FRIDAY FOSSICKING 7th May 2021

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

* GENERAL INTEREST

Convict slang manuscript, dubbed Australia's 'first dictionary', offers insight into colonial Tasmania - ABC News

Life Onboard Prison Hulks | The British Newspaper Archive Blog

The National Archives UK.. newsletter incl. Discover the Old Bailey

Blog: Death, the doctor and the detective writer  Trace your criminal ancestors

Five facts about Prince Albert  British Heritage Travel

Earl Grey’s Irish Famine orphans: (76) Redefining the task | trevo's Irish famine orphans... What would you suggest?

Happening upon history: Brainerd WWII vet's dog tag found in Northern Ireland Brainerd Dispatch

Brisbane things to do: Five of the coolest islands most visitors miss

Netherlands unveils home 3D printed with concrete, and it wants to use the technology to house its growing population - ABC News Thanks to Alona Tester

Cairns Family History newsletter 

I Love Bello Shire newsletter incl. 

Celebrating Art - Bellingen Show '21

Dorrigo Anzac Day '21- Lest We Forget 

Australian War Memorial newsletter incl. International Nurses's Day

National Archives of Australia newsletter incl.    Spy: espionage in Australia | Albany      Petitions in the National Archives |Adelaide

National Archives director David Fricker dreams of major national site to safeguard Australia’s memories

IGP County Clare Genealogy Archives - Genealogy Records Free

How to Use The Periodical Source Index (PERSI) for Genealogy Research 

Enrolled Pensioner Force Western Australia Thanks Debbie Miles

Orange City Council NSW newsletter incl.  

Future Lake Canobolas?   Have your say  Video: Bike trails 

Artificial hollows ..homes for wildlife..Find out what is being done

Wanderlust Twins   View from Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania

by chylle on Flickr.Mount Pinatubo Crater Lake – Luzon Island, Philippines.

Giant snow walls on Hakkoda Walk, Japan

The tallest tree house in British Columbia near Revelstoke,Canada

Il Ristorante Il San Pietro, Positano

Outback Family History

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 2nd May 2021   

Simon Rose Fraser – grave tales Uncle Jack – a tree to remember him

Turning the Sod    The Amazing Escapades of Margaret Bale part 2

Anglo-Celtic Connections

S.S. Nerissa, the Final Crossing        

British Newspaper Archive April Additions

Your Genealogy Today May/June 2021

Deceased Online now has Brookwood Cemetery Records

Killed in Action Canada Refuses to Acknowledge

Military Monday: Birth of SWW Killed in Action

Digital Historic Parish Boundary Dataset for England Free to Use.

Find My Past

Monmouthshire Parish Records     Glamorganshire Parish Records

Search all newspapers    Read our guide Welsh family story

Welsh parish record collection online   The power of the past

Discover the origins Welsh surnames

Atlas Obscura

A Zombie Fire   Abandoned Skate Park    Giant Cloud Rats      

Al Capone Cherry Tree   Photographing Birds in Flight     

St. Bernadette of Lourdes   Train Painting   Ice Insulation

The Explorer’s Guide to L.A. Neighborhoods   Tainted Treasures

The Hoax of Rabbit Births     Forgotten Greece    Tiny Owls Await

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages   A Silent Film Landmark

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room  Saving Ancient Olive Trees

Glasgow Sherbet Factory Ruins    The Dangers of Train Yards

Holy Kipinas Monastery  Greece   Inside an Amber Mine

Dripstone Wall Czechia    Historic Coffee Jelly Glass Eel Survival

Personal Ads And The American West   The Pickle Jar Highway

Viking Lore Galore The Home Alone House Grave of the Unknown Man

JSTOR Daily

The Tragicomedy of Johanna the Super Whale     

British War Poet Edward Thomas

Eighteenth-Century Spies in the European Silk Industry      

The Haiku of Richard Wright

Family Search Blog

All About Japanese Fashion and Clothing 

Monthly Record Update for April 2021

Smithsonian

Men Have Feared Women for Millennia. Just Look at the Monsters of Greek Mythology

Why Egypt Paraded 22 Ancient Pharaohs Through the Streets of Cairo

Whale Wax Helps Scholars Solve Mystery of Supposed Leonardo da Vinci Sculpture

Did Shakespeare Base His Masterpieces on Works by an Obscure Elizabethan Playwright?

Virtual Tour Restores Baalbek's Stunning Roman Temples to Their Former Glory

These Are the Winners of Smithsonian Magazine's 18th Annual Photo Contest

What I Learned Biking the 10,000-Mile Migration Route of Monarch Butterflies

Pottery Shard May Be 'Missing Link' in the Alphabet's Development

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Humoring the Goddess

Faerie Paths — Forest     New Way of Camping   Brian Froud  

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Antoni Gaudi  Splashes

Faerie Paths — Optical Illusions  

Sunday Evening Art Gallery (midweek) — The Mountains

allenrizzi

So You Want To Be A Songwriter?   Singing 

How Many Languages Do You Speak?

Which Songs Have Influenced You The Most?

The Gentle Author

Jeffrey Johnson’s Favourite Spots  James Boswell’s East End    

Roland Collins’ East End  How Old Is The Bethnal Green Mulberry ?

The High Days & Holidays Of Old London  Bluebells At Bow

Bethnal Green Mulberry At The High Court

Making Ancestors Interesting  

Numurkah Pubs

                                                   

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

My Cousins Julius Goldfarb and Ida Hecht: Lives Well Lived

The Legal Genealogist

About that swiped photograph…     Call for comments

Textile Ranger

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer  The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day 14 — Color Theory

The Empire Called and I Answered

Letters to Lily Vale

Tracing Family Branches

Jinx (25/12/2007-29/4/2021) 

Genea Musings

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 30 April 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Are Your Top Autosomal DNA Matches in Your Tree?

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 25 April to 1 May 2021

Researcher Beware - Sometimes the AncestryDNA ThruLines Are Wrong

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Secrets of Preston: Conway Park

Social Bridge

A Tipperary Carpet

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

#OTD in 1957 – Death of Irish patriot, Fr. Aloysius Roche.

The Irish Story

Podcast: Cormac Moore on the Partition of Ireland

Liz Gauffreau

#Bookreview: Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni

A-Z Challenge

Family History Across the Seas

Zucchini, Za’atar and ZigZag fruit

GeniAus

2021 #AtoZChallenge Y is for ...Your ancestors in their social context

2021 #AtoZChallenge Z is for ...Zap the Grandma Gap

Carmel's Corner

Zeroing in - AJCP

Family Tree Frog

Y is forYouTube #AtoZchallenge

Z is for Zoom #AtoZchallenge

These are the final posts for the A-Z challenge from the above four bloggers..amazing, well crafted posts.. thank you all.

If you have enjoyed their work, do take a few minutes to make a comment and subscribe to their posts if you haven't already.

* IRISH CENTRAL

WATCH: President of Ireland’s precious pup steals the spotlight, again!

Cork teen hero saved his father’s life in near-fatal farming tractor accident 

WATCH: Amazing color footage of life in Killarney 75 years ago

Vandalism of 5,000-year-old tomb in Ireland cannot be repaired 

UPDATE: Second ancient logboat uncovered in the River Boyne using drone

On this day: Riverdance debuts at the Eurovision Song Contest

Dingle's Féile na Bealtaine gets creative in bringing people together 

TUNE IN: Dropkick Murphys album release live stream party tonight!

This Irish man swapped city life for a haunted cottage on a remote Irish island

Interesting facts about County Antrim    

Irish words and slang to learn before you visit Ireland

The eight sacred Celtic holidays of the year

German airman who crash-landed during WWII and fell in love with an Irish woman

County Armagh 'road-bowling' is a quintessential summer tradition

The top five tourist attractions in County Armagh

On this day: Charles Stewart Parnell released from prison under Kilmainham Treaty

New Irish whiskey is the first to be matured at sea

Top five tourist attractions in County Carlow

Exploring all of Co Waterford and its Viking past

Update: THIRD ancient logboat uncovered in the River Boyne using drone

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

The top five places to visit in County Cavan

Irish pubs dont get better! 1979 footage of storytelling and song in Clare

WATCH: Mind-blowing aerial footage of dolphins playing with kayakers in Co Cork

The top five tourist attractions in County Clare

* INTERESTING BLOGS

A Royal Mishap Jess Barratt

Free Family History Mini-Class 2021 : Lesson 5 (all lessons can be found Alison's site) The Frugal Family Historian

Reflections on A to Z 2021     cassmob

Reviews

Theresa Smith

The Week That Was…

Book Review: Alchemy and Rose by Sarah Maine

A Month of Reading: April

Book Review: The Dressmaker by Posie Graeme-Evans

Book Review: The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer

Better Reading

Dear Mum by Samuel Johnson OAM     READ MORE

My Daughter's Wedding by Gretel Killeen     READ MORE

A Week to Remember by Esther Campion      READ MORE

While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart          READ MORE

The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer      READ MORE

How to Mend a Broken Heart by Rachael Johns     READ MORE

The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff       READ MORE

The Favour by Rebecca Freeborn    READ MORE

Lovebirds by Amanda Hampson   READ MORE

The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffé  READ MORE

Podcast: George Saunders on How Writing Can Fundamentally Change Someone

Podcast: Lisa Harding on Growing Up Around Addiction and the Power of Escapism

Penguin Books

Project Hail Mary   Andy Weir  START READING PROJECT HAIL MARY

Faking It   Kyle Mewburn

Acts of Desperation    Megan Nolan

Like Mother  Cassandra Austin

Sunflower Sisters    Martha Hall Kelly

Great Circle  Maggie Shipstead

Earn at Home Fun...   Jody Allen   READ ARTICLE

Allen & Unwin

"Congratulations to The Australian/Vogel's winner for 2021, Emma Batchelor. Now That I See You " (extract)

Before You Knew My Name.. Jacqueline Bublitz

Take Me Home  Karly Lane       Second Place  Rachel Cusk

The House Uptown   Melissa Ginsburg

and from my blogs..

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING  30th April, 2021, National Archives funding problems, National Library Australia for family history, Greek villager saved by the ANZACS,  free mini family history mini class no. 4, lots of great stories, 5,000 year old energy bar, the tomb of Maid Marian, 105 yr old time capsule, ANZAC forces ..connections to Northern Ireland, decoding Inca knots, more from the A-Z challenge, returned soldiers’ personal cards, links re convict records…and so much more..

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

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/04/friday-fossicking-30th-april-2021.html

HEADLINES OF OLD

CONVICT PARDONS..Trove Tuesday 4th May 2021, name of convict, ship of arrival, and number of voyage of that ship.. 

Conditions of pardons, changing rules..and varied grades of pardons..

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

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/05/convict-pardonstrove-tuesday-4th-may.html

AS THEY WERE

ADDITIONS to IGP Archives April 2021

Clare, Fermanagh, Galway, Kilkenny,Tipperary, headstones and family history 

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2021/05/additions-to-igp-archives-april-2021.html

Stay safe and well.
This will pass.