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8:02 Cause of death (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by AlanBoyd
7:44 King William College quiz 2025 (The Common Room) by Kiltaglassan
7:18 Joyce family in Tuam Looking for births of Michael c1856 and Annie c1868 (Galway) by Kiltaglassan
4:01 Thomas Hutchinson Settlement Certificate 1690 to 1720 (Sussex Lookup Requests) by Leashl
3:27 Coroners Report Please Thomas Hutchinson died intestate 25th January 1755 (Sussex Lookup Requests) by Leashl
3:01 What happened to Frederick Murray born 1903 Moama NSW, Australia (Australia) by sparrett
1:44 Lookup Request of Parish Records for William Walton. (Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests) by RobynMorton
1:11 Re: Diary summary week ending 21st December 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by BushInn1746
12:03 Mark Duberly (Northamptonshire) by Jan Prit
11:22 Anthony George Harrison (Family History Beginners Board) by ollybilly
10:12 Parents of Anna Nagy, born on April 27, 1907, in Chicago (US Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
9:28 Help untangling Bryant/Fletcher/Scott family at 15 Steele Road in 1921 (Travelling People) by Cas (stallc)
9:28 Making peace with the unknown (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
9:20 Hammersmith address (London and Middlesex) by Mabel Bagshawe
8:02 Elizabeth Louisa Jones parents need help please? (Denbighshire) by weenie
7:56 Researching Family History Can Be So Tragic (The Lighter Side) by coombs
7:21 Rosanna Zanelli b. 1867 (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by AR.Usher
7:15 Missing: Elizabeth and Joseph STEWART, also their son Roy at birth. (New Zealand) by minniehaha
6:14 Help deciphering info in the 1939 Register (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by roycymru
6:06 Seabrook (One Name Studies: N to S) by Siely
4:46 Second opinion(s) sought (The Common Room) by rpweedon
4:11 Deaths 2020 (The Common Room) by SouthseaSteel
3:27 The Hannafords of Chase Side, Enfield, Middlesex (London and Middlesex) by rosie99
3:21 Family member (London and Middlesex) by rosie99
2:51 Davies Campbell wedding pic.Liverpool 1971. (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Treetotal
2:38 William McAlister 1826 (Lancashire) by softly softly
2:07 Marriage Licence (Cumberland Lookup Requests) by Gigi
2:07 RootsChat problems (The Common Room) by Cas (stallc)
1:46 1851 census look up please (Census Lookup and Resource Requests) by Stewart R
1:43 Murder. Scaws Farm Penrith (Cumberland) by *Sandra*
12:57 Army Service Corps 1917 (World War One) by ValJJJ
12:40 Ancestry interfering (The Common Room) by wilcoxon
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
8:35 Thomas Livesey - Request for help (Lancashire) by ShaunJ

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