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12:33 King William College quiz 2025 (The Common Room) by Kiltaglassan
12:29 Army Service Corps 1917 (World War One) by ValJJJ
12:26 Family member (London and Middlesex) by Jennarembailey
11:50 Marriage Licence (Cumberland Lookup Requests) by Gigi
11:47 Pipe family descendants. Staffordshire, Warwickshire (Staffordshire) by mcmp
11:42 Mark Ellwood (born 1764 ) (Westmorland Lookup Requests) by Gigi
11:34 Shared Matches below 20cM (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by ggrocott
10:57 Missing: Elizabeth and Joseph STEWART, also their son Roy at birth. (New Zealand) by minniehaha
10:27 What happened to Frederick Murray born 1903 Moama NSW, Australia (Australia) by Essnell
9:11 Mark Duberly (Northamptonshire) by heywood
8:54 Seabrook (One Name Studies: N to S) by Siely
8:35 Thomas Livesey - Request for help (Lancashire) by ShaunJ
7:00 1851 census look up please (Census Lookup and Resource Requests) by softly softly
6:17 1851 England Census Handwriting (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pit_pat89
6:16 Rosanna Zanelli b. 1867 (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by Kay99
5:06 Christina MacFarlane marriage (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by ShelleyMD
2:41 RootsChat problems (The Common Room) by elliot
2:25 Silvertown Explosion - civilian casualties (Essex) by elliot
2:23 Obituary - Arpin Foster, Seattle, 1935 (United States of America) by Erato
1:33 Photo Restoration please - Geelong, Victoria, Australia c. 1923 (Aunt Isabella) (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by rbell35
1:32 Photo Restoration please - Geelong, Victoria, Australia - My 2 Aunts (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by rbell35
1:21 Robert Spencer (Gloucestershire) by Jan Prit
12:56 Deaths 2020 (The Common Room) by Bee
12:46 Patrick Joseph Murray (Australia) by ballydw
12:17 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st December 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Jebber
12:02 Burials Hoo Suffolk (Suffolk) by percy porter
7:59 Help with address (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Leon47
6:36 Identifying WW1 regiment (World War One) by Shropshire Lass
6:19 HARRY REYNOLDS ROBINSON (Suffolk) by softly softly
5:44 What happened to John and Elizabeth? (Family History Beginners Board) by SkyeSpotter
5:28 Deceased Online Burial Information Help (Graveyards and Gravestones) by Enumerated
5:19 Croft / Iveson of Manchester question. (Lancashire) by davetur
5:05 Ellen Catherine Evans 1902 (Caernarvonshire) by Cas (stallc)
4:51 Parents of Anna Nagy, born on April 27, 1907, in Chicago (US Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
4:07 Help deciphering info in the 1939 Register (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by roycymru
4:01 Death Margaret Lumsden, Nov 27, 1906, New Edinburg, District of Russell (Canada) by Peggy13

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