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10:26 Bedminster Burial (Somerset Lookup Requests) by lcsnor
10:22 WILLIAM FRANCIS RUSSELL CALLAGHAN (Cork) by trevalyn
10:17 1897 Rescue from Drowning in Carlisle. (Cumberland) by hanes teulu
10:10 Christopher Laws (Family History Beginners Board) by EA69
10:05 Hutton family Belfast in 1850-1870’s (Antrim) by Jon_ni
9:42 Presumed death (The Common Room) by Jcutting
9:19 Help locating two houses (The Common Room) by Sc00p
9:16 Thomas Manning b1851 (Galway) by Lisajj
9:11 What Happened to Ellen? (The Common Room) by Lisajj
9:09 Carbones inde maritimas p(ro)iectas (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
9:03 Robert Kemp conundrum (Norfolk) by Norfolk Nan
8:49 George Smailes, White-le- Head (Durham) by Radcliff
8:42 Scottish birth and bapism (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by issi
8:36 Elizabeth Stubbs from Glasgow (Lanarkshire) by mags c
8:35 'Wanted Person' Isabella Boyens (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Trevellian
8:21 Did Edward SWEENEY have a daughter in Ireland called Julia Ann? (Ireland) by heywood
8:19 James Maguire - died Lathalmond Dunfermline (Fife) by CanScot
7:47 William Cray, Great Elm, Frome (Somerset) by Neale1961
6:28 Assist with the deciphering (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pennines
6:11 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW - Part 2 (Lanarkshire) by ard
6:02 Headstone pictures CAMBUSNETHAN CHURCHYARD WISHAW (Lanarkshire) by ard
5:20 jANE sHEA (Limerick) by LH
5:14 Book "Without A Shilling" Pocock family history (Wiltshire) by Pocock_archivist
5:00 Help transcribing townland near Ballina (Mayo) by dublin1850
4:25 Elizabeth Rippingall (Norfolk) by PatLac
3:38 Jane Tilly nee Ormston. (Kent) by rosie99
1:50 Help - Scenic/Theatre Artists in 1840's (England) by hanes teulu
1:49 Looking for O'Kane Family of Limavady (Derry (Londonderry)) by Kiltaglassan
12:53 Wilmont/Willment family Curry Mallet (Somerset) by LizzieL
12:09 James Prudhoe baptised 1816 Chester le Street COMPLETED (FANTASTIC ROOTSCHATTERS (Durham) by kabeja
11:53 **COMPLETED **Kirby Ravensworth Parish Records. Marriage for William Clark 1803 (Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests) by kabeja
11:36 Stuck on a family mystery (The Common Room) by missbeeby
10:02 John Harris, death in circa 1832 Walworth & Kennington (b 1767) (London and Middlesex) by LizzieL
9:07 Lily Fitzgerald born 3 Sep 1901 Southwell (Nottinghamshire Lookup Requests) by Cockneyrebel
8:15 Nov 1838 marr .St James, Paddington, Middlesex (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by mickmack1942
8:01 The Illegitimate child of James Stephenson (New Zealand Completed Requests) by TwiggyTree
4:45 Ancestry Update 2025 (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Wexflyer
4:33 Dixon from Whitehaven (Cumberland) by Chinchillaaaa

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