FRIDAY FOSSICKING 14TH DEC 2018

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

                                                                


J. Miller MARSHALL (22 November 1858 - 12-Jun-1935)
died in Minehead, England. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

* GENERAL INTEREST

Hopkinton Public Library to host Ipswich author  Wicked Local

Sandy Island: The ‘phantom’ island off Australia that disappeared in 2012

End of year in Western Australia 

Can you find your home on the Corley Explorer? | John Oxley Library

True Grit: the tale of a Queensland pioneer – Stories from the archives

Murder on Mt. Coot-Tha – Stories from the archives

Enrol Now for the UTAS “Convict Ancestors” Online Course

Newspapers and Family History @SLV | Yarra Plenty Regional Library

Pat Connors .. Connors Genealogy has lots to offer re Irish research and all FREE

The Deserted School Houses of Ireland Book by Enda O’Flaherty from The Collins Press – September 2018 | Disused School Houses

FREE   A History of Bacchus Marsh and it's Pioneers Thanks to TROVE and Karen King-Cain

Dictionary of Sydney Decorating the city

Michael in Ireland  

Eithne - Imprisoned by Balor of the Evil Eye      'Mullarkey Village' by Joe Mullarkey

'Ye're Glad I Came' by Mattie Lennon         More Funny Quotes from Ireland

Atlas Obscura

An Acci-Dental Discovery       Continents and Cosmos        Fairytale Castle   Mysterious Ruins

Meet the Gribbles      Corny Weather      Earthquake Ruins     First Museum in Morocco

Eels in Seals       Caves of Wonder     Spain's First 'Book Town'    One Humble Pot

Canada's Mystery Cave    Saved by Legend           Volcanic Ruins Philippines

Lutefisk Eulogy   Unfinished History Faroe Islands   Animal Orphanage  One Adaptable Park

Anglo-Celtic Connections

TheGenealogist adds Newgate Prison Records          Human Mortality Explorer

Library and Archives Canada News    Sunday Sundries       AncestryDNA Update

Heritage Ottawa Presentation: Tempting Values for Early Shoppers: The Birth of Ottawa's Department Stores

Overlooked Canadian Memory Institutions         Record Societies in England

Recovering the memory of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home children 

DNA from 10,000 year old chewing gums

Family Search Blog

Find People in the 1790 Census          How to Read a 1790 Census

Outback Family History

Shattered Ideals and Fractured Identities – Book launch

The Great Western Hotel – Coolgardie

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

Christmas Tree Party – by tony bozich

Find My Past

British Army, Honourable Artillery Company

Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Parish Baptisms 1538-1911

Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Parish Marriages 1538-1910

Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Parish Burials 1538-1911

Newspapers...

Enniscorthy Guardian 1889-2005               Kerryman  1904-2002

Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser             Manchester Evening News       The Bioscope

Smithsonian 

Seven Must-See New Museum Exhibits to Marvel at This Winter

Six Historic Trains That Embody the Holiday Spirit

History's Selfies: Looking at Artists Looking at Themselves

Step Into Claude Monet’s World With This Immersive VR Exploration of ‘Water Lilies’

Vanilla's First-Known Use Came 2,500 Years Earlier and Half a World From Where We Thought

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Has Gotten a Little Straighter 

The Scars of World War I

Did You Know?

Legacy Family Tree Webinars Adds Closed Captioning  Alona Tester

Library Ireland  a great site

Context is Key: Understanding the Record within the Record Collection   kindredpast

Context is Key: Know the Law!               kindredpast

FamilyHistory4u: WHY YOU SHOULD NOT MISS ROOTSTECH 2019  Sharn White

Why that adoption can't be found  The Legal Genealogist

Apply for a National Library Card       benefits of NLA Card



Always Interesting

Kissing Cousins: Betty and Jacob Goldschmidt, Married but Buried in Different Towns  

The Heartbreaking Story of Berthold Goldschmidt  Amy

King George V: the First Christmas Speech       Postcards: Jenny Nyström’s Christmas Art

The Queen of the Forest: the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree   HistorianRuby

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Five Ideas for Genealogy Christmas Gifts  Lorine McGinnis Schulze

At Gaetano Meo’s Grave  Last Orders At The Old Gun  the gentle author

Bull Run Battlefield Tour 2019  irishacw

The ScriBbleR  Stella Budrikis newsletter 

The Strange Case of Lord Massey and the Killakee shooting, July 1922.   The Irish Story

Christmas is Coming!  Claudia

* IRISH CENTRAL

Saoirse Ronan and Jimmy Fallon’s Irish up Christmas with a cover of “Fairytale of New York” 

Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920 

National Geographic has named this county as a ‘best trip’ for 2019 

Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher 

Major new ancient discovery as important as Stonehenge made thanks to Irish heatwave  

What are fairy forts? Why do they still exercise power over the Irish? 

Marking the Immaculate Conception - Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Ireland 

Remembering James Hoban, the Irishman who designed the White House 

Saoirse Ronan breaks new ground in "Mary Queen of Scots" 

RMS Lusitania wreck among 360 to be safeguarded around Ireland by 2026 

This Offaly pub’s Christmas advert will fill you with the holiday spirit 

Happy Birthday to legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan! 

Irish woman who married 300-year-old pirate ghost announces breakup    😱

Best old Irish Christmas adverts that will bring a tear to your eye 

Irish students singing Hallelujah in Irish is the most hauntingly beautiful thing  

Must-see Dublin tourist attractions for 2019 

Dublin-based doctors make worldwide breakthrough in epilepsy treatment 

Christmas comes early with this Irish castle up for grabs in Co. Cork 

Christmas Cooking Tips from chef Tony O’Reilly 

What are Ireland's most popular foods? Check out TasteAtlas to find out 

How to make homemade Irish cream 

Traditional Irish Christmas pudding with brandy butter recipe 

Traditional family Irish Christmas cake recipe 

* INTERESTING BLOGS

A New Home for Christmas        Janice & Joyce             Jamie Gates

Textile Highlights at Centre Charlemagne in Aachen  Textile Ranger

Before Bernadette: The Story of James Burke

The Science Museum: What’s in Their Shop this Christmas?  Historian Ruby

The National Archives: a Selection for On and Under Your Tree this Christmas Historian Ruby

Lilian's Tree  Lilian Magill

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Hello from the Gillespies by Monica McInerney

New Release Book Review: On the Same Page by Penelope Janu

Pre-Release Book Review: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

New Release Book Review: The Au Pair by Emma Rous

Behind the Pen with Isobel Blackthorn

New Release Book Review: Time is the Longest Distance by Janet Clare

The Irish Story

Book Review: Wolves of Eden  John Dorney reviewer

Better Reading

Lost Without You by Rachael Johns

Listen to the Bolinda audiobook for Lost Without You here 

The Widow of Ballarat by Darry Fraser

Listen to the Bolinda audio for The Widow of Ballarat here 

The True Story of Maddie Bright by Mary-Rose MacColl

For the Book Lover in Your Life: 20 Great Xmas Reads

Podcast: A Brilliant Career with Minette Walters




and from my blogs....

That Moment in Time

Bog bodies, more changes to BDMs, scanning apps, poorhouse ancestors, medieval murder map, DNA-you're the product, wild cards, CRS book launches, embarrassing moments, last man hanged in Ireland, locating original records when text only, fiction’s role in family history, a story of sanctuary, Britain - marriage licences, Scotland Roll of Honour 1914-1920, Dictionary of National Biography Britain, saved-25,000 books, Irish famine archive, Mexican underground railway, and the list continues…

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https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2018/12/friday-fossicking-30th-nov-7th-dec-2018.html

Headlines of Old

PERSONALS - 1883 - 1941 TROVE TUESDAY 11TH DEC. 2018, notices from various states/territories, BDMs, social news, business positions, sporting news, very personal comments, Irish citizens, clergy, emigration, holidays, latest events and so much more…can you find a connection?

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2018/12/personals-1883-1941-trove-tuesday-11th.html

Thank you for all the messages re the missed issue..

all is settling, so should be back on track now.