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5:55 Prison records (The Common Room) by louisa maud
5:54 I Regent Lane Sheffield 1909 (The Common Room) by rosie99
5:52 Diary summary week ending 18th May 2025 (The Stay Safe Board) by louisa maud
5:46 Slightly Pixelated Photograph (Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs) by RJ137
5:45 HMS Arthur 1940 (World War Two) by Jebber
5:30 Help identifying Elizabeth Osborn(e) (Family History Beginners Board) by rosie99
5:22 Workhouse in 1902 (Antrim) by Jon_ni
5:11 Possible second marriage - brick wall (Europe) by heilanlassie
4:39 Smithfields, Sheffield 1932 (The Common Room) by ASB74
4:36 Thomas DAVIS (Australia) by kazzann
4:35 Fred Langson died WW1 born Wadebridge - who was his father and other questions! (Cornwall) by rosie99
4:25 The son of Sir George Rooke - George Rooke (1702-1739) (The Common Room) by Calpe 1704
4:13 WWI Regiments (Yorkshire (West Riding)) by ASB74
4:05 Sarah Moore Henley in Arden (Warwickshire) by BushInn1746
4:01 Advertising Agency (Occupation Interests) by Siely
3:56 Any Belgian Speakers Out There (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Newwriter
3:47 Re: Help with the Sewell family (London & Middlesex Lookup Requests) by Betty.W
3:31 Ann Raynes died West Stockwith 1840 (Nottinghamshire) by cjackson100
3:02 Maybe more Morbid than "Lighter" (The Lighter Side) by DianaCanada
2:37 Samuel Popple of Wing (Rutland) by Vance Mead
2:29 Killed in Action 1917 Balkans (World War One) by curiousgeorge1
2:11 Offer: St Sepulchre Northampton baptism 1815 - 1834 (Northamptonshire Resources & Offers) by ClemFandango
1:51 Military Medal WW1 (World War One) by curiousgeorge1
1:30 William Lewis (Lancashire Lookup Requests) by ciderdrinker
12:21 Henry John ATKINSON (Family History Beginners Board) by Dundee
12:12 V Fontanella Photographer 19 Rathbone Place, Oxford St (London and Middlesex) by AlanBoyd
12:00 Rumney Hesket-in-the-Forest, Braithwaite or Itonfield (Cumberland) by ciderdrinker
10:55 Griffith Thomas (Merionethshire) by Dingaling
10:54 Why no mother's name on birth certificate? (The Common Room) by dawnsh
10:49 Tom and Mary Brayshaw deaths (The Common Room) by AllanUK
9:58 Any information on PUTTERILL Family, Nether Dean, Bedfordshire Pre 1851 (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
9:54 Jean Hope born c1757 married Thomas Burgess born c1754 Dumfries (Dumfriesshire) by Forfarian
9:10 Raheenahoran (Laois (Queens)) by Kiltaglassan
8:46 writing on card of WWI soldier missing presumed dead (Armed Forces) by mckha489
8:30 Help with occupation please (Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition) by Pennines
7:08 Missing from 1911 Census? (Warwickshire) by AlanBoyd
2:49 Mystery and assistance looking for my ancestor John Wilson and Samuel Wilson (Bedfordshire Lookup Requests) by Neale1961
1:22 Abbreviations in U.S. Craftperson Files, 1600 - 1995 (United States of America) by HowardBeale

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