FRIDAY FOSSICKING 5th Feb 2021

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

* GENERAL INTEREST

National Archives newsletter incl.  The strange case of the accidental death on the Midland Railway     Top Level Tips: Records of railway workers 13 February | 10:00   

Ministers Martin and Humphreys announce release of more historic records online     Gov.ie

Cameras show feral mice are not eating pelican chicks despite rangers' fears ABC News

Australian War memorial newsletter incl. Love & War, "He is always in my heart" ....Shop clearance online some great offers.

Self-soothe with this video of a 120-year-old book of fairy tales being restored. ‹ Literary Hub

IrishGenealogyNews: Digitisation of Church of Ireland Gazette completes

Sites to explore..

England, Scotland & Wales: latest genealogy updates Claire Santry

Genealogy in the Media: News, Radio ... - Cyndi's List

Irish Genealogy i.e.

Gould Genealogy Australia

Trove - National Library of Australia

Researching your family   National Archives Australia

National Archives USA

Library and Archives Canada  Genealogy & Family History

Wanderlust Twins  images    Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah  

Forest Path, Ukraine   Bridge Silhouette, Prague, Czech Republic, 

Riverside Dining, Burgundy, France,  Autumn, 

Architectural details inside Casa Sayrach, designed by Manuel Sayrach y Carreras in Barcelona, Spain

Ooidonk Castle in Deinze, Belgium  

Jotunheimen, Norway Sindre Sorhus

The towers of Dresden in Saxony, Germany

Outback Family History

Off to the Boer War:  Jim Keen – those who blazed the tracks  

The Lonely Ghost by Evelyn Cull   Five Little Graves -grave tales

Red Flannel Joe- pioneer profile

Family Search Blog

Irish Legends You’ve Never Heard   

Will Hopoate: RootsTech Connect 2021 Keynote Speaker  

A Look at Irish Culture and Traditions

World Famous Soccer Player Tita to Share His Story at RootsTech Connect

RootsTech Connect 2021 Presents Bruna Benites

RootsTech Connect Presents bless4 as Keynote Speakers and Performers

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at RootsTech Connect 2021

UVU President Astrid Tuminez a Featured Keynote at RootsTech Connect 2021

RootsTech 2021 Presents Nick Barratt

Monthly Record Update for January 2021

Anglo-Celtic Connection

Sharing Your Family History Online     Sunday Sundries

Newstand Genealogy Magazines now FREE on Overdrive and Libby

Who Do You Think Are The Top Tweeters?    

Internet Genealogy: Feb-Mar 2021  

Kent Manorial Documents Register 

This Week's Online Genealogy Events

Atlas Obscura

Whaleship Art      Tonka Fever     Picnicking in Cemeteries   

Apartment of Socialist Life Bulgaria  Berezovsky Mammoth Russia

Benwell Roman Temple on Hadrian’s Wall  Mardi Gras ‘House Floats’

Reconstructing a Pompeiian Pub Menu New York Federal Gold Vault

Drones and Space Exploration  Why Are The Killer Whales Dying?

Indian Railway Fans  The Labyrinth Mosaic and Halls Hill Lookout

The ‘Brandy Belt’  The Soviet View of Outer Space Giant Spider Crab

Medieval Plague Badges  A Controversial Coach  

Clachan Bridge Scotland  Retired Tube Trains    

The Welcome Stranger Monument Aus. 

The Dark History of Human Skin Books Precariously Balanced Rocks

ALWAYS INTERESTING

The Gentle Author

Jill Green, Designer & Maker   Postcards From Petticoat Lane  

Lawrence Gowing’s Departure From Mare St 

Alf Rubinstein, The Purse King  A Brief History Of Coborn Street

Derek Brook’s East End

The Legal Genealogist

Falling off the edge   Finding Margaret’s mother: the end

On beyond great and grand    A matter of genearosity

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

The Drey Family: More Cousins, More Small World Connections, More Photographs

Two Cousins Whose Lives Tell the Overall Story of the Goldschmidts

The Irish Story

Lord George Hill, Improving landlord or cruel ‘Lord of the Soil’?

Making Ancestors Interesting

Brick Water Tower - A Landmark of Numurkah

Historical Ragbag

Book Review: Vida: A woman for our time by Jacquline Kent

Genea-Musings

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 29 January 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Best Summer Vacation as a Kid

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 24 to 30 January 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Humouring the Goddess

Atmospheric Art is an Art    Amazed by Card Makers! 

Bright Colorful Paintings Make Me Smile   Michelle Kingdom  

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Norman Lewis    Nancy Cain

Stair na hÉireann

#OTD in 1881 – Anna Parnell, younger sister of Irish Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, sets up the Committee of the Ladies’ Land League in Dublin.

Social Bridge

W.B. Yeats   Solutions  Another World  Happiness is …

R.I.P. Sir Captain Tom

Lonetester HQ

Australia Day Blog Challenge: Climbing Your Family’s Gum Tree

History Geek

2021 Historical Anniversaries

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Creating a Wildlife Pond

allenrizzi

Pocahontas

The Frugal Family Historian

What's The Truth? Inaccuracies in records and how to spot them

Tracing Family Branches

New certificate, new leads!

* IRISH CENTRAL

We can't wait to indulge our senses again in Ireland when the time is right

Gardaí filmed practicing dance choreography ahead of virtual dance-off

This Irishman rescued 3 foxes and now they won’t leave his side

Dublin Holocaust survivor lost 35 family members in World War II

The Celtic and Catholic traditions of St. Brigid and her cross

Irish Consulate urges American Irish Historical Society to reconsider sale of NYC HQ

20 classic Irish books that everyone should read (easier if you use the Reader option)

Bernie Sanders goes on a grand tour of Ireland thanks to viral meme

Irish folk medicine could play huge role in future medicine, study says

Heartbreaking and beautiful story of why a Wexford family are raffling off their home

An Cailleach - the Irish goddess of the winter and following her trail in Ireland

Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivors, adoptees wanted for new documentary

The best Irish movies of all time

Relishing Mná na hÉireann by Kate Bush for St. Brigid's Day

Everything you need to know about St. Brigid, Ireland's female patron saint

IrishCentral’s Book of the Month: “Nora” by Nuala O’Connor

The chilling story behind one of Ireland's most haunted houses

11 Irish films now available online as part of Galway Film Fleadh’s ‘Solstice’

Irish police smash viral #JerusalemaChallenge in new dance video

James Joyce - remembering the great Irish writer on his birthday

Proud Irish "Singing in the Rain" star, Gene Kelly remembered on his anniversary

Maureen O'Hara's among Irish birth, marriage and deaths records released

Pure escapism! The best Irish movies to watch right now

Five Irish love stories that changed history

Here are the Irish nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes

* INTERESTING BLOGS

January 29th, 1921-2021 SOCIAL BRIDGE  .. Jean Tubridy

Senior Lives Matter Too     allenrizzi

Jugiong Catholic Cemetery  Tracing Family Branches

Virtual Bookshelves for Genealogy     Carmel's Corner

Reviews

Theresa Smith

A Month of Reading: January  

Book Review: The Truth & Addy Loest by Kim Kelly

Book Review: The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous

Book Review: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Better Reading

Book of the Week: Sargasso by Kathy George     READ MORE

The Moroccan Daughter by Deborah Rodriguez     READ MORE

You've Got to be Kidding by Todd Alexander    READ MORE

The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart     READ MORE

The Shadow Man Helen Fields   READ MORE

Podcast: Kate Elizabeth Russell on the Sometimes Fine Line Between Coercion and Seduction

Podcast: Mary Li on Her Love for Her Family and How it Changed Her Career

Penguin Books Australia newsletter

Incredible Debut Voices incl.  The Silent Listener Lyn Yeowart

Fragile Monsters Catherine Menon  The Mad Women's Ball  Victoria Mas

and from my blogs...

That Moment In Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 29th Jan 2021, cemetery birdwatchers, White House secrets, hole in the wall hideout (Butch Cassidy plus), After the Holocaust, Welsh Castles, FREE Scottish resources, boredom busters, newsletters, book reviews, newspapers to come and much more..

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https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/01/friday-fossicking-29th-jan-2021.html

Headlines of Old 

UNCLAIMED LETTERS ISSUE 8 ..  Trove Tuesday 2nd Feb 2021, 

Numerous names… please note that these letters are no longer available. These lists are posted as a suggestion to researchers that it may be worthwhile looking in the area that the letters were addressed to if you see a familiar name. Do note that there may be different spellings of names…still worth looking if it is similar.

Feel free to share… the title is the link…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/02/unclaimed-letters-issue-8-trove-tuesday.html

Stay safe and well.
This will pass.