Friday, August 19, 2022

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 19th Aug 2022

 


Panning by S.T. Gill

* GENERAL INTEREST

GSQ Blog      ‘Treasure in the Death Certificate’.  Marg Doherty

National Family History Month  QLD Family History Search


Orange City Council enews incl. 

FutureCity plan to revitalise Lords Place ancient astronomy

get involved in boost for music industry


Birth Is Easier Once It Happens   humoringthegoddess  'new' author

Just Because...  "Dog Survived".....

Wanderlust Twins Arches, Edinburgh, Scotland   

Outback Family History

Trove Australia  newsletter incl. Chinese Australian family history
Genealogy Gems ....Janette Griggs.. tips and tricks... Watch the video
and a whole lot more.. click on newsletter...


Atlas Obscura

From PhDs to Pastries   London’s ‘Zombie River’     Bog Butter

Santuario Madonna della Corona    17th-Century Dating Practices   Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan  Small Alleys, Big Stories Gulf Hagas

A Historic Swim    Cook Like an Ancient Mesopotamian

The Grundhauser Free Superhero Lending Library Ada Blackjack

Mad Honey    The ‘Knocker-Ups’  A Rum With Deep Roots

Abandoned Virginia Renaissance Faire Lock Your Own Letters

A Hand Gesture’s Dark History  Messedamm Underpass

Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House & Museum  Watermelon History Madagascar Baobabs  Al Capone Cherry Tree

Portland’s Potential Buried Treasure   Portable Soup, Anyone?

The Vincent Street Fireplace   Moon-or-Sun Puzzle

Pineapple Dump Pier  Grace Hopper’s Bug podcast


Genealogy Ireland

Family History Festival to be held in east Donegal  Donegal News

Cycling. Shane McKay: "French and Irish cycling, two different worlds" - SwordsToday.ie 

Music, Food, Culture at Milwaukee Irish Fest - Shepherd Express 

Guinness and U2 fueled man as he ran the width of Ireland in one day - IrishCentral 

DNA test reunites adopted Irish man with his half-brothers 

Exploring 6,000 years of Irish history on the Clew Bay Archaeological Trail

#OTD in Irish History | 15 August: Stair na hÉireann



JSTOR Daily

Kolkata and Partition: Between Remembering and Forgetting    Teaching Comics: A Syllabus   The Hoax That Inspired Mary Shelley

Lipstick's Complex History    Death by Ice Cream  


ALWAYS INTERESTING

Who Would You Like To Meet?      The Oak Tree        allenrizzi


COMPUTER CHIPS         HOBART’S CHANDELIERS   

THE DEVILISH MR DESIRE LA COURT      Pauline Conolly


Family Research Mysteries      Your bucket-list research trip

Family history across the seas


Earl Grey’s Irish Famine Orphans (89): Jane’s story by John Moon | trevo's Irish famine orphans

 

20 Something Snaps - Open Day   Still Chasing Rev. Ryan    Geniaus


Alice Moore née Mainwaring (1852 – 1878)     

Julia Wilkinson née Mainwaring (1857 – 1907)    Anne Young


Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Giuseppe Arcimboldo  Words

Humoring the Goddess

Good man's death leaves a legacy Samantha Elley


Reviews


Theresa Smith


The Week That Was…


Book Review: Faithless by Alice Nelson



Better Reading


Book of the Week:Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay    READ MORE


Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley      READ MORE


Mr Carver's Whale by Lyn Hughes  READ MORE


Podcast: Ruth Ozeki on Winning the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction


Podcast: Matthew Spencer on Using his Unusual Childhood Home in his Debut Novel



Allen & Unwin


Nowhere to Hide     Tom Boyd

Once Were Wild     Leslie Scott

The Man Who Loved Pink Dolphins   Anthony Ham

Rigged      Cameron K. Murray & Paul Frijters

The Witness      Tom Gilling


and from my blogs..


Headlines of Old


PERSONALS TROVE TUESDAY  9th Aug 2022

local news, good and sad, the social media of years gone by... So many of us relied on the local papers to share our news, read about others, advertise local businesses…many were free, some had a nominal charge…Do you miss the “local rag”?

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2022/08/personals-trove-tuesday-9th-aug-2022.html



That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 12th August 2022, Free E-Book, National Family History Month, WW! military nurses,  great Irish related stories -Tinteán Magazine, vulgar dictionary, Venetian bookbinding tradition .. When Fish Rode the Rails, half-century-old-soup, Solar Roasting, True Crime Radio Dramas, Dublin’s Iconic GPO, great blogs, interesting reviews,  and much more..

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2022/08/friday-fossicking-12th-august-2022.html



The Back Fence of Genealogy


TRAVELLING

Written for WK2 NFHM 2022 .. subject travel…

“Travel with a difference…” 

NFHM - National Family History Month 2022


https://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com/2022/08/travelling.html


All entries published on That Moment in Time at

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/p/national-family-history-month-august.html



Headlines of Old


SHIPPING LISTS  Trove Tuesday 16th August 2022, shipping lists, both immigration and travel…some extra stories.. are your ancestor’s listed? Look for smaller ports also, you may find interstate travel as well as international.

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2022/08/shipping-lists-trove-tuesday-16th.html



Confessions of a Bibliophile


" A HOME LIKE OURS " by Fiona Lowe, review, a coming together of the most unlikely people..Well written characters who both annoy and appeal to your heart..


https://crissoulisbookspot.blogspot.com/2022/08/home-like-ours-by-fiona-lowe.html


“THREADS OF AWAKENING:” by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, beautifully crafted, exploring the incredible craft 'thanka' - Tibetan textile art, combination of appliqués, embroidery and incredible skill..portraying the centuries of combining religion with artistic skill..


https://crissoulisbookspot.blogspot.com/2022/08/threads-of-awakening-leslie-rinchen.html


Keep safe and well.
This will pass.








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