Wright Family Ruabon (Denbighshire) by acorngen
8:07 Williams of staffordshire and hackney London (Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms) by ptdrifter
7:42 Wow! What a car! (The Common Room) by David Nicoll
7:36 ERNEST HOPE Acrobat (Australia) by haney
7:16 Ralph Lewis Gilberne Butler 1883-1967 (The Common Room) by queencorgi1
6:27 Guidance with Ancestral search (Family History Beginners Board) by David Nicoll
6:26 Alan Carr b1931 (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Ratty2
6:15 Charles mcLease (name variants) (Durham) by lnr
2:01 Edward Wolfe (Cambridgeshire) by amondg
1:33 Can you please decipher this Argyllshire place name? (Argyllshire) by Neale1961
11:54 Dornoch East Church Records (Sutherland) by Forfarian
10:55 Can searcher companies get it wrong ! (Family History Beginners Board) by Josephine
10:30 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by Josephine
10:27 The dreaded French Republican Calendar (The Common Room) by Josephine
9:55 Does this prove anything?? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by lisat
9:49 Seeking the parents of John Cain, blacksmith, of Baldwin (Isle of Man Lookup Requests) by Lught-thie
9:43 looking ror records from FR numbers (Scotland) by David Nicoll
7:50 Patrick O'Brien: daughter Martha emigrated to England probably c1841 (Down) by Lught-thie
7:28 Salford Prison Look-Up (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Pendlewitch67
6:36 Unidentified country house (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Kay99
6:25 William Constable and Daisy Blunt Vyse (Canada) by polarbear

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