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5:54 WAAF WW11 service records (Armed Forces) by rafcommands
5:49 Am I missing something in the 1911 and 1921 censuses? (The Common Room) by JenB
5:34 John Wryght baptism 11-1-1595 child for John Wryght + Jane Bruce -unintelligible (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
5:32 Mary Ann Amelia MOORCRAFT and Alfred John PETERS both born 1859 (Kent) by CaroleW
5:31 Missing Wilkins kids (The Common Room) by EdCan
5:30 Royal Caledonian School Bushey (Hertfordshire) by LaLisa
5:22 Did James Lindsay Robertson serve in the Boer War? (Armed Forces) by Forfarian
5:22 Kuper Meister, Boettger - translation (Europe) by Higpoidius
5:04 Help with look up for 1st Cousin 1 x rem in Birkenhead (Cheshire) by CaroleW
4:53 I can't get near this one! (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Tickettyboo
4:41 Hannah Charles (Somerset) by osprey
4:37 Marriage certs (The Common Room) by Jebber
4:14 Belgium translation help (Europe) by ibbotson
4:09 Will of Thomas Giddings (1780) Tydd St Mary: advice on AI help to transcribe it. (Lincolnshire) by Nigel Porter
3:59 WWI Soldier Uniform Country? (Armed Forces) by Uhnnohn
3:48 Wills from Canada (The Common Room) by aghadowey
3:09 Eveline Marjory Challis born 13 Oct 1901 Stepney, London (US Lookup Requests) by softly softly
2:50 WW2 evacuees to RUTHIN (Denbighshire) by brigidmac
2:42 First Fifty Years Project (South Africa) by Kinsy
1:26 Devizes Cemetery (Wiltshire) by grahamila
1:19 Help reading the writing (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Isabel H
1:13 Ronald Lines (b1933 Birmingham) (Family History Beginners Board) by Jim Webster
1:06 What is your wildest coincidence? (The Lighter Side) by coombs
12:43 John Drynan SS California 1912 (Immigrants & Emigrants - General) by oldohiohome
12:35 What happened to Frederick Murray born 1903 Moama NSW, Australia (Australia) by Essnell
12:31 George Cranston BAIRD (Dumfriesshire) by trevalyn
12:29 James Dransfield born abt 1838 Cowlam or Langtoft (Yorkshire (East Riding & York)) by Bilham
12:21 O'Hare family (Lanarkshire) (Lanarkshire) by Hydes
12:02 the school house Oswestry (Shropshire) by brigidmac
11:42 Hugh Bellis d.1695 Clynnog (Caernarvonshire) by collwyn ap tangno
11:34 Hughes Family burial plot - missing members (The Common Room) by Amy149
11:06 Too good to be true? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:42 Who remembers the early days of Ancestry? (The Lighter Side) by jonwarrn
10:27 Edward Richard Hallis b1872 ;any children in SA (South Africa) by brigidmac
9:34 Samuel walker (Derry (Londonderry)) by TonyMcGartland
9:25 Help request - deciphering place names Scotland (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Imcarthur67
9:05 Blakbakheid Location Query (Dumfriesshire) by castlebob
8:50 McGovern census brickwall (Scotland) by Hydes

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