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5:24 "Adoption" ??? (Dublin) by patmar
5:21 Guidance with Ancestral search (Family History Beginners Board) by Renniks55
5:17 Edith Brown born 24th November 1902 (Essex) by softly softly
4:59 So, I am 94% Irish, 3%Scot and 3% Swedish. Limit to how far back these go ? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by patmar
4:31 Portrane graveyards (Dublin) by Sinann
4:28 Looking for my mother's-in law father John (or Jack) Hickisey, b. 1905 in London (Family History Beginners Board) by Spelk
4:13 Bent Family from Whaddon, Buckinghamshire (Buckinghamshire) by Tall Al
3:59 Ellen Cardwell (Lancashire) by Kay99
3:20 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW (Lanarkshire) by Lodger
3:19 Cotton mill/manufacturer (Family History Beginners Board) by mudmonster
2:57 Parents of Thomas Mockridge/Mogridge b. abt. 1782 Somerset. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
2:42 Edwards in Cheshire on census (Cheshire) by bones5
2:15 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by stevelunt
1:36 Leroy family (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by ciderdrinker
12:35 The Lost Tombstones of Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) by jonwicken
12:16 Hendly family, Athy region, 1800's (Kildare) by Lance Matthews
12:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 7th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
12:09 Wow! What a car! (The Common Room) by vintman
12:04 Gedcom files and databases (Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation) by Biggles50
11:56 Family tree interference (The Lighter Side) by Biggles50
11:55 Death Registration Sarah Forfar - died 18 June 1856 - Luton (Bedfordshire) by wilcoxon
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
10:14 Army record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Davedrave
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
7:36 ERNEST HOPE Acrobat (Australia) by haney
7:16 Ralph Lewis Gilberne Butler 1883-1967 (The Common Room) by queencorgi1
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

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