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8:34 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by osprey
8:04 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
8:02 1841 Liverpool census page (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sorrellk
7:35 Two Children born only 1 baptised!!! (Suffolk) by windy_miller
7:29 William and Louisa MITCHELL (London and Middlesex) by Eyesee
7:18 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by glen11
7:18 Famine times near Kilkelly Ireland 1845 -1850 (The Common Room) by Kiltaglassan
7:18 Wallis in Great Bardfield/Thaxted. (Essex) by Vasquez109
7:05 Needing help with Latin again (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
7:01 redacted names in 1939 register (Family History Beginners Board) by Spelk
6:12 William Woolls and Ellen Woolls (Staffordshire) by mckha489
6:01 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by coombs
5:58 John Newton, Lanchester (Durham) by AlanBoyd
5:50 Looking to find 4th G Grandparents (Denbighshire) by tornado
5:39 Mary Jane Myers (Antrim) by lucybella
5:18 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by Galium
5:12 Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1 (Kerry) by Sinann
4:54 Occupation/Maiden name for Elisabeth Brown, Glasgow 1858 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Imcarthur67
4:42 Lovat Scouts in WW2 (World War Two) by Iain Henderson
4:25 Did Elizabeth marry twice? (Somerset) by osprey
4:18 Farm History (Pembrokeshire) by omega 1
4:12 Number on Passanger List (United States of America) by hr3333
3:59 Death & Burial (Lancashire) by Radcliff
3:54 Henry Welsh (Cumberland) by Jos, Whitehaven
3:53 Murrays & Fletchers of Canonbie (Dumfriesshire) by JFFletcher
3:47 1894 Italian Death Registration (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by PatLac
3:19 John James Cash (Cumberland) by Jos, Whitehaven
3:18 Eliza Charlotte Farmer & Alice Rose Farmer in 1921 - Where Was it Taken? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by farmeroman
3:01 Septimus Levesley (Norfolk) by LizzieL
2:50 Old German script baptism record (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by kklarson
2:49 newbie saying hi and looking for info on kent ancestors (Kent) by amoore13
2:28 Derwent Tavern/Arms, 94 Glengall Road, London SE15 (London and Middlesex) by amoore13
2:28 Common name William Matthews brick wall (Derbyshire Lookup Requests) by Jason Jase
2:19 Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery : (The Common Room) by rosie99
1:27 Apparent contradiction in Sasines - any ideas? (Scotland) by kmtm
12:27 James Woods of Badingham (1795) (Suffolk) by windy_miller

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