Friday, November 27, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 27TH NOVEMBER, 2015





FRIDAY FOSSICKING












Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain





LIMERICK UNION BOARD OF GUARDIANS MINUTE BOOKS, 1842-1922
find them here

* GEELONG HERITAGE CENTRE NOW OPENED... READ HERE

* IRISH STORIES OF INTEREST
How the Irish saved Thanksgiving   
 A Bronx Irish Thanksgiving in days gone by  
  Ireland battered by 80mph winds of Storm Abigail (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
Charles Lindbergh, a Brooklyn Irish lawyer, and a 16-year-old sentenced to the electric chair
Ireland’s forgotten famine of 1925 – newly independent government covered up calamity
  Irish family from Galway the longest living group of siblings in the world 


* FIND MY PAST
Traditional Irish Naming Patterns
Administrative Districts
Servants and Masters in Ireland
Records to help you find your US military Irish ancestors
6 life lessons from… The home front
The original John! Meet the man who invented the toilet (for an ungrateful Elizabeth I...)
I found my murdered cousin in the historic Irish newspapers
The Bronte sisters in Ireland
The mystery of Eric Arthur Blair
Journey of the Mayflower

* ACCESS US NATURALISATION AND CITIZENSHIP RECORDS online here

BURMA REGISTER OF EUROPEAN DEATHS AND BURIALS

* HOW TO PRESERVE YOUR FAMILY HEIRLOOMS  




* A BLOG YOU SHOULDN'T MISS 
http://thesearchforanneandmichael.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/tuesday-tips-nomina-defunctorum-irish.html
 A very helpful and informative post, well researched as always, by “irisheyes jennifer”… If you find something of interest, please leave a comment on her blog in appreciation of all it takes to bring this to you...



TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS


Friday, November 20, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 20th NOVEMBER, 2015




FRIDAY FOSSICKING











Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain




* FIND MY PAST










A note from the front line in 1915  written just a few days before this soldier died







* SELECTION OF CEMETERIES IN NORTHERN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES

* SCOTLANDS PEOPLE



* JUST FOR FUN...


* TIME AND DATE... create your own calendar for the year you wish 
e.g. is for 1829

*  RECOLLECTIONS

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* WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE   ... not what it seems



Thursday, November 12, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 13th NOV. 2015





FRIDAY FOSSICKING












Walter Withers


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

* A SITE NEW TO ME... DUSTY DOCS  very helpful link site English and Irish parish records

* A GHOST TOWN FROZEN IN TIME
 
* WELCOME RETURN OF WORLDWIDE GENEALOGY BLOGSPOT

* IRISH OBITUARIES
* can be searched via search box at bottom of page

* IRISH CLIPS AND SNIPS
* can be searched via search box at bottom of page




Friday, November 6, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 6th NOVEMBER, 2015




FRIDAY FOSSICKING












Walter Withers


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain



SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGISTS
House Histories

* UNCLAIMED ESTATES... of Irish people who have died in England or Wales since 1997

* ANCESTRY

* FREE ACCESS TO MILITARY COLLECTIONS FROM 6TH-11TH NOVEMBER*

 Mexico Civil Registrations Of Death

* THREE BRAVE SISTERS DEFENDED FAMILY HOME, IRISH LAND WAR
see here

MORE STORIES AT irishcentral.com

* BRITISH TEAM TO VISIT KOLKATA IN SEARCH OF ROOTS
 The Times of India

* IRISH ROOTS: JOHN GRENHAM
How Gaelic Surnames changed beyond recognition

* FIND MY PAST
Humans of 1939
the-one-life-lesson-we-should-all-learn-from-the-blitz
1939. The year the dust settled
exclusive-prisoners-of-war-video-featuring-103-year old veteran
1939 register
Cambridgeshire, Ely Diocese Marriage Licences 1684-1811
Yorkshire Burials 1538-1989
Lloyd's Register of Merchant Ships index 1843

* BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS  FREE transcriptions...IRISH
http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/p/b.html