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10:44 Military Hospital Record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
10:37 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by Vasquez109
10:25 Burns Family (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by rosie99
10:20 Lettice Thomas - birth record and anything else! (Pembrokeshire) by Cas (stallc)
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9:51 JAMES MUIRHEAD GRANT WW1 1918 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Daisypetal
9:46 Osborn Of St Albans (Hertfordshire Lookup Requests) by Mabel Bagshawe
9:43 Murdoch McDonald (Aberdeenshire) by Forfarian
9:07 Was Frederick Sr the father? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
9:01 1881 Missing William McKay (Lancashire) by Pendlewitch67
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8:49 Seeking Bridget Conry (Galway) by Cas (stallc)
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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
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
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4:07 Looking for Information on a Robert Oxberry (Oxburry) from 1757 (Staffordshire) by amondg
3:22 John Morris 1822 Peppard Help Needed! (Oxfordshire) by TomGad
3:14 Family name Assistant Surgeon : (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by hanes teulu
2:09 Having Trouble With Identifying The Parents of George Blenkinsop, Of Sunderland. (Durham) by JackB015725
1:55 How to find the motivation to carry on? (The Common Room) by coombs
1:02 Re: Diary summary week ending 12th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by ThrelfallYorky
12:59 1911/1921 images (Technical Help) by knights
12:22 Look up in Evening Chronicle etc (Durham) by Tickettyboo
12:01 Bates family of Gorey Wexford (Wexford) by Kiltaglassan
11:54 Ann Wrappell m. William Grimsbury, 1700 West Harptree, Somerset. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
11:46 UK probate 1950 (The Lighter Side) by Forfarian
11:35 Turnbull family Corsenside parish (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by Radcliff
11:35 Famine / Westport coffin ships (The Common Room) by Elwyn Soutter
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