Friday, December 17, 2021

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Dec 2021

 

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

* GENERAL INTEREST

GSQ blog Christmas in the Workhouse Bev Murray


Newsletters
FAHS.. Federation of Australian Historical Societies incl.  

Why Do Indigenous Histories Matter        Local History at Fabrik, SA

Why History Matters to The Law   Heritage and Emotion in Heritage

Ireland Newsletter
  • Caílte MacRónáin - The Fastest Man in Ireland go
  • Ancient Christmas Traditions in Ireland go
  • 'The Purple Hills' by Shaun Ivory go
Eltham District Historical Society


National Library of Australia read here incl.





JSTOR Daily





Atlas Obscura


















Find My Past





ALWAYS INTERESTING

A Genealogist In The Archives


Finding Christmas in the Archives


The Gentle Author


Chapter 2. Horrid Murder     The Lantern Slides Of Old London


Walk Through Time With The Gentle Author


The Lives Of George Lansbury & Will Crooks


Readings At Midwinter    Chapter 3. The Burial Of The Victims


Humoring the Goddess


Faerie Paths — Roads  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Fountain Pens


Overload on a Monday Morning 


Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Viktor Schramm



Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage


NaNoWriMo Writing Challenge Update


allenrizzi


Thump, Thump!   Simplicity  Happy Birthday Son  Fly Away


When It Was Time To Say Goodbye It Could Always Be Worse

Genea-Musings


Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 4 to 10 December 2021


Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your 2021 "Dear Genea-Santa" Letter


Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 5 to 11 December 2021


Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 13 December 2021


Stair na hÉireann


Christmas in Ireland


The Irish Story


The Wiggan’s Patch Massacre, Pennsylvania, 1875


The Legal Genealogist


A gift for Keystone State researchers    Freedom’s first guarantee


In Days Gone By..


The lot of the spinster 


Brotmanblog: A Family Journey


The Family of Ernst Blumenfeld Escaped to America (And His Widow Married My Cousin from Jesberg)


Tales from the Graves


 Abused by husband, but a winner in court

Diary of an Australian Genealogist



* IRISH CENTRAL



* INTERESTING BLOGS


Reviews

Theresa Smith




Better Reading








Allen & Unwin



Red Tail Skies  Jim Eames

and from my blogs...


That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING Dec 10th 2021, 500 graves moved, library book returned 110 years late, Greek Australians image, a night in an Irish castle, Women's Land Army, Kent burials, predatory worms, 

Moose milk, the deadliest lake, excavating Hawaiian history, ghost forest, chop suey history, Paul Bunyan’s gravesite, great reviews, police admin. files, more Irish famine orphans stories, Ireland’s ancient druids, great blogs, convict clippings, and a whole lot more..


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/12/friday-fossicking-dec-10th-2021.html


Headlines of Old


ABSCONDED CONVICTS  Trove Tuesday 14th Dec 2021,   great descriptions, occupations, details on ship of arrival, some give reasons for transportation, where absconded from, rewards offered…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/12/absconded-convicts-trove-tuesday-14th.html

 

Image courtesy of clipart-library


Friday Fossicking is taking a few weeks break.

It will return on 14th January 2022..

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Thank you all for your support and comments.

Wishing you all a safe, peaceful and happy festive season. 


2 comments:

  1. Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a bright 2022!

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  2. Thank you Marian, that's very kind of you. May you and yours enjoy all the joys of the season.

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