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11:11 Help needed tracing somene who disappears from the records (The Common Room) by ShaunJ
11:08 Gateside Street, Hamilton (Lanarkshire) by AlanBoyd
11:05 Cleaning up a gravestone (The Common Room) by rosie99
10:59 Looking for missing Elsie Annie Rufey (Le Heinsworth) b. 1914 Wokingham, England (Canada) by *Sandra*
10:46 Baptised twice? (The Common Room) by MollyC
10:00 My father moved From the MOD to the National Archives (Armed Forces) by Andy J2022
9:50 Locating Death Certificate for my Great Granny in 1960 (Family History Beginners Board) by LizzieL
9:38 GRO missing years in death index? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by bella1987
8:57 Looking for church marriage record (Mayo) by athacliath62
8:27 Could Eliza ever be short for Elizabeth? (The Common Room) by LizzieL
8:15 DNA match on MyHeritage but not on Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by LizzieL
5:25 Missing Elsie Annie Rufey b. 1914 Wokingham, Berkshire (Berkshire) by janjim
4:41 Help requested with two words in a 1650 text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by SiGr
3:39 Helping a DNA match (Family History Beginners Board) by Jason Jase
1:54 Identifying a Matthew Lynch, Nottinghamshire death, 1965 (Family History Beginners Board) by Neale1961
12:39 Veryan parish register images (Cornwall) by Neale1961
11:31 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
11:08 Marriage certificates (The Common Room) by overlandermatt
10:00 Elizabeth Ann Taylor (London and Middlesex) by Mabel Bagshawe
9:43 Burgher Church, Pollokshaws ca 1817-1849 ??? (Lanarkshire) by RJ_Paton
8:47 Edward Prichard, b. 1835 (Flintshire) by duport
8:11 Golightly John born 1810 Escomb, Near Bishop Auckland (Durham Lookup Requests) by Wicket76
6:59 (O.S.Minister) Clement Moscrip Pollokshaws (Renfrewshire) by Isabel H
6:44 Riccio Murder Ref (The Common Room) by castlebob
5:46 "Not a publishable cas" (World War Two) by SmallTownGirl
5:20 Osborn Of Leighton buzzard (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by Daisypetal
5:13 Mort cloth records (Fife) by nellie d
5:09 Job Swinerton Salem (United States of America) by swinno
5:00 Catherine Mitchell, Cannot find any details (Scotland) by Forfarian
4:13 Janet Duncan (nee Davidson) death in 1875, Echo Bank, Liberton, Midlothian (Family History Beginners Board) by Milliepede
4:01 St Jude Hexthorpe Doncaster (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by MollyC
2:57 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by David Nicoll
2:55 GREENLAND - Joseph Henry (Died at Sea) (Australia) by kevinf2349
2:32 I'm not sure I really understand this lack of matches (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
1:42 Cady Cemetery Wisconsin (US Lookup Requests) by *Sandra*
1:26 Looking for Harriet Smith before her marriage (Bedfordshire) by trish1120
12:14 Passenger Lists Liverpool to Buenos Aires, Argentina (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie17
12:09 Query Regarding Symbols in Baptism Entries (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox

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