FRIDAY FOSSICKING 5th Nov 2021

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

* GENERAL INTEREST

Cairns Family History Newsletter incl. reminder re Christmas function

Canada: 'Senseless' vandalism to about 120 headstones at two local cemeteries | The Kingston Whig Standard

Cemetery Search Victoria Aus. To find the fees and locations of cemeteries and cemetery trusts, you can search using  any of the following information: Postcode, Suburb, Use my location..

Hawkesbury rose: Australia's oldest church, voice of the ages | The Land | NSW

Boggo Books... re Brisbane and Qld History * non profit

GSQ Blog 'The postmaster, the bolter and the draper' Cathie Sherwood

Coin stash discovered at Port Arthur archaeology dig gives rare insight into illicit lives of convicts - ABC News

Trove Treasures incl. Cooking Up A Storm  Read Wings Dance it Out

Carmel's Corner   Saving Trove lists

Australian shipping and passenger records | National Library of Australia

Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales - Home Gutenberg

Searching family history | Western Australian Government

* Maps of Dublin city, dating 1695 to 1827, available online freely available ...  Irish Central

Five essential record sets for discovering your Irish heritage

from Find My Past..

Parish Registers (1670-1900)      Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864) 

  

Landed Estate Court Rentals (1850-1885)     

Petty Sessions Court Registers (1828-1912)

1821-1851 Census Survivals

Queensland State Archives 

Recently digitized over 600 images from the 1990s from across Queensland.

National Archives Aust.   newsletter  including Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties  Book now

The Battles for Greece and Crete       Dead in the water

National Archives of Australia preserves and makes available for public access the most significant archival records of the Australian government. 

In accordance with the Archives Act 1983, archival records are available for public access after 20 years unless they contain exempt information. This means that records about people, both living and deceased, are released for public access.

What are your attitudes about making records containing personal information available online? We welcome you to share your thoughts and experiences in our survey. 

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Australian War Memorial newsletter incl. 

Remembrance Day 11th Nov.  Learn more about the National Ceremony     

* Memorial to reopen new temporary entrance Ticketing information

BOY SOLDIERS  Listen now   & more..

Wanderlust Twins  Amanyara Resort, Turks & Caicos   

Columbia River Gorge, Oregon  Cobblers Cove Hotel, Barbados

Tree House Lodge, Loch Goil, Scotland  2 November, 2021 04:41

Love this outdoor fireplaces colours, Saguaro Hotel

Sidestreet in the old part of Lefkes, Greece

Outback Family History

A Dastardly Deed in Lefroy Street   John B Ryan – an adventurous life

The Desert Secret by Jules Raeside     Distressing Complications

JSTOR Daily

Science and Slavery in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko   

Why the Belowground Ecosystem Matters

Prison Abolition from Behind Prison Walls    

Where Demons Come From   

Find My Past

Scotland, Names of Witches 1658   Search all newspapers

Scotland, Court & Criminal Database 1921 Census early next year 

History’s spookiest names  

Smithsonian

The True History Behind 'The Last Duel'

When People Carved Turnips Instead of Pumpkins for Halloween

'Band of Brothers' Stars Reflect on the Epic Miniseries' Evolving Legacy

Ancient Stone Ram Heads Unearthed on Egypt's 'Avenue of the Sphinxes'

Who Is the Enslaved Child in This Portrait of Yale University's Namesake?

Why Dragons Dominated the Landscape of Medieval Monsters

How Artificial Intelligence Completed Beethoven's Unfinished Tenth Symphony

Artist Takes Museum's $84,000, Returns With Blank Canvases Titled 'Take the Money and Run'

The Best Place to Watch Monarch Butterflies Migrate Might Be This Little California Beach Town

Inscribed VIP Seats Unearthed at Roman Amphitheater in Turkey

How Memphis Created the Nation's Most Innovative Public Library

Anglo Celtic Connections

TheGenealogist releases Richmond 1910 Property Records

Newspaper Marriage Index Updates     Sunday Sundries

Atlas Obscura

Penny Dreadfuls and Literacy   Mischief Night  Drawing Wild Spirits     

Pentagon Hot Dog Stand  Moon Doors  Wildfires and Caves

Myers House (Halloween movie) Art of Hand-Carving Headstones

Hårgaberget Sweden grim legend      Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street  

Fish Flock to Sydney’s Super-Salty Wastewater     Tiffany Dome

Thorncrown Chapel built by elves? Ah, Halloween Romance

Houdini’s Crusade Against Psychics  Caverns Grotto 21 stories..down

Abandoned Virginia Renaissance Faire  Viking Werewolf Obsessions

Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump Site     ‘Well of Hell’

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch   Poisoned Peppermints

Chilling Frills   Houdini vs Doyle  Mythical Creatures

Creating Curiosities at NYC’s Evolution Store

Yemrehanna Kristos Church     Preserved Victorian Wedding Cake

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Tracking Down the Family

Inquests and My Family History

In Days Gone By...

Inquest into fatal accident

allenrizzi

Doo-Wop   Restoring Grave Markers   The Sign-Up Board

Risky Business

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Who Was That Baby? A Question Answered!

Another Update from Another Cousin! The Story of Karl Gutmann

The Legal Genealogist

A start point…     Written in Granite   

Humoring the Goddess

On my way to researching something else …

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jewels from the Persian Qajar Dynasty

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Maxim Shkret   Daniel Libeskind

Faerie Paths — Strawberries   

The Gentle Author

Geraldine Beskin, Witch     Luke Clennell’s Dance of Death 

A Dead Man In Clerkenwell  Vivian Betts Of The Primrose  

So Long, Ivan Kingsley   Philip Marriage’s Firework Labels

Maurice Evans, Firework Collector

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Going… Going…. Gone – Guinea pigs Tom and Tim volunteer for the great basil experiment

Chickens at the back door…

jenealogyscrapbook

Based on Health Advice

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

Blessed Samhain!

The Irish Story

Mother Jones: ‘the most dangerous Irish woman in America’

* IRISH CENTRAL

Biden tells Pope: “I'm the only Irish man you've ever met who's never had a drink”

An emotional journey home - hunting my grandmother's grave in Galway

Irish priest says Catholic kids should dress as saints, not devils, for Halloween

Montreal promises long fought for Irish Famine memorial site 

Dublin named best student city in Europe

Ireland ranked best in the world for handling of pandemic - again!

Spooky! Ghost hunters say Covid-19 has resulted in a spike in paranormal activity

Original Irish Jack-o-Lanterns made of turnips were truly terrifying

St. Brigid's Day to become new public holiday starting next year

Meet Kate Tyrrell, the first Irish woman to be a ship’s sea captain

Treasure trove of Ireland’s national theatre goes up for auction next week

Watch: Incredible remastered footage of Michael Collins in color 

Irish Arts Center set for grand opening next month

These hilarious gravestone epitaphs prove Irish dark wit is unmatched

* INTERESTING BLOGS

The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day, November 2021 Deep in the Heart of Textiles

Walking the path of the ancients in Pembrokeshire  Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Pioneers turn wilderness into paradise Samantha Elley Journalist

The Joy of Tasmanian Blackwood  Pauline Connolly

Review

Theresa Smith

A Month of Reading: October

Book Review: Believe in Me by Lucy Neave

Book Review: Devotion by Hannah Kent

Better Reading

 

Book of the Week:  The Tea Ladies of St Jude's Hospital by Joanna Nell        READ MORE

The Spy's Wife by Fiona McIntosh      READ MORE

The Swift and the Harrier by Minette Walters    READ MORE

The Fatal Dance by Berndt Sellheim      READ MORE

Books That Made Us by Carl Reinekce  READ MORE

The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher  READ MORE

Podcast: Tricia Stringer on Exploring Female Friendship in Fiction

Podcast: Mimi Kwa on Exploring Her Family History

Penguin Books Australia

The Spy's Wife  Fiona McIntosh her words...Here

You’re Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women Kaz Cooke   READ ARTICLE

The Island of Missing Trees   Shafak Elif      START READING

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 29th Oct 2021, 1921 Census England & Wales to be released, Silos in Australia, mapping abandoned railroads, vampire origins, koala gets it’s own tartan, A Stroll Through Rebel Cork, England Roman Catholic Parish records, 

The Real Alchemist of Castle Frankenstein, Illinois Railway Museum, Tuscany’s Hidden Secret, ancient Irish myths, convicts assigned & transferred 1832, book reviews, great blogs and a whole lot more…

Feel free to share… the title is the link…

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/10/friday-fossicking-29th-oct-2021.html

HEADLINES OF OLD

CONVICTS ASSIGNED & TRANSFERRED AUG 1832 Issue 2.  TROVE TUESDAY 2nd Aug 2021, name of convict, ship arrival, occupation/trade, to whom assigned, place/area they were sent to.

Feel free to share, the title is the link…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/11/convicts-assigned-transferred-aug-1832.html

As They Were

IGP UPDATES  in October 2021, Cavan, Donegal, Dublin, Fermanagh, Wicklow...church records, headstones, miscellaneous... thanks to Christina Hunt and all the volunteers who make this site available free to all..

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2021/11/igp-updates-in-october-2021.html

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.