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8:10 Austrian Birth Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Zefiro
8:09 Trying to find living relatives of Elizabeth Murray born in Drogheda (Louth) by sarah
7:46 Ann Rudd & John Matthews marriage around 1876 - 1878 (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
7:39 ROXBOROUGH family of Aghadowey (Derry (Londonderry)) by aghadowey
7:36 marriage of david J Jones and Sarah Guy (Family History Beginners Board) by Annie65115
7:32 Mary Jane Malcolm (Ireland) by aghadowey
7:17 Bernard Joseph Dorney (Lancashire) by *Sandra*
7:15 Belgium birth record (Europe) by TreeSpirit
7:11 Rachel gulliford (Somerset) by philrmoon
7:10 Interpreting (not Deciphering) a 1706 Will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Buffnut453
7:04 Belgian Records (Europe) by manukarik
7:01 Subscription to 1921 census (Census Lookup and Resource Requests) by PaulineJ
6:56 Smellie (Lanarkshire) by bleckie
6:44 Help finding John Herbert (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by softly softly
6:33 Seldom Seen, Newfield (Durham) by meekhcs
6:30 trying to find parents of James lee b 1872 bethnal green (London and Middlesex) by softly softly
6:00 Difficulties tracing ancestors the Newcastle area (Family History Beginners Board) by Millmoor
5:24 Henrietta Maria Warner (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie99
5:22 what could this word mean in today's English (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
4:41 James Anderson and Jane Lorimer (Family History Beginners Board) by Neale1961
4:34 Mansfield Missing Road (Nottinghamshire) by Feelingold
4:33 Parents of Dorothea Taylor, b. abt 1830 Millbrook, Cornwall. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
4:22 Leroy family (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by Jersiaise
4:19 New Laptop (Technical Help) by sunflower
4:14 George Henry Patten. (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by *Sandra*
4:05 Govan Poor House Burial Records (Lanarkshire) by JackB015725
4:03 Finding the Parents of Clara Hornke (Family History Beginners Board) by oocherryblossomsoo
3:18 george pritchard (Denbighshire) by pritchardgeo
2:52 Elizabeth King born about 1790 in Croxton (Leicestershire Lookup Requests) by Jomot
2:44 Parents of Thomas Mockridge/Mogridge b. abt. 1782 Somerset. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
1:24 Rebecca Cordley of Weston/Pinchbeck, nr Spalding (Lincolnshire) by trish1120
1:16 "Adoption" ??? (Dublin) by rathmore
12:40 Looking for Ernest Florent Fere-Feré ou Feret (Family History Beginners Board) by Margotte
12:12 Thomas Hegarty (Wales) by heywood
12:11 Woodbridge: monumental inscriptions in Seckford Hospital Cemetery (Suffolk Resources & Links) by gobbitt
11:41 Nigel Aubrey Bryan Darby (Surrey) by *Sandra*
11:39 Diary summary week ending 14th September 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Gillg
11:26 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW (Lanarkshire) by ajgemini

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