FRIDAY FOSSICKING JAN 15TH, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* PAPERS PAST

 Always an interesting blog by Helen V. Smith, but anything to do with more newspapers coming online, really gets my attention...see all the latest from Papers Past here...
http://helenvsmithresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/newspapers-more-glorious-newspapers.html

* LIFE AND DEATH IN THE SUNSHINE STATE
We are split for great blogs ... now, how to allocate the time to catch up with all that is on offer... don't miss this one... http://boggoroad.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/mackay-prison.html

* NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.. almost 200,000 images you can use for free
http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10723680/nyc-library-public-domain-images-digital

* LAURIE AND WHITTLE'S NEW MAP OF LONDON 

with its environs, &c. Including the Recent Improvements. - NYPL Digital Collections

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b43b0d77-a6c6-a426-e040-e00a18061870

* DIASPORA OF THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY

There are so many great speakers for this upcoming conference...a great way to see so many of the best all at once. Details on the blog below, but just a hint... from Scotland, Ireland, USA, Australia..
Clare Roots Society has had great success with their previous conferences... and they are celebrating their 10th anniversary... Come along and join in the celebrations.

http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/diaspora-of-wild-atlantic-way.html

* FIND MY PAST  GREAT TIME TO RENEW OR SUBSCRIBE...

 50% DISCOUNT, but BE QUICK...
Findmypast discount | findmypast.com.au

* Your January British Newspapers Round-up
* On the death of James Joyce: From the Guardian, 1941
* PERSI: The most potent genealogy resource you haven't used... until now!



* It could be worse... You could be visiting a barber surgeon
* The amazing story of a 4,000-year-old necklace found in a dumpster
*  Unseen images of the doomed Titanic (PHOTOS)

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* UK POLICE GAZETTES GO ON LINE...  thanks to Chris Paton
http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/…/uk-police-gazette-is-r…

* BIRTHS- DEATHS- MARRIAGES
http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages-registries

* DISCOVERING ANZACS
Discovering Anzacs - external site

* WARTIME SERVICE
Family history – wartime service - external site

* INDIGENOUS FAMILY HISTORY
Indigenous family history - external site

* DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Find & Connect – Orphanages and children's Homes - external site