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6:54 Family of CHARLES CLARK, sailed Aberdeen to Melbourne on "Jane Geary" 1852-53 (Australia) by GeoffTurner
6:07 Did Elizabeth marry twice? (Somerset) by Helina
5:43 Andrew Rowles - Grandfather of a pop star (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by JoeDee1234
5:15 Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797 (Sussex) by mazzie74
2:59 Coles Obituary (Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests) by warncoort
2:38 Needing help with Latin again (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
1:24 John Balls of Aldeburgh (1758) (Suffolk) by maddys52
1:22 Incomplete RN Record/Ledger (World War Two) by glendan561
1:05 William and Louisa MITCHELL (London and Middlesex) by Eyesee
12:37 William Henry Catt in New Zealand (New Zealand) by Lucy2
12:36 Eliza Charlotte Farmer & Alice Rose Farmer in 1921 - Where Was it Taken? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Bee
12:32 redacted names in 1939 register (Family History Beginners Board) by Bee
12:01 Eliza DEVEREUX b.1794 d.1853 Norfolk (Suffolk) by windy_miller
11:39 John Newton, Lanchester (Durham) by Tickettyboo
11:32 George Hardy b1818 Beccles Suffolk (Suffolk) by windy_miller
11:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Caw1
10:32 identification of the grooms uniform (Armed Forces) by mmm45
10:31 Famine times near Kilkelly Ireland 1845 -1850 (The Common Room) by Viktoria
10:14 Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1 (Kerry) by Sinann
9:59 Etchingham marriage mystery (Sussex) by jonwarrn
9:26 Two Children born only 1 baptised!!! (Suffolk) by coombs
9:26 Looking to find 4th G Grandparents (Denbighshire) by Jool
9:25 Murrays & Fletchers of Canonbie (Dumfriesshire) by JACK GEE
9:05 Athol Rupert KENSHOLE (Australia) by Shari
8:54 William and Jane Hart and family - Halesowen, Dudley (Shropshire) by softly softly
8:37 year of photo Margaret Cowen (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by oldohiohome
8:02 1841 Liverpool census page (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by sorrellk
7:18 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by glen11
7:18 Wallis in Great Bardfield/Thaxted. (Essex) by Vasquez109
6:12 William Woolls and Ellen Woolls (Staffordshire) by mckha489
6:01 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by coombs
5:39 Mary Jane Myers (Antrim) by lucybella
5:18 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by Galium
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
4:18 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

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