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6:30 Thomas Robson Accident 24 Dec 1934 Gateshead (Durham) by bramhallbill
6:13 1841 Liverpool census page (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sorrellk
6:10 Two Children born only 1 baptised!!! (Suffolk) by windy_miller
5:47 How related? (The Common Room) by nelwild
5:25 Estate of a female relative who died intestate in 1935 before her husband (The Common Room) by Andrew Tarr
5:23 John Newton, Lanchester (Durham) by AlanBoyd
5:16 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by glen11
4:59 Phillip Thomas born 1771 Died 1840/41 Glamorgan (Glamorganshire) by Anifrangipani
4:56 Up and Down the County. III Biddulph (Staffordshire) by Zen rabbit
4:43 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by Sally4x
4:33 Ethel Mary John (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by Daiwalker
4:29 Bird / Battle - Irish families who settled in Manchester. (Lancashire) by Biggles50
4:27 Coles Obituary (Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests) by Milliepede
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3:22 Advice requested - Julian Calendar. (The Common Room) by SiGr
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2:06 Old Church Registers (Dunbartonshire) by stevewd259
2:04 Bristol Apprenticeship Records: CD or Download? (Technical Help) by Geordie daughter
1:52 Wallis in Great Bardfield/Thaxted. (Essex) by Vasquez109
1:34 Veryan parish register images (Cornwall) by Vasquez109
1:32 Mix up of names (Scotland) by Lodger
1:29 year of photo Margaret Cowen (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Poppy62
12:48 Reporting a FreeBMD missing page (The Common Room) by MollyC
12:47 Medals (Children) (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by May2488
12:23 Pemberton family in Birmingham early 1830s (Warwickshire) by dannib
12:14 Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery : (The Common Room) by Iain...
12:09 Looking for parents in Bodmin, Cornwall (Family History Beginners Board) by peb2050
12:06 William Ford (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by Radcliff
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11:43 Custom Clustering from Ancestry (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Josephine
11:33 Lounds - Bradford (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by emeltom
11:33 Henri Libert. Death record. Belgium (Europe) by ibbotson
10:46 Ann(ie) Hall (nee Smith) born in Canada - What Happened after 1904? (London and Middlesex) by PaulJC
10:11 Locating Death Certificate for my Great Granny in 1960 (Family History Beginners Board) by bella1987
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