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8:43 Keeler Mystery (Gloucestershire) by ashtayl04
8:25 Loseby (with a Higgins marriage connection) (Ireland) by PatLac
7:57 Are my eyes deceiving me? Am I hallucinating? (The Common Room) by rosie17
7:50 William H Croasdale (Durham) by Pennines
7:27 Diary summary week ending 28th June 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by Viktoria
7:13 Benjamin Renger marriage help with brides details (German) (Europe) by Zefiro
6:59 When did either Harry Wyton DYSON or George Herbert Dyson set sail for Canada? (Canada Lookup Request) by dbree
6:16 Looking for Jack Barnes b Bradford Yorks c 1880/81 before 1921 (Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests) by CaroleW
6:01 Submariner in 1861?! (Occupation Interests) by ShaunJ
4:44 Brick Wall:Unknown Family/Racial Origins: Messias Baker-Hancock County, MS 1800s (US Lookup Requests) by oldohiohome
4:21 Geordie Diary (Northumberland Resources & Offers) by pinnochio
4:15 Myers (Northumberland) by JenB
4:04 Advice - Online Newspaper records (The Common Room) by Top-of-the-hill
4:03 obit James Rankin, Jan 16, 1915, Manhattan, New York (United States of America) by Peggy13
3:23 Abercastle, Mathry 1851 census missing? (Pembrokeshire) by jane k
3:08 Is Spidermonkey still with us? (The Common Room) by Nifty1
2:46 Walter James Reynolds, (The Common Room) by Nifty1
2:46 William McArthur Welsh (New Zealand) by Lucy2
2:07 Female occupation? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Milliepede
1:55 Advice on where to look (The Common Room) by salsalass
1:02 Questions about two wills in Barlow, Derbyshire (Derbyshire) by oldohiohome
12:49 More help please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by salsalass
12:28 George Potts (Australia) by hexhamlad
11:44 Gentleman`s what? 1861 (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by heywood
11:28 Levy/Levey family Manchester late 1800s (Lancashire) by heywood
11:15 Digby Willoughby (Census Lookup and Resource Requests) by expensiveocean
11:07 George Sinclair and Peti Matiaha (New Zealand Completed Requests) by shanreagh
10:56 Hettie Hill - born 1891 South Africa, arrived in Sydney Australia 4 October 1907 (Australia) by ellenmaggie
10:45 How do I know if DNA ThruLines for a potential ancestor are true? (Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing) by Biggles50
10:36 Edith Mary Ely b 1887 Downham (Norfolk) by *Sandra*
10:10 Missing a husband (Staffordshire) by softly softly
9:27 Mccullough (Antrim) by Heather Walsh
9:27 Richard Moore - Portland quarry man missing after 1861 (Dorset) by alan o
8:47 Mary Ellen Kerr also known as Nellie (Australia) by 85jbk

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