FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th DECEMBER, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* FIND MY PAST

Explore Irish newspapers now This list of the 16 newest titles is very impressive

London, Watermen in Royal Navy, 1803-1809          London, List of Free Watermen, 1827

London, Watermen, Birth Register of Contracted Men, 1865-1921

The Irish in Victoria's mental health institutions

The real story behind Silent Night

A workhouse Christmas                     When Boston Banned Christmas...from Charles Dickens

Top picks: gifts for genealogists

Cockenthrice to Umble Pie: The Tudors at Christmas

Irish convicts Down Under         Irish convicts in Britain

The Petty Session order books

Break down brick walls with anomalies

Pearl Harbor headlines from around the globe

Traditional Irish naming patterns

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* FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY   FIBIS

Training sessions in using India Office Records for family history sources

Further Adventures of the Intrepid East India Company Women - Untold lives blog

The Marriage of East and West: Conservation of a Photographic Album from Burma - Collection Care...

* IRISH CENTRAL

How many of these Irish words do you know?

Things you didn't know about Ireland

Remember the Celtic Tiger? Now it’s the ‘Celtic Phoenix’

Kaleidoscope of scenery - photographs of the Wild Atlantic Way

Blarney Woollen Mills Irish gift guide for 2015 

Plans for US teens free birthright program in Ireland revealed 

Scientists discover how Irish potato blight first traveled from South America 

Autumn in Ireland: The beautiful changing leaves at Blarney Castle (VIDEO) 

See the house where Maureen O’Hara spent her last years in Ireland (PHOTOS) 

Irish ancestor of Prince William revealed in 170-year-old scroll 

ALWAYS A GOOD READ

* 9 December 1843 - The Day the First Christmas Card was Created | Lonetester HQ

* The day Queensland became a new colony

* FamilyTreeMaker Reminder: What’s Your Backup Plan?

* ‘Our Pickets Were Gobbled’: Assessing the Mass Capture of the 69th New York, Petersburg, 1864

* http://clareherald.com/2015/12/on-this-day-in-clare-history-december-2-07890/

* Putting your family stories online

*  More 17th century Irish sources online: muster rolls

*  CHANGES at ROOKWOOD CEMETERY

* Historic graves restored at Wilberforce

*  Ireland’s unmissable castles: Part 1

*  Blogger In Residence @ Irish Executives Network Turtle Bunbury On Easter @ Christmas

*  Ogham - The Ancient Irish Art of Writing

*   Research Your British Family History Using the General Register Office (GRO)

*   How to Get Safely Remove Photos from Old Magnetic "Sticky" Photo Albums

*   Celts' red hair could be attributed to the cloudy weather

 SOMETHING WORTH LISTENING TO

* The Loop Show 23 06 2015

* Song featuring the memories of a 90-year-old Irish granny goes viral

 SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING

* TheJournal ie: OConnell Street 1897

* Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?

*  The Empress of Ireland – Canada’s 'Titanic' tragedy (PHOTOS)

* Ireland’s Ancient East – 5,000 years of history, heritage is celebrated (PHOTOS)

*  97-year-old Kerry World War II hero awarded France’s highest honor 

IF THIS DOESN'T KEEP YOU BUSY OVER THE HOLIDAYS, THEN YOU'RE JUST NOT TRYING!

THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 

will be taking a break over the next few weeks.

May I take this time to wish you all a very 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

and a 

HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR

for 2016.

A little Christmas story for you...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS