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10:35 Albert Pope 1890 in California (United States of America) by Erato
10:34 William Senior's map 1616 (Derbyshire) by TNP1931
10:32 Edward George Smith (Other Countries) by Neale1961
10:32 blankets (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by goldie61
10:17 Unless I'm the last to find out... (The Common Room) by rosie99
10:17 Re: Diary summary week ending 26th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
10:10 William and Louisa MITCHELL (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
10:06 FRANKLIN and SELF, Gloucestershire Regt, 1921 (Gloucestershire) by CaroleW
10:05 Royal Marines and ships' bands (Armed Forces) by overlandermatt
10:01 Mother and Baby Home run by nuns in Churt, Hampshire in the 1960's (Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests) by Annaok
10:00 Help Finding Marriage and Death Record, Ellen Hughes Jones Owen (Lancashire) by Matthew4298
9:56 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
9:33 Early British Gypsy Families (Travelling People) by Talacharn
9:30 Assisi Mother & Baby Homes (Surrey) by Peter Dennehy
9:30 Thomas J. Morgan 1875-1933 (Carmarthenshire) by Bill Sloan
9:30 I`m trying to find out about William McIlwain &2 other family members (Family History Beginners Board) by Radcliff
8:40 London Neighbourhoods (London and Middlesex) by hanes teulu
8:19 Gordon Alexander Valentine. b Girvan 21/05/1889 (Armed Forces) by patval
7:24 MyHeritage Upgrades Its DNA Tests to Whole Genome Sequencing (The Common Room) by Romilly
7:16 Identifying a Matthew Lynch, Nottinghamshire death, 1965 (Family History Beginners Board) by Daisypetal
6:23 Confusing Birthplace Name - 1851 Census (Staffordshire) by PatLac
5:45 Tollemache Family - help with dating (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Avondale16
5:02 Locating Death Certificate for my Great Granny in 1960 (Family History Beginners Board) by LizzieL
4:51 Mary Jane Myers (Antrim) by lucybella
4:42 Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records (Lancashire Lookup Offers) by Johnorrett
3:56 Alexander Campbell Herriot (Fife) by Neale1961
3:48 Strange 1911 census and missing person (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by Milliepede
3:31 Church register entry (The Common Room) by kath davis
3:04 smith/simpson (Other Countries) by TreeSpirit
2:19 Peter and Harriet McCallum (Midlothian) by rosie17
1:38 William Henry Fisher b abt 1822 Somerset, Bristol (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by Nick1507
1:17 Alexander MacKenzie Donald born 17 Sept 1885 (Angus (Forfarshire)) by Wrightta
12:56 Searching family tree (Family History Beginners Board) by Claire Ralph
12:37 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by Higpoidius
11:46 Can’t work out cause of death (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd
11:29 Up and Down the County. III Biddulph (Staffordshire) by AlanBoyd
11:18 Using ethnicity to find unknown ancestors (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Eric Hatfield
11:08 What Newspaper covers Allerton Bywater (The Common Room) by bearkat

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