Friday, August 21, 2020

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 21st Aug 2020







Edwin Stockqueler (1829-1900) - Public DomaiAn Australian Gold Diggings, oil on canvas



* GENERAL INTEREST

The National Archives UK newsletter    incl.  Explore VJ Day 75.     Read the blog 

Online events.. 




Stories of our town that dig beneath Newcastle cliches newcastleherald.com.au thanks Jill Ball

FIND MY PAST





ANGLO-CELTIC CONNECTIONS


Go Get Gazette Gold    New at PANB (Provincial Archives New Brunswick)



Billion Graves



ATLAS OBSCURA







Online Historical Cookbooks   World's End Close     Freehand Cartography

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft    Two-Headed Calf   Hōryū-ji Japan. oldest wooden structures


OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY


FAMILY SEARCH BLOG

Eltham District Historical Society Inc. Honour Roll



Please note.. to see the rest in the HONOUR ROLL, go to one of the links above and scroll through. Each comes with a story. We thank all who served.


JSTOR Daily



Ireland Newsletter  incl. some great stories, plus from last edition .. 

Irish Lake Monsters by Shaun Ivory     'The Portlaoise Plane' by Joe Rogers   



ALWAYS INTERESTING

jenealogyscrapbook


CLOGS AND CLIPPERS


The Gentle Author




Claudia


The Legal Genealogist

Deb's World


Brotmanblog: A Family Journey



allenrizzi


Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage


Genea-Musings


Social Bridge

The most amazing thing Michael Collins ever said

WATCH: When a Co Kerry parish introduced a tax on cows in 1962

Famous famine letter once owned by Rita Hayworth's family returns to Skibbereen

Ireland's first poet president - Douglas Hyde

230-year-old staircase uncovered at Cork’s Spike Island Prison is "like something out of Harry Potter"

Stunning series documents the lives of Irish Traveller children 

Horrific tale of a Mayo village's death during the Great Famine

50 beautiful Irish girls names and their meanings

Maureen O’Hara's Cork home where she spent her last years in Ireland

WATCH: Amazing footage of a cow swimming at a beach in Co Donegal

The Belfast doctor who kept Irish language diaries at a Japanese PoW camp

Ireland to have its first Halloween full moon in 20 years

Mysterious history of Skellig Michael, ancient Irish island in 'Star Wars'

In praise of Helen Cullen's new novel "The Dazzling Truth" 

Belfast, Dublin accents among the most difficult for smart home speakers to understand

New project seeks to determine what Early Irish sounded like

Celebrity chef’s Irish seaside home is for sale and it’s a showstopper

Dreaming of Ireland in steaming New York 

Our favorite Irish potato recipes for National Potato Day!

Weather advisories and Potato Blight warning issued in Ireland ahead of Storm Ellen

Ten must-see museums in Ireland

St. James’s Hospital Dublin's history as a workhouse for destitute beggars



* INTERESTING BLOGS

Dancing for Joy on VP Day Geniaus


Your Favorite Opening Sentence Humouring The Goddess


Blogging through the Pandemic Social Bridge

Hip hip hooray, it’s Dottie’s first birthday! – Deb's World


It started with poor Kitty cassmob

Creativity Starts in the Evening humouring the goddess



Reviews


Theresa Smith


#MWFDIGITAL: How Crises Shape Literature


#MWFDIGITAL: An Evening with Elizabeth Strout


Book Review: The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde


Book Review: Punch & Judy – A Poetry Collection by Kelly Van Nelson

Book Review: Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery


Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah


The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy


Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola May Goldberg


Podcast: The Bluffs Author Kyle Perry Talks About the Effects of Social Media



Allen & Unwin

The Last Lions of Africa  Anthony Ham



Public Enemies  Mark Dapin

Friday on My Mind  Jeff Apter

Bush School Peter O'Brien

Traitors and Spies  John Fahey

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

Friday Fossicking 14th Aug 2020, Hampshire BDMS, Paste Eater's Grave, News Junkies 18C, US passport records, Irish brogue, search for great hunger bride orphans, daddy longlegs myth, researching Catholic ancestors, boat broom closet, deep sea nuclear legacy, informative book reviews, convict priests and lots more… Be sure to read the “Interesting Blogs”.. some great stories there this week.
Feel free to share… the title is the link..

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2020/08/friday-fossicking-14th-aug-2020.html

Headlines Of Old

Unclaimed letters Nov 1848, Issue 5,  
alias, relationships..., some with occupations, thousands of names, Trove Tuesday 18th Aug 2020… Take these as hints as to where your ancestors once were thought to be…Though listed in NSW, the letters were addressed to many other places…
The answer to the question so many ask is ‘Sorry, no these letters are no longer accessible.. worst luck.’
Feel free to share… the link is the title…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2020/08/unclaimed-letters-nov1848-issue-5-18th.html

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.

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