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9:53 Old Military Men, Need some help with info (Armed Forces) by alan o
9:51 Ann(ie) Hall (nee Smith) born in Canada - What Happened after 1904? (London and Middlesex) by osprey
9:50 identification of the grooms uniform (Family History Beginners Board) by alan o
9:30 Tree viewers on Ancestry (The Common Room) by ggrocott
9:15 What happened to Mary Souter? (Durham) by willsy
9:09 Re: Diary summary week ending 26th October 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by mare
9:02 Calverts in Moyraverty (Armagh) by Jon_ni
9:01 BMD Records? (New Zealand) by forthefamily
8:36 Henry Samuel Welch-Thornton (Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests) by Lbwt
8:35 Lounds - Bradford (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by angel~eyes
8:22 Miller family (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by valk
8:22 Upper Shields, Alnwick (Northumberland) by JosiahS
7:45 1841 Liverpool census page (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sorrellk
7:26 English Tiffin census look-up please (Suffolk Lookup Requests) by windy_miller
7:08 Round House, Speenhamland (Berkshire) by Old Mother Reilly
6:20 Medals (Children) (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Ray T
6:04 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by softly softly
5:05 Richard Colby's wife's name (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by wilcoxon
4:55 Marriage Look Up IRWIN 1942 Felpham (Sussex) by BumbleB
4:55 Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery : (The Common Room) by rosie99
4:08 Estate of a female relative who died intestate in 1935 before her husband (The Common Room) by Deirdre784
4:06 Can anyone work their magic cleaning up this photo please (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by ptdrifter
3:10 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by larkspur
2:43 Look up help request for Rugby Union history (The Common Room) by JonShaw58
2:35 Look up help request for Rugby Union history (Gloucestershire Lookup Requests) by JonShaw58
1:22 Alice Robinson bap 1808 Crosby Garrett (Westmorland) by ChrissieL
12:58 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by rathmore
12:34 Early British Gypsy Families (Travelling People) by ROMANYGENES
12:02 Bristol Apprenticeship Records: CD or Download? (Technical Help) by Spelk
11:51 Number on photo ID help needed (The Common Room) by Celtic Damsel
11:06 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by ReadyDale
10:59 Marriage of Augusta Frederike Mammen to William L Digby 1911-1921 (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
10:48 French marriage 1639 from Rodiere (Europe) by joger
10:33 Best DNA testing kits for uncovering your family history, tried and tested (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:24 1566 Latin Probate for Hewe (Hugh) Norwood (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
9:37 Help Finding Marriage and Death Record, Ellen Hughes Jones Owen (Lancashire) by jonwarrn
9:32 Help with Yorkshire Marriage - 1850 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd

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