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4:33 Sophia WHYDAH 1787-1861 (London and Middlesex) by PatLac
3:32 Hetherton (Tyrone) by Oneday
3:30 Devizes Cemetery (Wiltshire) by jimbo50
3:07 1600s script in Old Welsh Wills (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by horselydown86
3:04 Mason Family from Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) by MasonT78
2:58 Edward Alexander ALEX Rippingille abt 1855 • Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) by sparrett
2:07 Same person? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Ruskie
1:46 Land in Woolwich, Plumstead and Greenwich (Kent) by MasonT78
12:54 1494 Will of Alys Northwood of Thanet (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by shanreagh
12:23 Belgium translation help (Europe) by ibbotson
12:13 A Marriage between a Walter ROBINSON and a Beatrice SNAITH pre 1926 Richmond? (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by heywood
12:00 Thomas Eastwood addegoole farm Kylemore (Galway) by Charise
11:56 John Clark, 35 or 39 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London in 1814 (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by mckha489
11:19 William Woolls and Ellen Woolls (Staffordshire) by Neale1961
11:06 John Donkin - who were his parents? (Durham) by jonwarrn
10:21 william wales (London and Middlesex) by Mabel Bagshawe
10:16 Handwriting expert required! Illegible Yorkshire place name 1851 Richmond Census (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by Keith Sherwood
9:56 Help needed accessing free Fold3 records (The Common Room) by deejayEn
9:43 Gustav Hansen and wife Hanna née Christiansen buried at Mount Olivet, New York (United States of America) by rkive82
9:40 A plaque for an ancestor - how do I find decendents? (The Common Room) by Ruskie
9:33 Lounds - Lichfield (Staffordshire) by angel~eyes
9:23 Parish map for Cheadle or Stockport (Cheshire) by minijimaus
8:45 war record for Albert William Rayner (World War One) by alan o
8:40 Captain mystery (Family History Beginners Board) by Andy J2022
8:18 Help needed to restore Horace Rowles please (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by McGroger
7:37 Clark family (London and Middlesex) by softly softly
7:05 Diary summary week ending 16th November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
6:59 Wexford Cemeteries for ancestors who died in Wexford town (Wexford) by shorts
6:53 Barnardoes (The Common Room) by Darnity
6:34 Margaret Jane Parry married William Edmunds 28th November 1881 Merthyr Tydfil (Monmouthshire) by ellenmaggie
6:05 Henry Bratley born 1868 Binbrook, Lincs (Lincolnshire Lookup Requests) by towthorpe32
5:59 Marcus Leonard Arnold (Surrey) by *Sandra*
5:41 DNA testing (Family History Beginners Board) by zetlander
5:30 Benjamin Armstrong born Mansfield Query (Nottinghamshire) by castlebob
5:16 Need help with looking up a long-dead relative's Mother (Kent Lookup Requests) by Comberton
5:05 Does anyone know of any current Ancestry special offers? (The Common Room) by *Sandra*
5:02 Is it possible to get a digital copy of an 1887 Queensland birth certificate? (Australia) by queencorgi1
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