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1:47 Burgher Church, Pollokshaws ca 1817-1849 ??? (Lanarkshire) by Neale1961
1:09 Don't know where to start (Family History Beginners Board) by Neale1961
1:05 GREENLAND - Joseph Henry (Died at Sea) (Australia) by sparrett
12:40 Privacy Settings on Ancestry trees (The Common Room) by Essnell
12:20 Edward Prichard, b. 1835 (Flintshire) by amondg
12:14 Number on Passanger List (United States of America) by shellyesq
12:13 Cady Cemetery Wisconsin (US Lookup Requests) by shellyesq
12:01 Marriage certificates (The Common Room) by maddys52
12:01 I'm not sure I really understand this lack of matches (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
11:52 Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia (Dublin) by taramcdsmall
11:45 Mawhinney at Newtownards (Down) by JulieInNornIron
11:23 Janet Duncan (nee Davidson) death in 1875, Echo Bank, Liberton, Midlothian (Family History Beginners Board) by RINAJ
11:05 Already have father & 1 of sons DNA, is it worth doing another son? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Nova67
10:52 Could Eliza ever be short for Elizabeth? (The Common Room) by Nova67
10:24 A real conundrum (Family History Beginners Board) by PatLac
10:15 Old newspapers (The Common Room) by mezentia
10:14 Baptised twice? (The Common Room) by PatLac
9:32 Missing Elsie Annie Rufey b. 1914 Wokingham, Berkshire (Berkshire) by janjim
9:28 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
9:11 Find a birth (Derry (Londonderry)) by argyle25cassidy
9:10 Deciphering names in PCC will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by discovery
8:59 Passenger Lists Liverpool to Buenos Aires, Argentina (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie17
8:54 Mort cloth records (Fife) by RJ_Paton
8:27 Records for a house and residents pre 1894 (Family History Beginners Board) by hanes teulu
8:18 Help with Spanish research (Europe) by bevj
8:11 Hucknall Torkard Parish Records (Nottinghamshire) by Daisypetal
7:58 Info on Richardson Sherwood Blenkinsopp, of Tacoma, Washington (United States of America) by aghadowey
7:22 Name beginning with H? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Vasquez109
7:10 William Evans, Elizabeth Davies and their parents - any help? (Carmarthenshire) by sarah
7:10 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
7:06 1st Bn The Hampshire Regiment ww2 - Maurice E Elms (World War Two) by liver007
6:43 Clerical error in marriage register? (Somerset) by UKgirl
5:32 Jemima Hall (nee Gill) (London and Middlesex) by Daisypetal
4:58 Stumped - can you help me find more about Charles pre name change? (The Common Room) by heywood
4:19 trying to find a grave for Nellie Wilkie at Mountain Rise ! (South Africa) by elinga
4:09 Ancestry Ethnicity Update (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by glamwales
3:49 St Jude Hexthorpe Doncaster (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by softly softly
3:39 Who are the cousins? (Ireland) by heywood

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