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9:09 1881 Missing William McKay (Lancashire) by Pendlewitch67
9:08 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
9:07 Streets of St Fagans - Harding (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by AlanBoyd
9:06 Military Hospital Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pennines
8:45 Bitton Parish Records - Esther/Hester Parker 1770s (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by billnkempsey
8:45 Osborn Of Leighton buzzard (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by carol46
8:30 Kellys in Aghafin, Co. Roscommon (Roscommon) by heywood
8:14 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by familydar
8:05 GORST - WILSHIRE family Victoria (Australia) by Dalet
8:01 Was Frederick Sr the father? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Petros
6:48 Lettice Thomas - birth record and anything else! (Pembrokeshire) by Cas (stallc)
6:46 Harry Merwin Shedd 1912-1996 (United States of America) by Ratty2
6:21 Annie Mary Glenn...Marriage to Hallam ? (Lincolnshire) by Del 80
6:06 Arthur John PINKNEY and Margaret Ann PINKNEY nee TRENHOLME d 1996 (Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests) by Chris Pinkney
4:08 Dale & Sons Grantham (Lincolnshire) by Earlybird29
2:35 Murdoch McDonald (Aberdeenshire) by KiwiJes
2:15 Having Trouble With Identifying The Parents of George Blenkinsop, Of Sunderland. (Durham) by maddys52
1:54 WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants? (New Zealand) by spades
12:55 Poss census and marriage records (Lanarkshire) by Neale1961
11:47 Look up in Evening Chronicle etc (Durham) by bramhallbill
10:52 Burns Family (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by heywood
10:42 my Grandmother Alice Ringrose (Family History Beginners Board) by AlgomaRifle
10:16 Where was David Wait born? (How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)) by goldie61
9:51 JAMES MUIRHEAD GRANT WW1 1918 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Daisypetal
9:46 Osborn Of St Albans (Hertfordshire Lookup Requests) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:49 Seeking Bridget Conry (Galway) by Cas (stallc)
8:14 John Southerwood/Southernwood Willington (Derbyshire Lookup Requests) by Dalmade
7:57 Zillah Constance Gilbert (Family History Beginners Board) by MollyC
7:38 Here's a word we should all start using (The Lighter Side) by bevj
7:37 Cork City Schools (Cork) by ork23110
7:33 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by Richie1956
6:46 Morel Shipping Co Cardiff (Glamorganshire) by Trefgraig
6:03 "Not a publishable cas" (World War Two) by Andy J2022
5:44 Crossroads Presbyterian Church records (Donegal) by Kiltaglassan
5:30 Same person? (The Common Room) by AllanUK
5:29 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
5:14 Birth of Mamme Roolfs Mammen abt. 1832 Buttforde, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by Higpoidius
5:05 Death & Burial (Lancashire) by gnorman

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