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10:47 Elizabeth Dowle (Dowse), arr Parramatta Asylum from Darlinghurst Dec 1769 (Australia) by GeoffTurner
10:44 lilly chant ms Gilmour (Canada Lookup Request) by dbree
10:28 Booths of Bramley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by jenn270
10:27 Newspaper look Up (Moray (Elginshire)) by Kiltaglassan
10:24 Re: Diary summary week ending 2nd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Zaphod99
10:01 Bristol lies partly in Gloucestershire and partly in Somerset (The Common Room) by MollyC
9:47 Morven Rirchie Taylor - Old Deer / Udny Station (The Common Room) by Andrew Clark
9:40 Thomas William Liddle Service Records (World War One) by genjen
9:39 Maccesfield old street names (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd
9:33 Need help reading a Navy record from 1879 to 1897 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Kiltaglassan
9:33 Switch off of Canmore, Scran and Scotland's Places (Scotland) by AngusMcCoatup
9:32 Enquiry about Millers & Campbells of Northumberland (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by mulberry-rose
9:30 George Hood 1815 Selby Marriage - James Cookin / James Cook in W (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by dobfarm
9:27 Newspaper Look Up (Aberdeenshire) by tazzy
9:21 Montrose Cemeteries (Angus (Forfarshire)) by tazzy
9:19 year of photo Margaret Cowen (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Poppy62
8:54 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
8:16 Dunmores around Earls Barton and surrounds (Northamptonshire) by willsy
7:54 John Balls of Aldeburgh (1758) (Suffolk) by windy_miller
7:53 Moderators not responding. (How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)) by bevj
7:51 Salmon Family Westmeath and Margaret Bowen (Westmeath) by Kiltaglassan
7:42 William Henry Catt in New Zealand (New Zealand) by Fresh Fields
7:41 James Woods of Badingham (1795) (Suffolk) by windy_miller
7:18 Francis E O Couzens (1893-1980) (US Lookup Requests) by Printer
6:18 Marriage of Henry James Flower jnr to Selina, 1901-1921 Middlesex. (Family History Beginners Board) by Higpoidius
5:26 Birth certification in old Russian (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Marianthompson47
5:22 redacted names in 1939 register (Family History Beginners Board) by mudmonster
5:20 Rachael (Rachel) Scott (Durham) by MollyC
5:20 Burgher Church, Pollokshaws ca 1817-1849 ??? (Lanarkshire) by DamonC
5:05 Titus Powell (Monmouthshire) by Cas (stallc)
4:44 Marriage Look ups (Durham) by BumbleB
4:44 Looking for the Coyle family of Derrynamansher,Annagry 1880's (Donegal) by Kiltaglassan
4:30 MyHeritage Upgrades Its DNA Tests to Whole Genome Sequencing (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Zaphod99
4:19 Richard Womersley born Dalton about 1807, lived and died in Shepley (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by softly softly
3:17 Louisa and Harriett MITCHELL (Dublin) by PatLac
3:09 Seeking wife’s name & parentage of Hugh Shaw (b. c.1798, Saintfield, Co. Down) (Down) by Emc4888
3:06 Using ethnicity to find unknown ancestors (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by 4b2
2:27 Morris ap Cadwallader (Caernarvonshire) by wilcoxon

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