FRIDAY FOSSICKING, 7TH OCTOBER, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* GENERAL INTEREST

IGP... Sligo Genealogy Archives-Headstones-Sligo Town Cemetery

Irish Eviction Map

Roadmap of the Promised Land John Grenham

QUT Course: Stepping off a cliff: writing your first novel

The world's oldest library gets a 21st C facelift

First Fleeters final journey:  Devonshire St. ➔Botany Cemetery

Dig Up Great Family Stories

Ask Them for their DNA!

Take a Trip Back in Time

Create a Family Recipe Book

* IRISH CENTRAL

Remembering Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to Ireland (PHOTOS) 

Tractor football is a thing in Ireland and it’s as amazing as you’d expect (VIDEO) 

Ireland's top oldest and most charming pubs (PHOTOS)

Court records show George Clooney’s Irish family had their land stolen 

The top five questions about Irish genealogy 

DNA shows Northern Irish descended from painted warriors Pict tribe who battled the Romans

From James Joyce to Oscar Wilde, top ten Irish novelists in history

Patrick Pearse's letter of surrender to be shown publicly at Dublin's GPO 

Stunning images from Ireland’s hot air balloon championships (PHOTOS) 

Eleven early Hollywood stars with Irish roots (PHOTOS & VIDEO) 

Poignant 1950s photos capture powerful images of Dubliners 

The Catalpa - The great escape of Irish fenians from Australia 

10 Irish folk cures, spells and superstitions to cure all ailments 

The shamrock and the leprechaun – what symbols of Irishness really mean 

 Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history

Beautiful tribute to 1,100 Spanish Armada sailors who drowned off the Sligo coast (VIDEO) 

How Féile Na Marbh or 'Feast of the Dead' became Halloween 

Daughter of Irish immigrants survived the Titanic, Britannic and Olympic disasters 

Irish barman singing as he works will give you chills (VIDEO) 

The original Ghostbusters - séances, deathbed wraiths, hauntings and apparitions 

Forgotten Ireland, captured on 16mm film 60 years ago (VIDEOS)

The spooky Irish ghost town of Bantry, North Dakota (PHOTOS) 

The Irish boys in a boat who showed Hitler what they were made of 

The Irish Brontës 

A hidden history – Anglo-Indian branches in an Irish family tree 

Irish Indian fighter writes of scalping, big braves and butchery to his Dublin mother 

5,800-year-old rock scribing found near Ireland’s Croagh Patrick 

your treats await...

Guinness, steak and cheese pie recipe 

A mouthwatering recipe for Irish watercress soup 

A new twist on an Irish breakfast: eggy-bread BLT recipe

Celebrate the first day of Fall with Irish apple crisp and crumble

Chef Gaffney's soda bread - an Irish recipe for success

* FIND MY PAST

Welcome to Family History Month

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Your ancestors in print

Britain's worst newspaper ever

6 reasons newspapers are vital

How to use apprentice records for genealogy research

How to Trace Your Professional Ancestors in Training

5 quick tips to get the most out of education records 

How to use the Billion Graves Index

9 Places to find information about your ancestor's death 

From penal laws to piggerys: 5 fascinating finds in our new Irish records

Expert advice: Key clues to identifying photos 

This Irish patriot fired the first American cannon shots

The best free genealogy resources on the web

* FREE 

* To create a FREE ACCOUNT on Find My Past, use this link... no credit card details needed.  www.findmypast.com/account/register

* NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIA 

Australian residents have access to a great deal of online resources free at NLA, but you do in many cases, have to have an NLA Library card, which is free. You can apply here...

getalibrarycard

Overseas visitors can still access quite a few eresources without a card...

* ebooks and other publications listed here... https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/ebooks/ebook-collections

* Check also with your State Library... having a free card from them as well, can open up a whole lot more than you expect.

* AUSTRALIAN PARISH RECORDS  .pdf guide, free download

* INTERESTING BLOGS

A Beautiful Needle Lace Sampler  Two Nerdy History Girls

Brisbane's Bread or Blood Riot   John Oxley Library

Radio 3WR -Conversations with Grandma  Jenny Coates

Landslide! Pullathomas Co. Mayo.  The Silver Voice

Impressions of Mostar  Living in Montenegro

Mother’s Red Copybook Social Bridge

My Top 10 Genealogy Tools Geniaus

The Sodden with the Gorgeous  Liv Hambrett

Cousin Emmie/Finding Family  Jess

from my blogs...

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TROVE TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH, 2016 -ERIN-GO-BRAGH