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10:19 Link: Watt Library online index of BMDs (Scotland Resources) by MollyC
10:17 Warrington 1891 Census (Cheshire Lookup Requests) by GrahamO
10:11 Finding births. (The Lighter Side) by jettejjane
10:09 Going round the houses with Eugenie Magdalene Landucci ! (Warwickshire) by wilcoxon
10:09 MacKenzie, Lothians, USA (Scotland) by AnCreag
9:59 Ancestry in French (Technical Help) by Spelk
9:47 Eleanor Rodenby Watson b. 1902 in Blyth (Northumberland) by jonwarrn
9:43 Pedigree Collapse/Endogamy and my theory on my 2x great grandmother’s parents (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by GailB
9:40 Anchor Mills Clark family. (Scotland) by osip
9:30 Looking for any photographs of my great/great-great grandparents (Family History Beginners Board) by tonepad
9:26 Missing: Fanny/Frances Swift b1840 Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire (Leicestershire) by CaroleW
9:26 Henry or Frederick Cann born 5 May 1884 Trull, Somerset (Somerset Lookup Requests) by Cockneyrebel
9:25 1939 Register Note (The Common Room) by Familysearch
9:25 Ronald Lines (b1933 Birmingham) (Family History Beginners Board) by aghadowey
9:01 Reporting a FreeBMD missing page (The Common Room) by Nick_Ips
8:52 Rebecca Bayes 1781 Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) by Bookbox
8:24 What happened to Ethel Pontin? (Australia) by Jennaya
8:21 Merchant Seaman George Sidney Jopling (The Common Room) by meekhcs
8:16 Ancestry Home Page - Potential Ancestors (The Common Room) by Pheno
8:05 Hughes Family burial plot - missing members (The Common Room) by LizzieL
7:58 William Hayes Ww1 (World War One) by J.R.Ellam
7:56 Maxwell's List (Dumfriesshire) by castlebob
7:43 Search Problems on 1881 LDS Census on Scotlands People (Scotland) by ikas
7:39 Help with a Latin will from 1520, please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Shortcut
7:19 Jane Coutts (1845 - ???) (Family History Beginners Board) by david.povey5
5:59 James Dransfield born abt 1838 Cowlam or Langtoft (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by amondg
3:48 Help with Reading will (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
12:28 Death of Robert MITCHELL (Dublin) by oldohiohome
12:18 Stewarts of Ford Hill, Northumberland (Northumberland Lookup Requests) by stewart_st8547
11:43 1820 census St Mary's Louisiana (US Lookup Requests) by oldohiohome
11:26 Marriage Look ups (Durham) by bramhallbill
11:16 Ballycastle Photo 1950s Please help (Antrim) by dmooney
10:53 Mylroie from Isle of Man (Isle of Man) by dibanks
9:53 Ernest George Mackenzie b.1892 mystery emigration and death (South Africa) by FrancisGrn
9:35 looking for distant relatives (Family History Beginners Board) by osprey
8:54 ANTCLIFF family Notts (Nottinghamshire) by Richie1956
8:29 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by jonwarrn
6:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 9th November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria

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