Friday, September 24, 2021

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th Sept 2021


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

* GENERAL INTEREST


GSQ Blog  'Jane Gun's book' Sue Bell

Severing of ties with birth family leads to a lifetime of questions - Independent.ie 


The National Archives UK  Archive Jigsaw: Jacobite map


Blog: What history textbooks don’t tell you about the Jacobites


Golden Finds at the archives


Factual, fictional, personal & musical - Irish Echo


Genie Tips from Patientgenie


September 2021 Ethnicity Update AncestryDNA


Carmel's Corner     Saving Trove lists


The Frugal Historian Free family history websites to check out


President of Ireland to attend funeral of Meath Travellers Workshop's Michael McDonagh - LMFM 


Find My Past

Turks & Caicos Life Events  from this British Overseas Territory in the West Indies


Search all newspapers 


Outback Family History

Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales – 19th September 2021  


Charles Cooke Hunt – by Eric Hancock 


A History of Lodge Golden Thistle –


Milly Soak – an oasis in the desert    Jules Gascard – pioneer profile


Anglo-Celtic Connections

BIFHSGO's website: before and after  Sunday Sundries


Atlas Obscura

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room    Ancient ‘Tiger Gods’   


Wine-Lovers, Take Note    Predjama Castle Slovenia


Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum    Bedford Springs Resort


Early Black Photographers   Cascadia’s Massive Earthquake Threat


Judd’s General Store Utah     The History of Drinking Milk   


Florida Avenue Grill   FBI Spy House Church Pillars of Sai Island


Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages  Medieval Merlin Manuscript


Capitol Records Building Morse Code     Stone's Public House   

 

Tiny Town of Easley  Rescuing Forgotten Fruit  Devil’s Gate


Statue of Liberty, Pont de Grenelle   Carnivorous Plants


Preserving Nepal’s Dishes   Old Ben Pavilion ‘Horn OK Please’


Meet An Eagle Huntress   Canton Avenue  Ancient Beer Brewing


The World’s Largest Collection of Small Versions of Large Things


Peru’s Petrified Forest   Finding Family Through Food  

  

Kõpu Lighthouse Estonia Hall of Curious Rocks Japan


Martian Meteorites and Greek Columns


Mesmerizing Museum Map   Cameron Trading Post


Family Search Blog

The Benefits of Journaling  


Family History Can Be a Whale of a Tale—Just Ask Genealogist 


David Allen Lambert


Smithsonian 

A Lesser-Known Photo of an Iconic 9/11 Moment Brings Shades of Gray to the Day's Memory


Roman Priest's Exceptionally Well-Preserved Remains Found in Pompeii


Amateur Treasure Hunter Discovers Trove of Sixth-Century Gold Jewelry


Lost Monastery Run by Early Medieval Queen Discovered in England


Neolithic Monument Linked to King Arthur Is Older Than Stonehenge


Trove of 239 Rare Gold Coins Discovered in Walls of French Mansion


Thirty-One Smithsonian Artifacts That Tell the Story of 9/11


The Rise and Fall of Tudor England's Scandalous Boleyn Family


World War II Bunker Discovered Inside Ruins of Roman Fort


Life-Size Camel Sculptures in Saudi Arabia Are Older Than Stonehenge, Pyramids of Giza


Rediscovered Medieval Manuscript Offers New Twist on Arthurian Legend


Trove of Unseen Photos Documents Indigenous Culture in 1920s Alaska


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


Newly Identified Vincent van Gogh Drawing Goes on View for the First Time


Eight Places to See Amazing Fall Foliage Outside of New England


JSTOR Daily

Can Radio Really Educate? 

  

How Wind Energy Could Affect Marine Ecosystems


ALWAYS INTERESTING


loades of branches

The Art of Letter Writing


allenrizzi

Blackfoot Moccasins   The Rock  Animal Cruelty   


Lessons From A River Runs Through It


The Godfather’s Priest?


Humoring the Goddess

On My Way To Something Else …   Benjamin Shine


Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Viktor Mikhailovich Zundalev


This Question is for YOU  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Tom Every   

Faerie Paths — Time    Ekaterina ‘Kate’ Lukasheva


Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It?


Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Creativity Sheds



Little Wild Streak

Wander and Ponder


The Gentle Author

Philip Cunningham At Oxford House  Dan Jones’ Portraits


The Return Of Benjamin Shapiro  London, The Ever-Changing City


Henrietta Barnett & The Workhouse Children


Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

The Homestead Restaurant in Northampton: Another Small World Story

Baruch Blumenfeld: Where and When Did He Die?


Pauline Connolly

A BANDICOOT AND OTHER FRIENDS    NORMAN LINDSAY AND THE WEIRD LADY


TANNER THE PERPLEXING PAINTER


Genea-Musings

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 17 September 2021


Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 21 September 2021


Oér the seas we go

Searching for Scottish ancestors


Geniaus

Science Mirroring the Traditional   


Australian Roots and Spreading Branches

Back from Covid Lockdown 2021


Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Blog anniversary – four years old!    


A Dirty Dancing Weekend in Llandudno – Part 1

A Dirty Dancing Weekend in Llandudno – Part 2



The Legal Genealogist

Happy Constitution Day!  Not soup in 2021 either  Digitization done


All that foolin’ around…


socialbridge

My Autumnal Ireland


Stair na hÉireann

#OTD in 1880 – Charles Stewart Parnell delivers his famous speech at Ennis in which he introduces the term for non-violent protest – boycotting.


The Irish Story

Book Review: One Man’s Terrorist: a Political History of the IRA


Oér the seas we go

The Scots in me


Liz Gauffreau

Some News, A Challenge, Book Launch & Signing



* IRISH CENTRAL


Olympia Theatre rebranded under new sponsorship deal, Dubliners dismayed

Dublin restaurant slammed after paying employee in 5c coins


Pope Francis calls Irish President a "wise man of today"


This historical island property in County Donegal is the perfect family home

Kenneth Branagh left in tears after triumphant “Belfast” premiere at TIFF

Pope Francis calls Irish President a "wise man of today"


League Of Their Own stars play ancient Irish sport 'road bowling' in Kerry

Irish American woman discovers five siblings in New York through DNA test

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You - the story behind the traditional Irish blessing 

Ireland's best pubs, restaurants, and hotels named in annual ranking


Taoiseach pays respects to Irish victims at 9/11 Memorial in NYC


Tragedy as friendly dolphin found dead in Cork Harbour


WATCH: Mary O kicks off viral scone-making campaign with an Irish blessing

In Ireland, end of the US travel ban is heartily welcomed


Taoiseach dedicates New Irish Arts Center in New York City



* INTERESTING BLOGS


Beecham Family Ties  Gerry Bolton


'Jane Gun's book'    Sue Bell


Trevor McClaughlin



Reviews

Theresa Smith


The Week That Was… 


Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney


Book Review: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan


Better Reading


Book of the Week: I Shot the Devil by Ruth McIver READ MORE


This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes      READ MORE


Return to Berlin by Ellen Feldman     READ MORE


The Attack by Catherine Jinks  READ MORE


Podcast: Robyn Harding on Why Readers are Drawn to Domestic Thrillers


Podcast: John M. Green on Publishing


and from my blogs..


That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Sept 2021, book waste bags, 

Pythagorean Cup, New  Zealand's 'Living Fossils', lipreading languages, supermarkets of the '60s, City of Sydney archives, great Tea Race of 1866, Edison’s Concrete Houses, Canadian War Brides, Irish trial shows promise for Alzheimer’s patients, great reviews, and a whole lot more..

Feel free to share… the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/09/friday-fossicking-17th-sept-2021.html


Headlines of Old


UNCLAIMED LETTERS Trove Tuesday 21st Sept. 2021 Part 2, not available to read, helps to know where ancestors may have been, or were expected to be. Check local newspapers, historical associations, local cemeteries, etc.

Feel free to share, the title is the link.


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/09/unclaimed-letters-trove-tuesday-21st.html


Keep safe and well.
This will pass.

Friday, September 17, 2021

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Sept 2021


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

* GENERAL INTEREST

City of Sydney Archives - City of Sydney


How to BEGIN with the BOX 📦・Stacy Julian


National Archives UK newsletter incl. 




The ScriBbler...Stella Budrikis' newsletter always interesting...



Wanderlust Twins





Atlas Obscura











Find My Past

Smithsonian 





FamilySearch Blog

Tinteán Magazine
Anglo Celtic Connections
Always  lots to read in the above, well worth subscribing to..
Eltham District Historical Society Inc.
Find A Grave

ALWAYS INTERESTING
allenrizzi

The Legal Genealogist

Humouring the Goddess


The Gentle Author

The Irish Story

Branches On Our Haimowitz Family Tree

Pauline Connolly

socialbridge

* INTERESTING BLOGS

The Fabulous Aunt Millie and Her Fashions Deep in the Heart of Textiles

The Murder of Nurse Gold - Outback Family History


Reviews
Theresa Smith




Better Reading










Allen & Unwin


The Great Forest David Lindenmayer

and from my blogs..

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 10th Sept 2021, new found siblings,

Tasmanian convict sites, skyscraper cabbages,  the last bookstore, smoke hole caverns, Irish population above 5 million,  caring for a hedgehog, great blogs, reviews, absconded convicts, convicts assigned, the last bookstore, advice re TROVE lists, and much more…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/09/friday-fossicking-10th-sept-2021.html


Headlines of Old


UNCLAIMED LETTERS Trove Tuesday 14th Sept 2012 Part 1, no longer available, check the area/town listed.. check TROVE notices.

Please read the lead in… Part 2 will be posted next week.


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/09/unclaimed-letters-trove-tuesday-14th.html



Keep safe and well.
This will pass.