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10:30 Looking for missing Elsie Annie Rufey (Le Heinsworth) b. 1914 Wokingham, England (Canada) by janjim
10:26 Streets of St Fagans - Harding (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by billnkempsey
10:23 Genealogical novels on offer on Kindle (The Lighter Side) by ChrissieL
9:42 Already have father & 1 of sons DNA, is it worth doing another son? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by AnotherDay
9:33 Occupation in census help (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Susan Blackstone
9:19 Edward Johnston, Feb 1859, died 13 June 1924, Buckley, Iroquois Co., Illinois (United States of America) by Peggy13
9:17 Arthur John PINKNEY and Margaret Ann PINKNEY nee TRENHOLME d 1996 (Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests) by Tgapitbull
9:13 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
9:10 Missing Elsie Annie Rufey b. 1914 Wokingham, Berkshire (Berkshire) by mckha489
9:01 Query Regarding Symbols in Baptism Entries (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Phenmark
8:47 Thomas Bainbridge (Durham Lookup Requests) by BainbridgeDescendant
8:45 Mary Tait of Keswick (Canada) by JJI
8:37 Newspaper look up please (Staffordshire) by lyp24
8:19 Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia (Dublin) by nannyj
8:07 Help needed tracing somene who disappears from the records (The Common Room) by PatLac
8:02 Re: Grandfather- Patrick O' Callaghan (Ireland) by Jon_ni
7:48 Birth certification in old Russian (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Marianthompson47
7:10 Records for a house and residents pre 1894 (Family History Beginners Board) by xs
7:07 Looking for church marriage record (Mayo) by hanes teulu
6:57 Catherine Mitchell, Cannot find any details (Scotland) by Ladyhawk
6:56 Baptised twice? (The Common Room) by Vasquez109
6:15 Looking for any notable family background of my French ancestors (Europe) by jayaygee
5:55 Yorkstone & O'keeffe marriage (Midlothian) by Forfarian
5:44 Long Wittenham, Berkshire 1960's. (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd
5:06 Where is Sunny Bank, Dudley Road (Warwickshire) by MollyC
4:46 Hucknall Torkard Parish Records (Nottinghamshire) by Daisypetal
4:24 Birth records Philadelphia (US Lookup Requests) by amondg
4:06 Marriage certificates (The Common Room) by overlandermatt
3:46 Cleaning up a gravestone (The Common Room) by Andrew Tarr
2:03 Ancestry Ethnicity Update (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Romilly
2:01 Early British Gypsy Families (Travelling People) by ROMANYGENES
1:57 Identifying a Matthew Lynch, Nottinghamshire death, 1965 (Family History Beginners Board) by wilcoxon
1:37 Unreducting a record on the 1939 Register (The Common Room) by Romilly
1:12 Elizabeth Isabella Scott Burn born 20 Jul 1896 Edinbugh (Midlothian) by Cockneyrebel
1:11 Golightly John born 1810 Escomb, Near Bishop Auckland (Durham Lookup Requests) by Lance Matthews
1:03 Locating Death Certificate for my Great Granny in 1960 (Family History Beginners Board) by cath151
1:02 Ralph Lewis Gilberne Butler 1883-1967 (The Common Room) by queencorgi1
12:52 Gateside Street, Hamilton (Lanarkshire) by paul_mc

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