Friday, May 28, 2021

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 28TH MAY 2021


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

* GENERAL INTEREST 

John Grenham: A cautionary tale

I Love Bello Shire newsletter incl.   Suggested Holiday Itineraries plus as below... details in newsletter

* Do You Want To Get Involved In Saving Bellingen Hospital?




GeneaDictionary Geneabodies 








Free Databases  New South Wales Genealogy and Family History

Biographical Database Aust. Convict records

Genealogical Soc. of Qld  (GSQ)....

Celebrations of Space: the Irish History and Society series



Outback Family History










Find My Past

Scotland, Modern and Civil Births 1855-2019      

Scotland, Modern and Civil Marriages 1855-2019

Scotland, Modern and Civil Deaths & Burials 1855-2021

Search all newspapers     Scottish genealogy explained

Explore exclusive records  Trace highland heritage

Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards

British Army Service Records     Poignant World War 2 diaries

Norfolk, Churchyard Graves and Memorials Image Browse

Anglo-Celtic Connections

How to Find Kingston-Frontenac Newspapers   

Military Monday: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart

Irish Heritage Destruction     Great Canadian Genealogy Blogs

Sunday Sundries 1 Sunday Sundries 2

OGS 2020 in Review    BIFHSGO 2020 in Review   Military Monday

JStor Daily

When the Push Button Was New, People Were Freaked     

What Is Jazz Poetry?    Which Flowers Bloom First and Why?

Wait, There's Noise Pollution at the Bottom of the Ocean?

Who Killed the Recumbent Bicycle? 

Atlas Obscura

A Changing ‘Lunar Landscape’   Ancient Toilet Revelations

The Gates of Hell Turkmenistan    Poignant Architecture  Cambodia

Steelcase Pyramid   Mojave Megaphone  9 Off-Limit D.C. Places

The Mystery of Shackleton’s Illness   A Hotel’s Secret Entrance NY

The History of Long Pepper  Irish Sky Garden   Rent for the Queen

A Cake Fit for a Saint   Action-Packed Afterlife  Home Sweet Home

Disgusting Food Museum  Cracking Letterlocking 

Egyptian Egg Ovens  Caroline Cutter Headstone    Bolton Strid

Smithsonian

The True History Behind Amazon Prime's 'Underground Railroad'

What Caused the Roaring Twenties? Not the End of a Pandemic (Probably)

Irish Farmer Stumbles Onto 'Untouched' Ancient Tomb

Wartime Knitting Spies   Library Bats

Swedish Man Finds Trove of Bronze Age Treasures Hidden in Plain Sight

Egyptian Archaeologists Accidentally Discover 250 Ancient, Rock-Cut Tombs

Melting Glacier in the Italian Alps Reveals Trove of World War I Artifacts

Family Search Blog

Celebrating Japan and Its Heritage 

New Library Lookup Service—For When You Can’t Visit the Family History Library

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Too many blogs over the last weeks to list all individual posts, instead I will list just one of each..enjoy!

allenrizzi

The Library At Alexandria

Humouring the Goddess

Spring Morning Sounds

The Gentle Author

So Long, Kitty Jennings

The Legal Genealogist

Remembering Sherman

Branches On Our Haimowitz Family Tree

Freda Hyamovitch/Hyams 1919 – 1994 and Her Mystery Aunt

Geniaus

Real People at Last

Genea-Musings

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Many Trees or Bushes Are in Your Family Tree Database?

Stair na hÉireann  

Book of Aicill

Social Bridge

A Ditch in Time

The Irish Story

‘An unnecessary number of graves?’ – The road to the Truce of July 1921

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Posh ladies


* IRISH CENTRAL

Second best? Some lesser-known top destinations in Ireland

This Irish castle has been named among the most beautiful on Earth

It's Leprechaun Day! Here are some fun facts about the legendary Irish little people (May 13th)

Irish amateur archeologists discover Cairn using Google Earth

WATCH: An Irish immigrant tale as told in a 1912 short film

Free entry to Irish heritage sites for the rest of the year

New series will tell the story of Irish immigrants who built the Empire State Building

What are the top Irish history books for children? 

The green mountains of Sligo and Leitrim will replenish your soul and refill your imagination

WATCH: An exclusive clip from the new Irish romantic comedy Finding You

WATCH: Michael Flatley who? 63-year-old shows off the "fastest reel in the west"

How to find out where your ancestors lived in Ireland

Life-changing music: Story of an Irish cellist from the West of Ireland

WATCH: Adorable pup caught flocking around with sheep in Co Kerry

Fascinating facts about County Mayo

The Boyne Valley: travel through Ireland's ancient mysteries

The top five places to visit in County Monaghan

The haunted castles of County Offaly

Happy 80th Birthday Bob Dylan! The music icon massively influenced by Ireland’s Clancy Brothers

Do you know who invented St. Patrick's Day? Not many people do

Tap dance vs Irish dance, the great dance-off begins


Reviews

Theresa Smith

The Week That Was… Wk1

Book Review: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Book Review: All We Dream by Pamela Cook

Book Review: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

The Week That Was… Wk2


Better Reading

Announcing the 2021 Better Reading Top 100

Book of the Week: The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary  READ MORE

Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles  READ MORE

 Debesa by Cindy Solonec    READ MORE

Her Last Holiday by C.L. Taylor    READ MORE

Click here to download the Top 100 checklist

Podcast: Nikki Gemmell on Writing About Australia’s Dark History

Podcast: Adam Thompson on Aboriginal Heritage, Muttonbirding and Storytelling

Unsheltered by Clare Moleta  READ MORE

Legacy by Nora Roberts      READ MORE

Good Indian Daughter by Ruhi Lee     READ MORE

Podcast: Christina Sweeney-Baird on Imagining a Man-Killing Virus for The End of Men… Before COVID-19

Podcast: Reverend Bill Crews on Twelve Practical Life Lessons for the Secular and Spiritual Alike

Allen & Unwin

The Kindness Revolution Hugh Mackay

Fury Kathryn Heyman

Semi-Gloss Justine Cullen


and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 14th May 2021, horseback librarians, Highgate cemetery, octopus tree, Passenger lists, ghosts of Irish-Australia, Ireland's 9,000 yr old grave, “The Shamrock Children”, 

Lesson 6 ..FREE Family History Mini Class, A Beloved Son-Calder Family Story, Victorian Knitting Manuals, the woman who fought as a man, animated Riverdance, Tolstoy ghosted his wife, reviews and hints re research…and a whole lot more…

Feel free to share… the title is the link.


Friday Fossicking is taking a break… it will return on May 28th.


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/05/friday-fossicking-14th-may-2021.html

No Friday Fossicking 21st May, 2021

Headlines of Old


FEMALE CONVICTS   Trove Tuesday 18th May 2021, conditions of work, absconded females and males, rules for female convicts, some given tickets of leave, such a hard life…

Feel free to share.. the title is the link.

Please note: Trove Tuesday is taking a short break.. it will return on Jun 1.


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/05/female-convicts-trove-tuesday-18th-may.html

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.




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