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1:04 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st september 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
12:48 A butcher, a baker... by the name of Wilson (possibly Sorbie, Wigtown) (Wigtownshire) by ColC
12:41 Belgium birth record (Europe) by ibbotson
12:30 Episcopal Holy Trinity Church, Paisley records for my family (Renfrewshire) by Forfarian
12:21 Ancestry DNA...no longer a match? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by cockney rebel
11:46 Ancestry Update 2025 (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
11:19 INNES George John (Aberdeenshire) by tropicalj
10:59 LONGACRE - long acre, New Zealand (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
10:54 When do you have enough information? (The Common Room) by BushInn1746
10:34 Redshaw family (South Africa) by trish1120
10:20 John THORNTON WW1 1921 Dundee (Angus (Forfarshire)) by bleckie
10:05 Workhouse Occupation (The Common Room) by Bookbox
9:46 John Sykes (London and Middlesex) by Aquitaine
9:46 Newspaper images (Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials) by Avondale16
9:37 Genealogical novels on offer on Kindle (The Lighter Side) by ChrissieL
9:26 Tracking down Mary in Newbold (Leicestershire) by Richard Knott
9:15 French marriage contract 1618 (Europe) by manukarik
9:06 Missing couple (Ireland Resources) by gaffy
8:42 James Stone christened 1798 (Lancashire) by eileendavid
8:35 Peterhead (Aberdeenshire) by jessienicolson
8:11 The List of COI Parish Registers updated Dec 2018 (Ireland Resources) by Kiltaglassan
7:16 Admin of estate of William Covell of Ashmanhaugh. (Norfolk) by amondg
7:08 Diary summary week ending 14th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by mare
2:26 Slater/Sclater/Slatter (Orkney) by Neale1961
12:54 ERNEST HOPE Acrobat (Australia) by haney
10:58 Devon Place Name Help Needed (Devon) by nellie d
10:49 Allen/ Allen nee Ellum (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by amondg
10:44 1939 Register (The Common Room) by collin
10:29 Searching for John & Thomas Kennedy (siblings of Peter Kennedy, born Balyna 1802 (Kildare) by xMrsKennedyx
10:21 Nebraska - Hall County newspapers (US Resources & Offers) by Erato
10:18 Immigration - James and Esther ARTHUR with son Horatio (Australia) by Feos
10:12 What happened to John Cook & Frances Crowder 1812-1813 at Knottingley? (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
9:47 Dunnottar House (Kincardineshire) by coplani
8:53 CLIFFORD FAMILY FROM CARCHIVEEN (Kerry) by StoneCrow
8:48 Ancestry Managment. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Steve3180
8:43 Gunn / Killick family in Brighton (Sussex) by jonwarrn
8:28 The widow Eugenie Caroline Theodore Rinsby died in Lowerhill nr Richmond, London (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
8:18 Help with WW2 records (Armed Forces) by Kathmferrier

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