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11:17 Abode (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Bookbox
11:15 Death of Robert MITCHELL (Dublin) by jonwarrn
11:13 message in a bottle (Australia) by maddys52
11:11 Charles Abrey (Durham) by Elliven
11:07 Newspaper Lookup, John Leonard Raw d. 1896 of Durham (Durham) by JackB015725
10:52 Government Find a Will Service (The Common Room) by MagicMirror
10:47 Date request please - Lincolnshire photo, name unknown (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Viktoria
10:34 Cold Harbour Bletchley (Buckinghamshire) by maddys52
10:32 "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees (The Common Room) by David Nicoll
9:54 WAR DEAD WW1 Cork City (Cork) by aghadowey
9:40 Ernest Edwin Crouch,lighterman,Greenwich. (London and Middlesex) by gracol
9:37 U registered birth (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Rockford
9:32 Dodd Family (Somerset) by Dalet
9:21 Rutter (Durham) by bramhallbill
9:07 Wills - Norfolk for the name Martin(s) (Norfolk) by jonwarrn
9:06 Wish me luck... again... (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Ayashi
9:03 Wartime pic - can it be improved? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
9:01 USB charger (Technical Help) by RJ_Paton
8:46 war record for Albert William Rayner (World War One) by Andy J2022
8:27 William Charles Trott (Gloucestershire) by Helina
8:23 * Ryan 1940 Sean Ross Abbey (Tipperary) by CaroleW
8:18 Looking for divorce transcript Mills v Picton (London and Middlesex) by cornishwalker
8:17 Software service to transcribe handwritten documents (The Common Room) by David Nicoll
8:16 Will of Thomas Giddings (1780) Tydd St Mary: advice on AI help to transcribe it. (Lincolnshire) by David Nicoll
7:14 Does anyone know of any current Ancestry special offers? (The Common Room) by teragram31510
7:10 Retford Non-Conformists (Nottingham Completed Lookup Requests) by JuliaandJean
7:06 Mystery of married couple in Calne, Wiltshire: Thomas and Anne Partridge (Family History Beginners Board) by Joes Soap
7:04 Francis merchill (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by loord74
6:49 Seabrook (One Name Studies: N to S) by Siely
6:45 Silvester Sylvester (One Name Studies: N to S) by Siely
6:26 Looking for Grace Edwards in 1871/1881 (London and Middlesex) by softly softly
6:20 Obit Jane Johnston, 23 Jan 1901, Clinton, Massachusetts (United States of America) by Peggy13
6:14 Whole genome sequencing for £29 on My Heritage (The Common Room) by HughC
6:08 Link: Resources for Reading 16th to 19th Century Handwriting (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by bobalong
5:52 DOWLINGS of Dublin (Ireland) by taramcdsmall
5:42 alan davenport frost (US Lookup Requests) by oldohiohome
5:41 Barnardoes (The Common Room) by Norfolk Nan
5:26 Rose Street Glasgow (Lanarkshire) by Lodger

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