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5:58 Royal Marines Light Infantry Service Record (Armed Forces) by nellie d
5:49 Benjamin Armstrong born Mansfield Query (Nottinghamshire) by castlebob
5:40 Help with look up for 1st Cousin 1 x rem in Birkenhead (Cheshire) by MollyC
5:30 Newspaper lookup request for Frank Hudson (Canada Lookup Request) by May2488
5:26 9% north east England - what does that mean? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Rena
5:24 MacKenzie, Lothians, USA (Scotland) by AnCreag
5:10 Arthur Rhodes from Stockport - Post WW1? (The Common Room) by AlanBoyd
4:31 Help request - deciphering place names Scotland (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Imcarthur67
4:24 Mary Ann Amelia MOORCRAFT and Alfred John PETERS both born 1859 (Kent) by heywood
3:40 Mistranscription (The Lighter Side) by BillyF
3:24 Frederick Cook 1857 (Buckinghamshire) by Keziah2
3:14 Am I missing something in the 1911 and 1921 censuses? (The Common Room) by queencorgi1
3:10 Dorothy valance Robinson lincoln (Lincolnshire) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
2:33 Thomas Henry Dranfield, Rebecca Rhodes and Ann Powell (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Neale1961
2:04 New will charges (The Common Room) by jonwarrn
1:43 Arthur Hatton (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Luzzu
1:14 First Fifty Years Project (South Africa) by Kinsy
12:54 Lownds/Short - Wednesbury (Staffordshire) by ciderdrinker
12:44 Thomas E J Milne (Kent Lookup Requests) by dbray220
10:16 Eveline Marjory Challis born 13 Oct 1901 Stepney, London (US Lookup Requests) by Cockneyrebel
10:05 Too good to be true? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Petros
10:04 Thomas Eastwood addegoole farm Kylemore (Galway) by Kiltaglassan
9:57 ROBINSON Family - Feeny Claudy Dungiven (Derry (Londonderry)) by Kiltaglassan
9:47 Government Find a Will Service (The Common Room) by Nick_Ips
9:46 Re: Diary summary week ending 9th November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
9:32 Kuper Meister, Boettger - translation (Europe) by Higpoidius
9:03 Thomas Gordon (Durham) by aidansrest
8:51 Malcolm McDermid & Mary Mclean family (Scotland) by Neale1961
6:02 An old photo, could look great with some work. (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by McGroger
5:58 Thomas O'hare (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by rosie17
4:14 Can pro-tools help decide if 2 men had the same mother (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by brigidmac
3:57 Am I on the right thinking here. (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Essnell
2:43 What happened to Frederick Murray born 1903 Moama NSW, Australia (Australia) by Essnell
2:24 Missing: Fanny/Frances Swift b1840 Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire (Leicestershire) by Jomot
1:57 GHANA records for ELLIOTT family (Other Countries) by brigidmac
1:38 the EDENs /JONES /SKIDMORE/WRIGHT /&? s/ of Atherton / Leigh. Lancashire (Lancashire) by brigidmac
1:25 Kelleher/Buckley family, South Coast area (Australia) by Carmargue

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