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11:06 Susannah Wells (Oxfordshire) by TomGad
11:03 Marriage certificates (The Common Room) by hanes teulu
11:02 1841 census clarity (Devon Completed Lookup Requests) by Dundee
11:01 Birth records Philadelphia (US Lookup Requests) by Jenny1
10:41 Hucknall Torkard Parish Records (Nottinghamshire) by trish1120
9:46 Occupation in census help (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by K127
9:33 Yorkstone & O'keeffe marriage (Midlothian) by Forfarian
9:29 Surname EDRUPT pre 1800 (Huntingdonshire) by LizzieL
9:25 Help needed tracing somene who disappears from the records (The Common Room) by jorose
8:44 Looking for church marriage record (Mayo) by shanreagh
8:36 Cleaning up a gravestone (The Common Room) by Pheno
8:26 Re: Diary summary week ending 26th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
7:50 Looking for any notable family background of my French ancestors (Europe) by joger
7:12 My father moved From the MOD to the National Archives (Armed Forces) by Marianthompson47
6:39 Missing Elsie Annie Rufey b. 1914 Wokingham, Berkshire (Berkshire) by janjim
6:21 More on Hiding in Tasmania (Australia) by sparrett
6:06 1861 census look up - Burrough Green and Dullingham (Cambridgeshire Completed Lookups) by Aaroned
6:05 1841/51 census please - Burrough Green (Cambridgeshire Completed Lookups) by Aaroned
5:17 GRO missing years in death index? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by suzyvan
4:50 Travelling to NZ under false names, 1905 (New Zealand Completed Requests) by david.povey5
4:45 Death by Poison Covered Up? (Australia) by david.povey5
3:27 Looking for missing Elsie Annie Rufey (Le Heinsworth) b. 1914 Wokingham, England (Canada) by janjim
11:52 John Vickers, bap Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) by mentmore
10:54 Identifying a Matthew Lynch, Nottinghamshire death, 1965 (Family History Beginners Board) by Neale1961
10:51 Diary summary week ending 19th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
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
9:19 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
9:01 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
8:02 Re: Grandfather- Patrick O' Callaghan (Ireland) by Jon_ni
7:58 Thomas Robertson (Argyllshire) by soniahilton
7:48 Birth certification in old Russian (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Marianthompson47

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