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1:39 Shan Powell (Family History Beginners Board) by amondg
1:00 Samuel Cowan (Ireland) by ard
12:47 Tate of Wistow; Rimington of Pontefract; Todd, Turner & Wharrey of Selby (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
12:38 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW (Lanarkshire) by ard
12:34 Missing couple (Ireland Resources) by Olicana
12:27 Burial Certified (The Common Room) by CaroleW
12:18 The hell that is two factor authorisation (The Common Room) by Essnell
12:05 Immigration - James and Esther ARTHUR with son Horatio (Australia) by wivenhoe
11:07 Marriage recorded in two places, same date? (Family History Beginners Board) by q98
10:57 French marriage contract 1618 (Europe) by goldie61
10:49 'Wanted Person' Isabella Boyens (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Mabel Bagshawe
10:43 Sad listings. (The Lighter Side) by BillyF
10:28 Discharged unfit (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Jebber
10:18 More help needed with army records (Armed Forces) by Kathmferrier
9:29 Bouttell's of Wissington(Weston) (Suffolk Lookup Requests) by amondg
8:24 Major John Parkes (Isle of Man Lookup Requests) by Frances_mnb
8:14 Ancestry Update 2025 (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by TonyV
6:17 MAYNARD - Unwanted Certifcate (Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs H to M) by katmay
6:08 Parents of Joseph Gerry, b. 1698 Lifton, Devon. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
5:55 Looking for when John Murphy was discharged from Cleveland St. Infirmary (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by S.Sullivan
5:54 Matthews family what became of them. (Dublin) by Kiltaglassan
5:47 Met policeman date unknown (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by hanes teulu
5:33 Ninion Steele Broomfield (Berwickshire) by Partpilot
4:06 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st september 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
2:41 An English solider, why did he emigrate? (New Zealand) by Nanna52
2:23 Records for Pentre-Ty-Gwyn and Cefnarthen Chapels (Carmarthenshire) by hanes teulu
2:19 Does anyone have access to the 1901 Derry census? (Derry (Londonderry)) by forthefamily
2:14 John Sykes (London and Middlesex) by ciderdrinker
1:28 Rachel gulliford (Somerset) by trish1120
1:18 Rachel Cohue - Guernsey connection? (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by blackcountry man
1:15 help with parts of a brief Latin will from 1509 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Shirl_R
1:13 Amelia Mann (Angus (Forfarshire)) by s58roads
1:04 Difficulties tracing ancestors the Newcastle area (Family History Beginners Board) by River Tyne Lass
12:31 Families of Vokins, Lockey and Lawrence. (Oxfordshire) by corinthian
10:59 James Findlay - missing death record (Angus (Forfarshire)) by GordonFindlay

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