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1:53 Stockport, Cale Green area, a chapel (Cheshire) by Ray T
1:49 Find a Grave soldier's memorial (The Common Room) by Andy J2022
1:42 Looking for Information on a Robert Oxberry (Oxburry) from 1757 (Staffordshire) by PaulJ56
1:35 Percy Wearn (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) by grahamila
1:16 Black Horse, County Durham (Durham) by Elliven
1:02 Andrew M'Auley, Esq. of Ballymena & Mary Cashell of Randalstown (Antrim) by pablo1
12:48 Hedley Family Search (Northumberland) by rosie99
12:39 Occupation: Time Seller ! (Occupation Interests) by Newtogene
12:28 James DUNCAN WW1 1918 (Lanarkshire) by Rockford
12:22 Are these photos of the same person? (The Common Room) by Newtogene
12:19 FINLAND, Sjoblad (Europe) by Vance Mead
12:12 Gipsy Dan Boswell (Travelling People) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
12:03 Why am I so baffled by Lillias Halley’s life? (Perthshire) by Blairvadach
12:02 Margaret Annie ADAMSON born Normanby 1885 (Yorkshire (North Riding)) by Pinetree
11:59 Samuel Norman of Woburn (Bedfordshire) by Petros
11:57 German profession (Europe) by Richard Knott
11:57 Group of miners NSW (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by Katharine75
11:55 Parents? (Midlothian) by WAND
11:40 North Wales place name? (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by collwyn ap tangno
11:26 Expat help (South Africa) by Newtogene
11:07 Owners of a Belfast Pub (Antrim) by aghadowey
10:42 148th Battery Lytham st Annes 1915 (World War One) by hanes teulu
10:31 Trimnells in Christian Malford (Wiltshire) by ellerydesign
10:27 Coincidence or what! (The Lighter Side) by Glen in Tinsel Kni
10:19 Did he die or just stayed in Australia? (Australia) by aahume
9:04 French document in Rodiere from 1579 (Europe) by joger
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4:58 Ship's List for Ernestina - Arrived Aucland Feb 1865 (New Zealand Completed Requests) by Terry Bowden
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