FRIDAY FOSSICKING 25th SEPTEMBER, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

* FIND MY PAST

As promised, last week's new releases, which I didn't post as the whole site was FREE for the weekend.

* The newest additions include titles from several counties as well as a national publication – The Evening Freeman. They cover a broad period in Irish history from 1836-72.

Five newspapers have also been added to with supplementary articles. They include substantial updates to Belfast Commerical Chronicle (135,813 new articles), Clare Journal, and Ennis Advertiser (61,194 new articles) and The Pilot (17,721 new articles).

http://search.findmypast.ie/search/irish-newspapers

The entire collection has now passed the 10.5 million article point, all of which are fully searchable. The archive covers over 230 years of Ireland’s history (1719-1950) and currently includes 88 titles.
Here are the latest titles to join the Irish Newspaper collection and the years covered as of 21 September 2015:
Carlow Post- 1872
Coleraine Chronicle – 1844-1871
Downpatrick Recorder – 1853-1855
Londonderry Standard -1839-1871
The Evening Freeman - 1851-57, 1860-64, 1866, 1868-70, 1871

Wexford Constitution - 1858

* THE NATIONAL GALLERY EVACUATION 1939.. such an interesting story.

http://blog.findmypast.ie/2015/09/24/the-national-gallery-evacuation-1939/

* New marriage records from East Kent, England, 1538-1754

* A huge collection of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society resources

* Millions of new British newspaper articles

* Queensland, Toowong Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions

* Queensland, South Brisbane Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions

* Queensland, Moggill Cemetery (Brisbane) Monumental Inscriptions

* South Australia, Catholic Baptisms 1840-1863

* South Australia, Pre-civil deaths 1836-1842

* Victoria, Funeral Notices 1981-1997

* Northern Territory, Anglican Baptisms and Confirmations 1900-1947

* Pitcairn Islands Marriages 1824-1854

* New Zealand, Purewa Cemetery Burials

* New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952

* New South Wales, Newcastle, Lost Cemeteries 1842-1902

* QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES

http://archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Lands/Pages/Land-orders-1865-1866.aspx

* FROM GENES REUNITED          THE BLITZ BEGINS

* IRELAND... want to know more about the winter solstice?

http://tinyurl.com/p592a5h

* ABSTRACTING AND TRANSCRIBING OLD DOCUMENTS  

http://tinyurl.com/nmy8ml8

* SHADOW AND STONE PHOTOGRAPHY  Just for fun...

http://www.shadowsandstone.com/

* LISA LOUSE COOKE'S GENEALOGY GEMS

http://lisalouisecooke.com/2015/09/use-ancestry-for-free-if-youre-not-a-subscriber/

  

and finally...

* TROVE DOES IT AGAIN... more historical newspapers...

http://trove.nla.gov.au/forum/showthread.php?2142-Trove-s-latest-newspapers

 I've already had a few good finds... what's not to love about Trove? I'm being generous and giving you the whole list...

New South Wales

Chaser (The) (Glebe, NSW : 1999 - 2005)
Enterprise (The) (Katoomba, NSW : 1913)
Record of the Blue Mountains (The) (Katoomba, NSW : 1924)

Queensland
Bowen Independent (Qld. : 1911 - 1954)
Evening News (The) (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941)
Pittsworth Sentinel (Qld. : 1919 - 1954) 
Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954)

South Australia
Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser (SA : 1839 - 1840)
Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record (SA : 1840 - 1842)
Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) 
Gadfly (Adelaide, SA : 1906 - 1909)
Journal (The) (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923)
Millicent Times (The) (SA : 1891 - 1905)
Pioneer (The) (Yorketown, SA : 1898 - 1954)
Port Adelaide News (SA : 1878 - 1883)
Port Adelaide News and Commercial and Shipping Gazette (SA : 1878) 
Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1883 - 1897)
Port Augusta Dispatch (SA : 1877 - 1880)
Port Augusta Dispatch (SA : 1884) 
Port Augusta Dispatch and Flinders' Advertiser (SA : 1880 - 1884)
Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (The) (SA : 1885 - 1916) 
Port Pirie Standard and Barrier Advertiser (The) (SA : 1889 - 1898) 
Saturday Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1929)
South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1845 - 1847)
South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1847 - 1852) 
South Eastern Times (The) (Millicent, SA : 1906 - 1954)
Times (Victor Harbor, SA : 1987 - 1999) 
Whyalla News (SA : 1940 - 1954)

Tasmania
Colonist (The) (Launceston, Tas. : 1888 - 1891)
Colonist and Van Diemen's Land Commercial and Agricultural Advertiser (The) (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1832 - 1834)
North West Post (The) (Formby, Tas. : 1887 - 1916)
Tasmanian (The) (Launceston, Tas. : 1871 - 1879)
Tasmanian (The) (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895)
Tasmanian Daily News (The) (Hobart Town, Tas. 1855 - 1858)
Tasmanian Tribune (The) (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1872 - 1876)
Tribune (Hobart, Tas. : 1876 - 1879)
True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch, and Agricultural and Commercial...(The) (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1834 - 1844)

Victoria
Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic. : 1857 - 1868)
Church of England Messenger (Melbourne, Vic. : 1905) 
Church of England Messenger (The) (Melbourne, Vic. : 1870 - 1876)
Church of England Messenger and Ecclesiastical Gazette for the Diocese of Melbourne and Ballarat (The) (Vic. : 1876 - 1889)
Church of England Messenger for the Diocese of Melbourne (The) (Vic. : 1869)
Church of England Messenger for Victoria and Ecclesiastical Gazette for the Diocese of Melbourne (The) (Vic. 1889 - 1905)
Dandenong Journal (The) (Vic. : 1927 - 1954)
Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser (South Melbourne, Vic. : 1860 - 1870)
Melbourne Leader (The) (Vic. : 1861 - 1862)
Snowy River Mail and Tambo and Croajingolong Gazette (The) (Orbost, Vic. : 1890 - 1911)
Tocsin (The) (Melbourne, Vic. : 1897 - 1906)

Western Australia
Beverley Times (The) (WA : 1905 - 1977)
Black Range Courier and Sandstone Observer (The) (WA : 1907 - 1915)
Evening Star (The) (Boulder, WA : 1898 - 1921)
Laverton Mercury (Laverton, WA : 1899 - 1919)
Meekatharra Miner (WA : 1909 - 1918)
Moora Herald and Midlands District Advocate (The) (WA : 1914 - 1930)
Southern Argus and Wagin-Arthur Express (The) (Perth, WA : 1905 - 1924)
Southern Cross Times (The) (WA : 1920 - 1940)

Enjoy!

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th September 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

*  ENGLAND'S PLACES... HISTORIC ENGLAND

https://www.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/archive-collections/englands-places

* NEW YORK LIBRARY FREE DOWNLOAD 20,000 HI RES MAPS

http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/new-york-public-library-puts-20000-hi-res-maps-online.html

* THE OLD DESIGN SHOP VINTAGE IMAGE TREASURY

This really is a treasure, well worth bookmarking... numerous images free to use... I've been using them for years. Always give credit to the creator of such items, thank them for their work, as you would like to be thanked for sharing yours .

http://olddesignshop.com/

* DATING FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

Ancestry blog advice

http://tinyurl.com/qgey79x

* FIND MY PAST   FREE WEEKEND

Many of you will possibly be online already with this.. great to see that unlike other big companies, they don't ignore their loyal subscribers... we get three days free added to our subs. I won't list all the records released this week, as I'm sure you will have many of your own selection to explore. I will add all new releases next week.

findmypast.ie/freeweekend

* TROVE NEEDS YOUR HELP

I doubt here are many who haven't used the wonderful free site TROVE, Australian digitised newspapers plus...now they are asking for you to do what you love best... visit TROVE on Wednesday next, they want you to help them conduct a stress test... simply by logging on and exploring for one hour between 12pm and 1pm... That way they can test their system and immediately see what needs fixing if anything... Have fun...
http://trove.nla.gov.au/forum/showthread.php?2141-Join-us-next-week-in-an-attempt-to-break-Trove!

* CELTIC GUIDE... free copies
http://www.thecelticguide.com/index.html

* ON A FLESH AND BONE FOUNDATION: by Irish Eyes Jennifer 
.. always a great read
http://thesearchforanneandmichael.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/share-memory-preserving-your-family.html

* PERSONAL NEWS....

 There is a new addition to three of my blogs so far... do you notice anything on the left hand side column? Subtle aren't I? 

I am so honoured and so excited to be awarded the SILVER ROCK STAR GENEALOGIST 2015
award by my readers and peers and all who voted for me. I was excited to be nominated, but couldn't quite believe it when I saw my name in the Australian /New Zealand Category as rated SILVER, just behind GOLD winner Jill Ball (GeniAus) and just ahead of joint BRONZE winners, Shauna Hicks and Thomas MacEntee... good company indeed. 

 You can read about it here... http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/exciting-news.html  and find all the details by checking the list of relevant posts on John D. Reid's blog Anglo Celtic Connections..

Many thanks to all who voted, for all the lovely congratulations and messages and the support of family, friends, peers (many of whom appear in the Top 10 list), followers, readers and fellow family historians/genealogists. 

 Congratulations to all nominated, you are all Rock Stars... and many Thanks to John D. Reid for conducting his event from 2012-2015 and continuing... it takes a great deal of work and time, so do support him by visiting his blog, you won't be disappointed.

http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com.au

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th SEPTEMBER 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

*  IRISH GENEALOGY...  

The Indexes to Birth Records over 100 years, the Indexes to Marriage Records over 75 years and the Indexes to Death Records over 50 years are now available to search on 

http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

however, temper the news with this...from Claire Santry....
http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2015/09/irishgenealogy-loses-nearly-1m-c19th.html

*  FIND MY PAST

Lt HILL’S DIARY  is a brief glimpse into the world of a Far East prisoner of war, which was often incredibly brutal and incredibly dangerous. 

* In the Prisoner of War collection: Lieutenant Hill’s hospital diary

* Vivian Bullwinkle... sole survivor Banka Is massacre

* Coffs Harbour District Schools
Coffs Harbour region of New South Wales between 1912 and 1984

* UK National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914

* Ireland National School Registers

* Surrey, Southwark, St Saviour's Grammar School Admissions 1690-1895

* CUIMHNEAMH AN CHLÁIR AUDIO ARCHIVE ...a great site to hear the old stories..

http://www.clarememories.ie/Articles/audio-archive.html

* AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL BLOG

https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/

* PAULINE CONNOLLY BLOG

http://paulineconolly.com/category/blog/

* IRISH ECHO Irish Australia online

http://www.irishecho.com.au

* GENEALOGY RELATIONSHIP CHART

http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm

* LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR ROCK STAR GENEALOGISTS  

http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/personal-news.html

Thank you for your support, for whomever you vote...

UPDATE- EXCITING PERSONAL NEWS...

A very big 

THANK YOU

to all who took the time to vote... with your help, I am proud to announce that I received the 

SILVER AWARD FOR ROCK STAR GENEALOGIST!

  Thank you all for your support and encouragement. 
Full details here

rockstar-genealogists-2015-silver-and_14.html

 Thanks to John D. Reid for organising this event.

Look for the GOLD AWARDS also

Congratulations to all nominated and all the winners.



VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

* SOME PERSONAL NEWS...

 I am delighted to be included on this list of genealogists, many of whom I know and admire, who have been nominated for the inclusion in Rock Star Genealogists... full details are here..

http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/rockstar-genealogist-2015-nominations.html



 If you are so inclined, I would appreciate your vote... Thank you for your support.



Thank you to John D. Reid for presenting this opportunity to all.

Anglo-Celtic Connections

FRIDAY FOSSICKING SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

*  Deceased Online  has released a new series of records covering the Camberwell cemeteries in the London borough of Southwark. The council area covered by the records includes Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Walworth, Peckham, Camberwell, Nunhead, and Dulwich.

* AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL      Travelling exhibitions           A camera on Gallipoli Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt          Ben Quilty: after Afghanistan

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory        Western Australian Museum

*ANCESTRY Check what records are available for FREE over the Labor Day weekend with ancestry.com...they include U.S. Wills and Probate collections...

 * NATIONAL ARCHIVES AUSTRALIA  Keep up with the latest releases by subscribing to Your Story, Our History at  news@naa.gov.au

Toys on this poster represent some of the subjects of the vast collection of Australian Government records.

These are just a couple..

Order collection items

Family history

* SCOTLAND'S PEOPLE     Search the Deaths of Seamen Records A complete record of the deaths of Scottish seafarers from late Victorian times until 1974 are now available to search. on Scotland's People. The 14,000 new records are monthly returns of the Deaths of Seamen, which lists Scots along with other crew members of all nationalities who were serving on British registered vessels between 1909-1974.



* GEELONG AND DISTRICT Susie Zada asks for help in identifying some photos...
http://geelonganddistrict.com/2015/09/01/can-u-help-identify-these-photos-people-and-places/


* FIND MY PAST
What did you do in the war, Grandma?

Joshua Taylor explains ancestral occupations

Smoke and Steam: A railroad family

How to start your family tree ... questions you should ask...

* NEW ADDITIONS  from FMP AUST

WWII Prisoners of War Records published online for the 1st time on 70th Anniversary

Constructing the “Death Railway”: The real story behind the Bridge Over the River Kwai, in Findmypast’s POW records

             WATCH: Findmypast’s exclusive Prisoners of War video, featuring 103-year-old former POW, Dr Bill Frankland MBE ›

* SOME PERSONAL NEWS...

 I am delighted to be included on this list of genealogists, many of whom I know and admire, who have been nominated for the inclusion in Rock Star Genealogists... full details are here..

http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/rockstar-genealogist-2015-nominations.html

Voting starts on Monday 7th... you can still add your own nominations till noon Sunday 6th...

 If you are so inclined, I would appreciate your vote... Thank you for your support.

 To all who are celebrating this weekend and to all who remember fondly.

Miss you, Dad...