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[Lancashire] Absent voters lists by weste Today at 00:19:51
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] pic for dating please by hulme-griff Today at 00:18:53
[Monmouthshire Lookup Requests] Enoch Davies by morganllan Today at 00:18:49
[Somerset] Walden family, Bath, Somerset by DRH123 Today at 00:18:47
[Wiltshire Lookup Requests] West Lavington SAMPSON MEAD 1745 by cocksie Today at 00:13:00
[Australia] john witter by Aussie1947 Today at 00:12:32
[Worcestershire Lookup Requests] How would I even begin to find out about the orphanage my Grandad was in...? by weste Today at 00:11:24
[Aberdeenshire] James Ross (c.1864) by Windsor87 Today at 00:09:03
[London and Middlesex] Frederick John Parker & Louisa Johanna ?? by wozzle Today at 00:04:33
[Essex Lookup Requests] Sophia HARRIS, Broomfield by Lisa B Today at 00:02:57
[Leicestershire] Location of Pembrook Terrace, Hinckley, leics by Mike from Leicester Today at 00:02:52
[Census and Resource Discussion] Ancestry Electoral Register searches ~ UGH! by ReadyDale Today at 00:02:46
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] 1940's family photo for colour? by bradelkington Yesterday at 23:59:31
[Australia] Obit Notice Lookup Sydney Morning Herald by Neil Todd Yesterday at 23:58:58
[Lancashire Lookup Requests] request Philips Pk photo by nain Yesterday at 23:55:38
[Wales - General] Please help translate Welsh motto from Pierre Robert crest by behindthefrogs Yesterday at 23:55:31
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] 1929 photo for colour please ? by bradelkington Yesterday at 23:54:21
[Dublin] Marriage & birth Dalkey by vintage1 Yesterday at 23:54:02
[London & Middlesex Lookup Requests] Building History Request - 1940's by danuslave Yesterday at 23:53:23
[Devon] Jack SANDERS b1915 - Newton Abbot by DevonKnill Yesterday at 23:53:12
[Gloucestershire] Richard HOOK & Esther PICKERING m.1806 by stuhook Yesterday at 23:52:58
[Lincolnshire] Beneficiary in a Will by pamthomas Yesterday at 23:52:50
[Denbighshire] Mary Ann Goodwin b.1892 Cefn Mawr by welshconway Yesterday at 23:52:11
[Glamorganshire Completed Lookups] william henry heathfield by roathparkmark Yesterday at 23:51:33
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] please can this photo be restored? by bradelkington Yesterday at 23:50:49
[Lancashire Lookup Requests] Tottle /Gatcombe 1719 by Oldtrack123 Yesterday at 23:48:09
[Antrim] William Weir b 1826 m Ellen Weir b 1838 by aghadowey Yesterday at 23:45:50
[Northamptonshire Lookup Requests] Looking for original Webb family on my husband's side from Northampton by wozzle Yesterday at 23:42:32
[World War One] Identify uniform / cap badge by John915 Yesterday at 23:42:30
[Wales - General] The Windmill family in Wales by Bethan Yesterday at 23:41:45
[Kent Lookup Requests] Kent Baptism/Marriage Index? by avidt Yesterday at 23:41:22
[Wiltshire] JONES - Corsham by g1rxr Yesterday at 23:40:40
[Ireland - General] Lookup requested for Peter Cassidy 1824 by Bob Cassidy Yesterday at 23:40:15
[Nottinghamshire Lookup Requests] Edward Bennett -> Reverend Edward B. Brackenbury by newmark401 Yesterday at 23:35:00
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] A colour request please by mozza29 Yesterday at 23:31:15
[New Zealand] Mary Elisabeth Martin by althea Yesterday at 23:28:59
[Derry (Londonderry)] Revision books (griffiths val) by aghadowey Yesterday at 23:28:09
[Devon] Caroline Dinham Chard 1800 by wozzle Yesterday at 23:27:06
[Photograph Restoration & Dating. ] Aeroplanes Clean Up Please by Rochdalian Yesterday at 23:26:32
[Dunbartonshire] M.I.Henry Gordon or Gordon-Glassford, New Kilpatrick by TGGB Yesterday at 23:21:43

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