FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th September 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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*  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