FRIDAY FOSSICKING 13 Aug 2021

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

* GENERAL INTEREST

NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH... AUGUST 2021 - BLOGGING CHALLENGE

There are so many who have accepted this challenge that it was necessary to give them their own page. Great stories, lots of history, some to laugh with, some to add to your knowledge..

It's not too late to join in Alex Daw's great challenge... just leave a link to your blog in comments on that page above and your details will be added to the list. There are no subject limit, just whatever you think may interest others. Why not share the fun?

Don't forget to try the quiz... you will find it here

Farewell Ray, and thank you | Forbes Advocate | Forbes, NSW

As world copper prices soar, graveyard thieves raid Northern Rivers cemeteries for plaques - ABC News

How the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board is recycling precious metals from the dead The West Australian

Brisbane teenager Ben Shaw's life was cut short but his legacy lives on - ABC News

Broadcaster's look to the past uncovers unlikely family war story The Irish Times

Living the Irish language the only way they know and love  The Irish Times

The Botanic Gardens and me: Conor Pope traces his family tree through the Gardens' history The Irish Times

National Archives UK newsletter incl. Accessible Archives, 

Using the census to trace deaf ancestors,   Archive Jigsaw: Big Ben

Using Genealogy to Uncover Irish Famine Immigrant Stories  Alexandria Living Magazine

WATCH NOW: Learn cupla focal as Gaeilge -- a couple of words in Irish -- during Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

County Clare History-Reidy Family Sue Macarthur read online

GSQ Blog     My ancestor’s folklores – true or false? Bev Murray

Qld Family History Society FREE.. (No login) here Join for much more

NSW State Archives        Full Probate Packet listing now online       

Wanderlust Twins

Ocean Cove, Krabi Province, Thailand  Hobbit House, New Zealand

Climbing on Svolvaergeita, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Capilano Lake, Canada Mohsen Kamalzadeh

The Great Wall at Badaling, north of Beijing, China

La Torre Vecchia in Gorgona Island, Italy

Tinteán Magazine The latest articles incl.

Assisted Irish Migrants to New South Wales in the 19th century

Why Do You Write in Irish?    The Magic of DNA: two stories   

Poems by Breda Joyce      New Irish Fiction

Find My Past

National School Admission Registers Halifax, Yorkshire

Staffordshire Parish Registers     Search all newspapers

Old school photos        Hilarious school test answers

Outback Family History

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 8 August 2021   

He Nearly ‘Did a Perish’ –   “Burly” McLean Drops in by John Gary

Red Flannel Joe –     Robbery Under Arms – by John Marshall

Anglo-Celtic Connections

CEF Beechwood: William Greaves Hooper    Sunday Sundries

Findmypast Subtracts Canadian and US Newspapers

Heron Road Bridge Collapse

Atlas Obscura

Unusual Earthquake Patterns     Remaking Iraqi Cinema   

Whalley Viaduct England  Matsuchiyama Shōden Japan  

Arrow Canyon  Nevada    Ancient Road Snacks

The Evil Dead Cabin   Tennessee     Boston Cooler Origins     

The Original ‘Meander'    Robert Johnson House Mississippi    

An Elite Galician Restaurant    Inaccessible Island   Tusayan Ruin     

Mysterious Street Snacks   ‘Hallucinogenic’ Medieval Fresco   

‘Toilet in Nature’  Japan   World’s Largest Cheese Slicer Sweden

Phrasebook to Comedy Sensation   Puna End of the Road  Rice Art

Crop Circle Gardens  Native American Peaches 

Happy Little Paintings    The Triadelphia Bell  Forest Furniture

Bay Ridge Gingerbread House   

Family Search Blog

Update to FamilySearch Blog

ALWAYS INTERESTING

The Legal Genealogist

Ancestry retreats     About those traits…   Snippets 2021 v.7

The Gentle Author

A Tourist In Whitechapel    At The Lutheran Church    

The Latin Market Is Saved     Gustave Doré’s East End

Old Mother Hubbard & Her Wonderful Dog Different

Harry The Pencil’s Clerkenwell Sketch Book

Where Handel & Hendrix Were Neighbours

Humoring the Goddess

Faerie Paths — Quest     Faerie Paths — Pink  Faerie Paths — Music

Not For Us to Understand … But to Help      Sapphire

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — May Parlar  Shayna Leib Patisserie

Ruby Silvious      Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Georgie Seccull

Genea-Musings

MyHeritage Improves their Online Family Tree

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Newspaper Headlines On Your Birth Date

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 31 July to 6 August 2021

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 1 to 7 August 2021

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 9 August 2021

jenealogyscrapbook

Things Are Looking Grim

allenrizzi

The Tired Dinosaur    High School   Cogito, Ergo Scribo

The Irish Story

The Time of the Tans: an oral history of the War of Independence in County Clare

The General Strike against Militarism, Ireland April 1922

Eltham District Historical Society

MysteryMonday: Main Road, shire of Eltham, 1973

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

Key Events in Irish History

The Frugal Family Historian

Upskilling for Genealogists

* IRISH CENTRAL

"Big scone hype" after Irish woman's inspiring Humans of New York story

WATCH: Recently discovered video of JFK in Ireland released

Most popular Irish folk songs of all time

Tips for your first conversation as Gaeilge: Our favorite Irish phrases 

Restore to Martin Sheridan the Olympic medals he earned

Irish academics launch 3D project to protect Ogham writing system

NFL's resident Irish dancer working hard to show off his steps this season

Irish boxer Kellie Harrington takes Olympic gold in Tokyo

Tributes paid to priest, bus driver killed in Cork road accident

Dublin family reunion after 54-year-old American woman discovers she's Irish

Beautiful Irish language terms of endearment for your sweetheart

Human happiness is a thing worth striving for, Felicity Hayes-McCoy's new book celebrates

Inishbofin Island, Cleggan, County Galway

Dublin cinema voted among the best in UK and Ireland

Should Hollywood star Robert Mitchum get a statue in Dingle?

Viral Irish dance star lands coveted role with Riverdance tour

Writing a book during lockdown - Stroke survivor overcomes the challenges

Artist's beautiful Irish language map of Ireland inspired by "Lord of the Rings"

Major Dr. Thomas Joseph Crean - Irish rugby legend and Victoria Cross recipient

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

When in St Albans… Do what the Romans do

Historical Ratbag

Matilda of England: A question of perspective: Part One.

Humoring the Goddess

Listening to the Rain

allenrizzi

Coping With The Six Letter Word – Cancer

Pauline Connolly

WOODCHOPPING CHALLENGE 1903

Reviews

Theresa Smith

The Week That Was…

Book Review: Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins)

Book Review: Still Life by Sarah Winman

Better Reading

Book of the Week: When the War Was Here by Roxanne Veletzos   READ MORE

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi      READ MORE

The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding   READ MORE

The Last of the Apple Blossom by Mary-Lou Stephens     READ MORE

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy       READ MORE

The Long Game by Simon Rowell    READ MORE

Dissolve by Nikki Gemmell      READ MORE

Podcast: Kyle Perry on Overcoming the Dreaded Second Book Syndrome

Podcast: Zakiya Dalila Harris on Being a Young Black Woman in the Publishing Industry

Podcast: Sophie Green on How Her Spiritual Beliefs Influence Her Writing

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 6th Aug 2021, Mama Luigi's,  NFHM..family stories, Books online read free, NEW at Qld State Archives, historic organ, NAA (Aust) Family History, Australian War Memorial..Explore the Long Tan Cross in 3D, Clare Men & Women in Great War.. download .pdf, Scottish Records, snakes near a plane, Olympic Ruins, world’s oldest foods, At London Trimmings, 30 Free Classes, 

Wicklow’s Military Road, assignment of convicts, additions to IGP, 

Great book reviews and excerpts, check out the great blogs… perhaps subscribe, Ha Ha Tonka Castle ruins… plus….

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

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/08/friday-fossicking-6th-aug-2021.html

That Moment in Time

NATIONAL FAMILY HISTORY MONTH... AUGUST 2021 - BLOGGING CHALLENGE

This page lists the links from those who are participating in the NFHM Challenge as organised by Alex Daw. 

Please add your blogs to this in comments each week.I will then add them to the page regularly. Thanks for joining in!

That Moment in Time

National Family History Month August 2021 Issue 2

Family Snippet, the great adventure…

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

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/08/national-family-history-month-august_0217879606.html

HEADLINES OF OLD

MISSING FRIENDS & CONVICTS, Trove Tuesday 10th Aug 2021, 

Various states, over a number of years, names, place of origin, some last known addresses, sometimes name of person who is searching…

Please feel free to share, the title is the link.

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/08/missing-friends-convicts-trove-tuesday.html

IRISH GRAVES..they who sleep in foreign lands

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND

Lutwyche, Toowong, Pinaroo

With thanks to Kym Hyson

Toowong

With thanks to Darcy Maddock

WAVERLEY CEMETERY, NSW METRO

BIOGRAPHIES Second Page 

With thanks to Kevin Banister

QUEENSLAND CEMETERIES OUTSIDE OF BRISBANE

Ipswich, Qld

With thanks to Kerrie Ann Hollister.   

Ipswich, Qld

With thanks to Kym Hyson

NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL  J - Z

Kincumber 

With thanks to Joan Clarke

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.