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11:17 Ronald Lines (b1933 Birmingham) (Family History Beginners Board) by Radcliff
11:16 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by ColC
11:14 Bird in the Bush Inn-Penshaw (Durham) by diddymiller
11:13 William 'Bill' Tredinnick 1946-200? (United States of America) by m23to53
11:11 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Kiltaglassan
10:38 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
10:38 Location of Richard Ashcroft in 1881 (Lancashire) by worth
10:37 James Dransfield born abt 1838 Cowlam or Langtoft (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by BumbleB
10:29 A burial or a memorial in St. Saviours Cemetery, Jersey, Channel Islands (Channel Islands Lookup Requests) by MAPS
10:23 Catharina Margharetha Friedricke Hadde b. abt. 1832 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. (Europe) by davecapps
10:20 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by Ladyhawk
9:55 Robert Lionel Davies Graigwen Farm Pontypridd 1903-1956 (approx) (Glamorganshire Lookup Requests) by Warthog12345
9:48 Family Lines of Robert Fischer (1841), Madurai, IN (Other Countries) by Ramalingam
9:40 Henry Mason, Plumstead 1830's (Kent) by ShaunJ
9:33 Yorkstone & O'keeffe marriage (Midlothian) by Forfarian
9:33 McSHANE in Edendork, County Tyrone (Tyrone) by aghadowey
9:30 Salmon Family Westmeath and Margaret Bowen (Westmeath) by aghadowey
9:10 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by softly softly
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6:09 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by BushInn1746
4:28 Free Access to MyHeritage Death-Related Records, until 2nd November (The Common Room) by Chris Doran
12:46 Help requested - 1666 Inventory - brief text. (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by SiGr
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9:57 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by cbibby
9:03 Daniel GILLESPIE and Lily McBRIDE, Margaret DUGGAN (Donegal) by Kiltaglassan
8:56 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by Richie1956
7:46 RAFVR 78 Squadron (World War Two) by grahamm684
7:26 Henry SLADE - Great Torrington (Devon Lookup Requests) by osprey
7:22 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by PatLac
7:19 Bernard Bracken death? (Antrim) by Jon_ni
6:52 what regiment did they serve in (Armed Forces) by RGrayling
6:37 Where the King's Own Scottish Borderers in Kendal in 1943-44? (Armed Forces) by RGrayling
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