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5:59 Re: Diary summary week ending 7th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
5:45 Mawby in Leicestershire (Family History Beginners Board) by farolito78
5:37 Where Am I? No. 19 - Needle in a Haystack - Tudor House (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by hepburn
5:28 Maiden name help (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by khalliday181
3:58 Timothy Baylay 1710- 1785, innkeeper ? (Devon) by lambre
3:47 Alan Carr b1931 (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by Ladyhawk
3:36 Microsoft office (Technical Help) by farmeroman
3:31 Firth of Kippax (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by kaz1056
3:17 Ancestry DNA Match (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by ReadyDale
3:10 Edith Brown born 24th November 1902 (Essex) by softly softly
3:01 Tracking down marriage/births of member of 94th Regiment of Foot (1840s/1850s) (Armed Forces) by zhenger
2:45 Marriage of Joseph Flowers and Elizabeth Edwards Somerton 1821 (Family History Beginners Board) by softly softly
2:31 Findmypast subscription (The Common Room) by Spelk
2:30 Cotton mill/manufacturer (Family History Beginners Board) by ShaunJ
2:16 Can anyone help with the possible regiment for this man. (World War One) by scrimnet
2:06 Napsbury Hospital, St Albans (Family History Beginners Board) by Suzy100
2:04 Old silver - assay marks, trying to date spoons (The Common Room) by ThrelfallYorky
1:58 Family of William Kelly (Ireland) by MistyEchoes100
1:43 Does this prove anything?? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by lisat
1:28 Really Stuck and need help (The Common Room) by coombs
1:27 Patrick O'Brien: daughter Martha emigrated to England probably c1841 (Down) by rathmore
1:26 The dreaded French Republican Calendar (The Common Room) by Top-of-the-hill
12:46 Elenor Gingles/Scott (Ireland) by Elwyn Soutter
12:34 Ann Henry or Harry? (Carmarthenshire) by roycymru
12:21 Hallmarks - Silver (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by cordley
11:53 Approximate date of this photo, Co. Wexford (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Calleva
11:38 Date this Welsh photo. (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by jim1
11:13 Lily Mernin/ Piaras Beaslai (Ireland) by emer
11:05 Charles mcLease (name variants) (Durham) by aghadowey
11:01 96th Field Regiment Burma and Malaysia WW2 (Armed Forces) by SydneyDave
10:58 Relationship Woes ... (Census and Resource Discussion) by Relsearcher
10:55 Grantham (Australia Resources & Offers) by Neale1961
10:08 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by Gillg
8:03 Fitzgerald Newmarket 22 children Cork, Kerry Missouri (Cork) by Katherine249
7:56 John A Merrin born about 1837 (Waterford) by sue alderton
7:54 Free Access to MyHeritage US & Canadian Censuses. Last Day (The Common Room) by Chris Doran
7:38 Cant find birth (The Common Room) by Kerrill
5:28 Non conformists (Cambridgeshire) by David Nicoll

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