Friday, April 21, 2017

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 21ST APRIL, 2017






FRIDAY FOSSICKING







Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain











* IRISH CENTRAL



























Trove Roadshows | Help centre

How to identify Irish places – John Grenham – Irish Roots




* FIND MY PAST


* NEWS FLASH *

To mark Anzac Day, Findmypast is opening up their entire collection of Australian and New Zealand records completely FREE from now until Tuesday 25 April 2017. Trace your ancestors and explore their amazing life stories today.*

SEARCH FREE RECORDS NOW »

COMMEMORATE THE HEROES IN YOUR FAMILY »

Join Findmypast's live broadcast and put your questions to the experts  REGISTER NOW »
Uncover the military heroes in your family by searching over a million ANZAC military records including service records, pensions, PoW files, rolls of honour, memorials and more..
FREE GETTING STARTED GUIDE.. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE 











* JUST RELEASED

from John Grenham  :


  • April 19 2017: Added 382 sets of gravestone transcripts from historicgraves.com (e.g Limerick, now close to complete).
  • Mar 27 2017: Added 142 local histories published 2011-2015 (e.g Carlow).
  • April 1 2017: Added county civil parish map links to townland listing.
  • Mar 27 2017: Corrected links for Carlow Tithe Books
  • Mar 25 2017: New links added to online IMC Civil Survey Publications (e.g. Clare)
Try the WIZARD.. you never know how much you'll be able to find..
**********

Irish Central...

Hero Irish firefighter carried unconscious runner to Boston Marathon finish line 

Where does the name Ireland come from? 

How Australia, New Zealand and US visa changes will effect the Irish 


**********

General Interest..



1000 Irish Genealogy Books on hand, displayed in our research library

Medieval medical books could hold the recipe for new antibiotics

War Memorial buys WWII heroes' headstones once bound for scrap heap

**********








 * INTERESTING BLOGS

Wirreandah Wandering: Big Sister, Little Brother Jo Featherston

Licence Plate Number 21-419                     Memorabilia House

Welcome back to... Cassmob

The Reddans from Gortnaglogh: Part I                  

Voices From The Graveyard – St Peters Cooks River History Group

An Early Post Office  Jenny Coates

How do I Know? socialbridge






 Regular mentions...  why not subscribe if you enjoy these as much as I do...

Anne's family history  Anne Young

socialbridge Jean Turbridy




Irish in the American Civil War      Damian Shiels


1 comment:

Thank you for visiting. Your comment will be visible after approval.