FRIDAY FOSSICKING NOV. 4TH, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* IRISH CENTRAL

Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel

The weird and wonderful tales from Irish TV history (VIDEO) 

A beautiful poem for the departed adapted by Irish monks 

The Irish who signed the Declaration of Independence (PHOTOS) 

Ever wonder if there’s an Irish language version of your name? 

The Tara Brooch, one of Ireland’s greatest treasures, explained 

The Irish woman who was the last witch hanged in Boston 
(VIDEO) 

Check out this Irish dance-off between two lads on Inishturk island (VIDEO) 

Donn, the mysterious Irish Lord of the Dead 

A glimpse inside Ireland’s historic ghost villages (PHOTOS) 

Haunted Ireland: The four haunted castles of County Offaly 
(VIDEOS) 

The amazing origins of a giant Celtic cross shape in a Donegal forest (VIDEO) 

Rare genetic mutation made Northern Ireland land of the giants 

Truth about fairies and leprechauns 

Rhode Island woman's quest uncovers hundreds of Irish Famine graves 

Ireland’s elders share Halloween memories from long ago (VIDEOS) 

A look at Ireland long ago, at the turn of the 20th century (VIDEOS) 

Saying goodbye to a Galway legend (PHOTOS) 

Tale of deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane (AUDIO) 

Ghostly choir performance dedicated to Great Hunger’s orphans (VIDEOS) 

The top five must see attractions in County Cork (PHOTOS) 

The Irish who dug the tunnels for New York’s subway system 






and your treats..


Donal Skehan's pumpkin seeds recipe

colcannon and barmbrack 

Bailey’s Irish cream cheese swirl brownies recipe 

* FIND MY PAST

Using the UK census

Your ancestor's contribution to history

Overcoming UK genealogy brick walls

Immigrant ancestors who returned home

United States, West Virginia Births

Utah Divorces

Surrey Monumental Inscriptions

Cavan Registers & Records

Kilkenny Registers & Records

Wicklow Registers & Records

Dublin Registers and records

Irish Newspapers

3 Unexpected aides to Irish research 

Life Events (BDMs)

Irish BMDs

Australian Civil Registration

Discovering My Welsh Roots in the Parish Records

* GENERAL INTEREST

Brisbane's top jacaranda trees hotspots 

BELLINGEN AREA- HANLY TREE

Identical strangers meet on a Ryanair flight, and again in a Galway pub 

Sensory Experience in an Irish cottage

Democracy, Libraries, and the Human Spirit: We Learn from Syria

The Forgotten Irish - audio hear Damian Shiels stories

Index of Old Occupations x Inside History

How to Locate Coroner's Records & Inquest Case Files  

How to Uncover Hidden Family Relationships in Estate Records  

Military Pension Records  

Buried Alive

A Day with the Dead – a blog about Saint John’s Cemetery - hideawayhistory

Clare Roots Conference experience | East Clare Emigrants

Tricks, treats and dead souls: Halloween habits and food traditions

In Praise of Rootsireland   John Grenham

SAG at Hawkesbury  Geniaus

10,000 Books Create a Literary River on the Streets of Toronto 

and also in Melbourne, Victoria, Aus

Saving the ‘78s

How to Organize Your Digitized Genealogy Photos — Pictures and Stories

British Newspaper Archives additions for October John D. Reid

Subscribe to SAGS Society of Australian Genealogists Newsletter

A History of the World in 100 Objects


How to Find Your Family History in Obituaries  

Fergus O'Mara and the Air-Demons by P. W. Joyce

Jamie Freel and the Young Lady by Letitia MacLintock

The Fate of Frank McKenna by William Carleton     

FAMINE POTS

90 year old Grandmother finally solves the mystery of her adoption

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Irish family ghosts Pastlinks

United British Women's Emigration Scheme - Outback Family History

The Second Fleet | Lynne's Family  Lynne Gillam

Your library likely won't inform you there's a digitized copy  Anglo-Celtic Connections

Discovering Links: 15 FREE Links for Australian Genealogy and History  Lonetester HQ

The Ghost That Haunted South Brisbane Cemetery... From 1,000 Miles Away

Possibly Chihuly Could Do It Justice Little Wild Streak

Yesterday’s Figary social bridge

and from my blogs...


TROVE TATTLES scroll through to URUNGA CHURCHES and A SIMPLE TALE

NEW IN IGP ARCHIVES FOR OCTOBER 2016


VICTORIA,  AUST.  NEW ADDITIONS TO IRISH GRAVES

USA, NEW ADDITIONS TO IRISH GRAVES

NEW RECORDS ONLINE FOR COUNTY ARMAGH