Friday, May 5, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 5th May 2023


 


GENERAL

Queensland State Archives newsletter incl. Expo‑sed: 35 years since Expo '88
National Archives Australia    newsletter  incl. Great Australian Stuff 
Girls on film and much more..
National Archives UK  newsletter incl.  Read: The Coronation of James II     Event: Coronations through the collections
Filling in the Blankes: The Life of a Black Tudor ​​​​​
Australian War Memorial newsletter  incl. View photos from Anzac Day 2023
State Library of Australia newsletter incl. Queensland on screen     

Yuuingan Dhilla Yari 2023

Despatch May 2023 - Melbourne Design and Volunteer Week

Melbourne Design Week    Happy birthday Hamer Hall




Eltham District Historical Society Inc.
Diamond Creek Fire Brigade Historic Film (1950s-1987)
The Nillumbik Story (1996)

Wanderlust Twins
Chiang Rai at dusk / Thailand  Pafos, Cyprus
Temple at the forest in Udon Thani Province, Thailand
Palazzo Sticchi in Santa Cesarea Terme, Puglia, Italy
Salty shores of Laguna Cejar, Salar de Atacama, Chile
Bridge crossing Rio Celeste in Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Sunset view of Church of Our Savior on The Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Outback Family History
The Parched Dry Desert of Tragedy   James “Carbine” Gullan – a Good Fellow all Round  Archie Spoors – grave tales
The Trustees of the Dead – a verse

Lonetester  

Traces Magazine – Issue 22 (April 2023)

More Australian Archives to get much needed funding 


JStor Daily
Workers of the World, Take PTO!     The Meaning of Tanning     Unmaking a Priest: The Rite of Degradation     Mae West and Camp
Mao Zedong: Reader, Librarian, Revolutionary?
JFK's Assassination and “Doing Your Own Research”

Atlas Obscura
Chess Piece Origins  Odd Royalty Traditions   Murder Mystery Shark
Root Beer Lady    Jackson the Elephant    Sneinton Dragon     
Hand-Carved Caves    Morse Code Signals 'Killer Rabbit' Cave
Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects  Rollercoaster Bridge Japan
Preserving Israel’s Disappearing Agricultural Legacy
What’s On Your Bookshelf?    Oldest Mosque in the U.S.
Mesmerizing Cake Geometry  Exploding Chocolate Teacakes
Floating Finnish Trees   Secret Library Apartments     Nawate Dori
Writing the Food Memoir   Horseback Librarians   Clown Motel
Vigeland Sculpture Park The Origins of Beltane    Tree Eyes
Kwai Chai Hong  How to Bring the Deepest Ocean to Land
The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station Moose Boulder podcast
A Disappearing Agricultural Legacy  Street of the Knights Greece
The Dark Side of Spring  A May Day ‘Attack’     Beltane Fire Festival  Swahili Origins Tom Sukanen's Prairie Ship
The Evolution of Texas BBQ Henry Street Salamander Tunnels

Smithsonian 
A Not-So-Brief History of British Coronations 
The American Spy Who Surrendered to the Nazis to Save Civilians
Archaeologists Unearth Buddha Statue in Ancient Egyptian Port City 
Hollywood's First Professional Stuntwoman Jumped From Planes and Swung Onto Trains 
Archaeologists Discover Lost Roman Fort in Scotland 
Without the First Folio, Half of Shakespeare's Plays Would Have Been Lost to History 
The World's Newest National Park Protects 550-Million-Year-Old Fossils 
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Necropolis Near Parisian Train Station 
This 39,600-Year-Old Bone May Have Been Used by Prehistoric Tailors 
When Deadly Steamboat Races Enthralled America 
Monument to Coretta Scott King Unveiled in Atlanta 
Researchers Find Hidden Markings on the Stone of Destiny, Sacred Slab Used in British Coronations 

Irish Genealogy
Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people found to have Pictish ancestry
Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later - IrishCentral 
The Newfoundland and Labrador mosaic founder population descends from an Irish and ... - Nature 
The Book of Leinster: A medieval “encyclopedia” - Aleteia 
New Irish Civil War doc based on never-before-heard testimonies offers fascinating insight 
Untangling the Mixed Roots of a complex past - The Irish News  
Little known facts about Ireland - from rainfall to missing mass - IrishCentral
"Yellowstone" star Kevin Costner's Irish ancestry
On This Day: Ernest Ball, the composer of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” died - IrishCentral 
Queen Elizabeth a descendant of Irish High King Brian Boru - IrishCentral 
Tom Brady's Irish roots and his fascinating family backstory 
Police Service of Northern Ireland to offer crime prevention advice at Balmoral Show | PSNI 


Always Interesting
Family history across the seas V is for Victoria 
W is for Wallumbilla and Winton  Y is for Yungaburra
Z is for Zöller graves
Humoring the Goddess Faerie Paths — Escapism   Rukiye Garip
Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Leaves   Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Iris Scott   Elena Dal Cortivo  Faerie Paths — Illusions
Mistakes Are Really Only Missed Takes
Anne's Family History X is for Xiānggǎng  Y is for younger sons
Z is for Zagazig  Painting the map red
allenrizzi  The Sign-Up Board  Poetry Taking Out The Trash – Italian Style A Pocket Full Of Miracles    Attenti Parenti Serpenti
Pauline Conolly          LAUNCESTON – AN UNHOLY ROW  
HMAT BOONAH; AN UNEXPECTED BATTLE
TextileRanger How to Read a Coverlet    The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Maps
Diary of A Young Genealogist Letters from the Suitcase Part 12
Letters from the Suitcase Part 13
Jennifer Jones Timeline: Francis (John)William Morrison and Ada Louisa WEBB LOVE
Jill Ball    jillballau: Xenophilia
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland
#OTD in Irish History | 1 May (Bealtaine):
Tales from the Grave Memorial for a little hero
Brotmanblog: A Family Journey The Magic of Finding Family Connections: Guest Post by My Cousin Ellen Mandelberg
The Legal Genealogist
Coming up: May-June 2023

Reviews
Theresa Smith
The Month That Was… April
Book Review: A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern
Book Review: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Book Review: Search History by Amy Taylor

Better Reading
The Running Club by Ali Lowe  READ MORE
Prettier if She Smiled More by Toni Jordan   READ MORE
The Wakes by Dianne Yarwood      READ MORE
The Midnight News by Jo Baker  READ MORE
The Anniversary by Stephanie Bishop  READ MORE
Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare  READ MORE

Book of the Week: The Money Club by Fiona Lowe READ MORE
A Home Among the Snow Gums by Stella Quinn   READ MORE
Naked Ambition by Robert Gott      READ MORE
Emboldened by Belinda Alexandra   READ MORE

In Case You Missed It: Book Event with Samera Kamaleddine    WATCH NOW (The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart. )

* The 2023 Better Reading Top 100 is Revealed    SEE THE FULL LIST HERE

Podcast: Book Chat with Cheryl Akle and Caroline Overington  
LISTEN HERE
Podcast: BE Better: Dr Ahona Guha on Complex Trauma     LISTEN HERE
Podcast: Brad Walls on Capturing the Beauty of Pools LISTEN HERE

Tania Blanchard - Newsletter May 2023  
I loved "The Girl from Munich".....

Allen & Unwin
Pure Evil Lynda Plante 
The Cane Maryrose Cuskelly
How to Kill a Client Joanna Jenkins
The Registrar  Neela Janakiramanan
None Shall Sleep Ellie Marney
The Unbelieved Vikki Petraitis

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 28th April 2023, bumper issue, re ANZAC,  free stuff, family history, Mango Man, fairy castles, mobile bakeries, world's biggest train, free stuff, great blogs, book reviews, world’s rarest foods, clues to cystic fibrosis, Paris’s medieval wall, underwater perfume, Greece..ancient ruins to modern culture, plus much more..

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/04/friday-fossicking-28th-april-2023.html


Headlines Of Old


STRANGE STORIES   Trove Tuesday 2nd May 2023, an assortment of strange stories..  funny, sad, quirky .. We could all do with a break from the serious from time to time…relax and enjoy…

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/05/strange-stories-trove-tuesday-2nd-may.html


As They Were


IGP ARCHIVES APRIL 2023, Cork, Derry/Londonderry,

Dublin, Fermanagh, Kildare,  Limerick, Monaghan & Fermanagh, Tyrone,Westmeath, Wexford... including headstones, church records, marriages, land records…. 

Many thanks to Christina & all the volunteers…


https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2023/05/igp-archives-april-2023.html






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