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4:19 Trying to connect Rutter Family Dots (London and Middlesex) by TomGad
4:14 Thomas Wells, Can’t find death record (Oxfordshire) by TomGad
4:05 Isabella Chapman born Q4 1841 York (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
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4:01 Gallon train wreck (Durham) by Tickettyboo
3:56 Robson or Robinson (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by rosie99
3:53 Re: Diary summary week ending 23rd November 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by ThrelfallYorky
3:32 death of Jabez Brittain after 1871 census (Derbyshire Lookup Requests) by PatLac
3:23 Bell Family Middlesbrough (The Common Room) by JenB
2:59 Mihail Savva Hadjipsalta, Cyprus, 1923 (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by RJ137
2:58 Thomas George Bradshaw (Northamptonshire) by seahall
2:53 Please could DWC rootschat member contact me (your inbox is full) (The Common Room) by rosie99
2:51 Leddy /Keeney buriel (Laois (Queens)) by Highland one
2:42 A Great Grandfather Mystery (Help please) (Shropshire Lookup Requests) by Cas (stallc)
2:22 Isabel Patterson b12 OCT 1865 • Spittal , Tweedmouth,Berwick on Tweed, (Durham) by JenB
2:06 Konstantis Hadjiantoni, Cyprus, 1929 (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by RJ137
1:59 Government Find a Will Service (The Common Room) by Nick_Ips
1:49 Elinor Thursfield/Hopwood/Holden from Edenfield (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by PatLac
1:39 Kitty Ryan (Waterford) by Stephen K
1:38 Wartime pic - can it be improved? (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Stanza
1:31 Smith's help! (Family History Beginners Board) by ManchesterJohnson
1:30 What happened to Ed(e)ith nee Rose and John Rainger? (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by LizzieL
1:27 Look up request please for a family receiving payments for a boarded-out Child (Montgomeryshire Lookup Requests) by mr_edd
1:18 Hartigan Family. Croom, Glin and later Battersea area (London) (Limerick) by Mick_B
1:13 Thomas Wills and Henry Lewis Conran: gold mine owners, S Australia, 1890s onward (Australia) by queencorgi1
12:42 Sir Richard Thomas Baker. (Gloucestershire Lookup Offers) by Vance Mead
12:14 Oswestry Cemetery (Shropshire) by ciderdrinker
11:46 Jonathan Emerson (Durham) by campingdave
11:33 A Marriage between a Walter ROBINSON and a Beatrice SNAITH pre 1926 Richmond? (Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests) by Keith Sherwood
11:29 Edward Brown (Renfrewshire) by *Sandra*
10:52 Charles H. Wise (The Common Room) by rosie17
10:49 Rev. William John Powell (South Africa) by pampoen
10:33 Pryke family (London and Middlesex) by Neale1961
10:32 John Nant Brouard (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark) by *Sandra*
10:02 Ann Clements Broughton Hackett (Worcestershire) by Eastbury
9:48 I need some advise (The Common Room) by Andrew Tarr
9:14 1545 English Will & Latin probate of Rev Richard Norwood (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Wayne N
8:40 India: Missing person (Other Countries) by Neale1961

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