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is there a list of concentration camp inmates?
by Toozic 2 months, 1 week ago

What on earth has happened to this site?
by janilye 4 months ago

NEW ZEALAND Marlborough region John ODONNELL (AKA Tiemi tePUKU) 1832-1894 Any information please Anyone related?? Reply to Yvonne yjsantos@gmail.com
by yjsantos 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Help Required
by Nyrka 5 months ago

Has anyone got an early photo of the headstone (before it was broken) of Franciszka Maber in the Eltham cemetery in New Zealand?
by Gladco 6 months, 3 weeks ago

I AM LOOKING FOR THE FATHER of JOHN ALLAN b 1525, Beith Fife, Scotland
by wallan 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Help with paternal grand fathers siblings and parents. Montgomery.
by Helsbels1619 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Seeking connection from Thomas Angell RI to John Angell- William the Fishmonger Angel London
by Labown 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Looking for all information of Mifflin Hall b.1808 Germantown Pa. He was a Master Shoemaker and Married Lydia McCullough. They had 7 children. Mifflin d.1886 was buried in St. Stephen's Mt. Church in Germantown Pa. Any info would be appreciated.
by Drewski1988 8 months, 1 week ago

Is it possible to change your screen name? I want to change it to Lizzy_Dragonsbane.
by Lucky_panda12 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is researching the descendants of Pierre Jonah?
by DWJonah1024 8 months, 2 weeks ago

I'm looking for information on Isabella Phinney who married British Loyalist john Phillips.. truth to determine who her parents were..Archibald and Mary or Peter and Susan. Any help would be appreciated.
by KarenVais 9 months, 1 week ago

Looking for any decedents for Ambrose Manuel who was sentenced to seven years transportation from United Kingdom in 1840 . Married in Australia and therefore a bigamist as he had a wife in England and seven children, married name became Maneville or <
by Dgmgraveney 9 months, 1 week ago

Where do I find details about the tartan ITERSON
by DokterHenk 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Does anyone have any information about Bodil Gronnebeck's side of the family or what came of the children they left behind?
by DarkDarquesse 9 months, 2 weeks ago

I am looking for the parents of Francois Gervais born in 1575 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France.
by michel2737 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Do you know where Richard Hurst is buried in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia? Death is 7th July 1945.
by VeronM 10 months ago

I am searching for the place and date of my grandmother death. Filippa Collana
by philippine 10 months ago

Any info: What happened to Narradeen Edwin Edmunds? b. 27 Jun 1873 - London M. E. Fisher M. Florence Jane Johnson 1 son - Reginald Narradeen & after that? Nothing. Anyone know anymore?
by Mrdan 10 months, 2 weeks ago

how to search for family
by pauld01 11 months, 2 weeks ago

I am want to know the origin of the family name “Pleas”.
by Marlo 11 months, 4 weeks ago

GRO Indexes
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Abe Lincoln
by MusicMiss 1 year, 1 month ago

I am trying to change my password. I believe I am logged in. It tells me to go to the little box at right hand bottom but it is not there? Thank you whoever from Liz
by bellzac7 1 year, 2 months ago

Looking for any details re Charles Fairman b 1806 Beddington Surrey England Father Joseph Fairman Mother Amy Fairman née Pratt . Any Marriage or Death details would be much appreciated
by Inky72019 1 year, 2 months ago

hello webmaster the link in the "other resourrces" doesnot work Auckland City Libraries ? family history resources, New Zealand
by kiwivivr 1 year, 2 months ago

Moodys of England
by PaulColbert 1 year, 3 months ago

John William Reeder and Nancy Kamp. Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania
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Sally Leura Pearce - South Australia
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I am looking for any information pertaining to Michael Bain, He was supposedly born in Ireland in 1814 (father Joseph). He married Maria Funcutt (nee Talbot) in Grahamstown South Africa in November 1844 and passed away in Buffeldoorns South Africa in June
by Robtal 1 year, 3 months ago

Does anyone have information on a William Kerns married in Rockingham County North Carolina around 1862. Any help would be appreciated.
by cfvan 1 year, 4 months ago

Where can find majority of Caguiat family.
by rodelx44 1 year, 5 months ago

can i upload a gedcom ?
by crazyUncleTed 1 year, 5 months ago

Can I import my tree from Ancestry.com?
by michaelfarrell 1 year, 6 months ago

Can you help find Filona (Lona) Childers b. 1869 Union, Lawrence Co Ohio to Robert Childers and Amanda Ferris?
by ecvcarol 1 year, 6 months ago

Looking for information about Richard Willment Cozens, Arrived in Sydney on the Emperor in 1848 with wife and child. From Somerset, son of Daniel Cozens and Susannah Willment Cozens
by suecoz 1 year, 6 months ago

Are there any Jewish Campbells from Jamaica out there ? I know there was one book about them but it was very expensive. I know there were Campbelites in Jamaica. PErhaps you know the history of your family once upon a time being Jewish? Please let me know
by NWnudge 1 year, 7 months ago

how do I change my password
by sandramonk 1 year, 7 months ago

Hello, is there any information out there regarding who Te Rehu Patara parents were. He was from the Te Uruwera area. Bay of Plenty. His granddaughter was my great grandmother. Nere Makimaki Te Rehu
by MoyMoy 1 year, 8 months ago

James Hemi Tutawake MORGAN 1924-1993 Who and when did he marry please?
by MoyMoy 1 year, 8 months ago

I can't get on to my family tree.How do I get on?
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