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“Song for the Mira”- the Canadian song that captured the hearts of Irish everywhere
The story behind that famous photo of Marilyn Monroe with JFK and RFK
WATCH: Giant’s Causeway secret doorway caught on camera
Magazine claims to have found the quaintest place in Ireland - do you agree?
Bringing Irish ancestors' stories home and connecting with the past
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PODCAST: Horror story of 796 babies found in Tuam mass grave unraveled
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How two literary legends tried to save Sir Roger Casement from the gallows
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Bringing Irish ancestors’ stories home and connecting with the past
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What you should know about applying for Irish citizenship
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The story behind that famous photo of Marilyn Monroe with JFK and RFK
WATCH: Giant’s Causeway secret doorway caught on camera
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Bringing Irish ancestors' stories home and connecting with the past
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Extraordinary 8-year-old boy plays GAA after losing legs and fingers on right hand
Travel tips for Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital city
PODCAST: Horror story of 796 babies found in Tuam mass grave unraveled
How Queen’s University Belfast is looking to the future and giving back
Why were horse skulls buried under floors in great houses of Ireland?
Did Ireland’s ancient August Lughnasa games influence the Olympics?
and a treat...
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* GENERAL INTEREST
Paddy Waldron's talk at Cooraclare 1916 Commemoration
The Haunting Poem That Is The Silent Face Of Drought | ten daily
Old shops of Sydney Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)
GSV wins 2018 Nick Vine Hall Award for best family history journal – Family History Matters at GSV (Genealogical Society Victoria, Au)
Family reunited with lost portrait found 1,000 miles away - BBC News
Census / Musters Guide | NSW State Archives
Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross news.com.au
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100 years after the battle of Amiens, a poignant reminder | World news | The Guardian
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National Family History Events in Geelong Susie Zada
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STOP APOLOGIZING AND BEING SMALL - Cresting The Hill Leanne
Tin Town: a forgotten shanty town in country New South Wales - ABC News
'Eora fisherwomen' Dictionary of Sydney
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Volunteers spiffing up poorhouse cemetery grounds | Local News |
Veteran cemeteries in North Carolina: Space limited for Raleigh vet | The Herald Sun lockportjournal.com
An open grave in Charleston speaks to broader problems of neglected cemeteries |postandcourier.com
A coral reef cemetery is home to life in the afterlife - ABC News
Stolen headstones from 5 cemeteries believed to be in Blackstone | WTVR.com
Levashovo Memorial Cemetery – Levashovo, Russia - Atlas Obscura
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The Oldest Kuznicki Jamie Gates Quaker Roots Road Trip Jamie Gates
'Historic Sydenham pub gutted by fire' Dictionary of Sydney
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Dreaming of an “Irish Tet Offensive”: Irish Republican prisoners and the origins of the Peace Process The Irish Story
Rosina Becker do Valle Claudia
This Week’s Second-hand Book Buys HistorianRuby
Anglo-Celtic Connections
TheGenealogist adds North London 1910 Lloyd George Domesday Records
Book: The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide
Toronto History Lecture Irish Diaspora Histories Network
Obituary Daily Times FreeBMD August Update Sunday Sundries
Genealogy help in Ottawa Colonel By Day Orange Order Lodges of the Outaouais
Recent Genealogy Acquisitions by the Ottawa Public Library
Norfolk Island.. Cathy Dunn
NorfolkIsland History Lovers Tour: Foundation Week March 2019 or on Facebook
Aust. History Research..
Colonial Crime and Sentences
Convicts who joined the NSW Corps
St Johns Parramatta Burials
City of Edinburgh from Norfolk Island to Derwent, VDL Sept 1808
History of Batemans Bay Region
Atlas Obscura
Your Feet Could Be Harming Historic Buildings In Early Maps of Virginia, West Was at the Top
World's First Underwater Farm A Royal Hill Fort in India Neanderthal Discovery
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The Titanic Wreck Will Disappear A Golden Sandcastle in India
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Cairns Family History newsletter Includes free events, Open Day, Drop in Gnealogy Clinic
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How to Locate Any Offline Genealogy Record Collection in 1 Minute
Absolutely Free Genealogy Research Sites for Every Single U.S. State
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Remains of Tuskegee Airman Found in Austria
New Virginia Monument Will Pay Tribute to Hundreds of Historic Women
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Have Researchers Unraveled the Six-Decade Mystery of a Kansas Museum Portrait?
The Prince Who Preordered Jane Austen’s First Novel
Australian War Memorial
Battle of Long Tan and the Long Tan Cross
The battle of Long Tan: unravelling the riddles by Ashley Ekins, Head of Military History, 3 pm Friday 17 August 2018
Wartime 83 out now Remembering William Allan Irwin
PLEASE NOTE..
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Library and Archives Canada announced it completed the digitization of 620,000 World War I personnel files—30 million images-- marking Canada’s 100 days. August 8, 1918 is known as the beginning of Canada’s 100 days, “when the Canadian Corps spearheaded attacks that became known as the Battle of Amiens, a major turning point that led to victory in the Great War and the Armistice of November 11”. This marks the centennial of the end of the first World War. To read more about this see: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2018/First-World-War-database-completed.aspx.
Included in the database are files of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)—Soldiers, Nurses and Chaplains; non-permanent active militia files, Imperial War Service Gratuity Files and more.
To search the personnel records go to: https://tinyurl.com/lpn2pql
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Digitizing the First World war personnel records is the largest project to date, undertaken by the Library and Archives Canada.
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ReplyDeleteJenny, what a great description..was he a cabinet maker or furniture finisher? Or perhaps someone who just loved wood... Thank you for sharing your memory.
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