FRIDAY FOSSICKING 2nd Jun 2023

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog  

The challenge of names and places in Irish family history. Stephanie Ryan

The National Archives UK newsletter incl. 

Event: Spirit of Invention Festival Day    Watch our new Spotlight On... Tanks video    

Change through a child’s eyes – Lily, aged 11

Despatch June 2023 - Public Record Office Victoria incl.

New Ned Kelly records added to our collection

From restricted to assisted National Archives of Australia and   Maltese Community Council

Lonetester Good Reads #1   Join SLQ’s New Transcription Project

Traces Magazine – Issue 22 (April 2023)   

Are You Listening? 25 Australian History and Genealogy Podcasts

Perpetual announces longlist for prestigious 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award

Outback Family History

The Gunn Family – pioneer profile  Pinjin Cemetery – ghost town

Stephen Beston – a kindly natured man

Bill Harney – Bushman, Philosopher and Author 

Smithsonian

Seven Perfect Summer Spots for Tubing in the United States 

These Intimate Photos Capture a Family Farm’s Bittersweet Final Years 

Five Reasons to Take a Road Trip Through Louisiana 

Van Gogh Painting Gets a New Name Thanks to an Eagle-Eyed Chef 

Platypuses Return to Australia's Oldest National Park 

The World’s Most Grueling Race Journeys 1,000 Miles Down the Yukon

Beneath Paris' City Streets, There's an Empire of Death Waiting for Tourists

How a Rhinestone Cowboy From Ukraine Left His Mark on the Music World

These Are America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

For the First Time in a Century, Paris Is Making the Seine Swimmable 

Five of America's Most Invincible Hotels 

Listen to Music Made From Yellowstone's Seismic Data 

JSTOR Daily

The Gumshoes Who Took On the Klan     American Daredevils

A Century of History in Five Hawaiian Prison Newspapers

In Sudan's Civil Conflict, the Arab Cold War Widens

Metadata for Image Search and Discovery   The Bossa Nova Craze

Atlas Obscura

Rainbow Valley, Alice Springs  The Origins of Baked Alaska    Panther Milk Bar Glasgow  Japan Inside an Ad Museum

What an Eagle Tells Us About Ourselves  Hot Beef Sundae

Nevada’s Haunted Hotel History   Stops For the Rodent Lovers

Filipino Louisiana’s Centuries-Old History Giardino Pantesco Italy

Norway’s National Snack    A New Fish Species 

Where to Eat Berlin’s Best “Tree Cake”  'Ghost Train' Ontario

Christopher Columbus’s Tomb  Behold, a Donkey Kong Mural

Grand Central’s Whispering Gallery   Creative Foods 

Scotland Historic ‘Coffin Bridge’  The Child Eater of Bern

California The Sci-Fi House of the Book Stack Rock Fort

Iceland Wes Anderson-esque Lighthouse Paste Eater's Grave

Who Bought This Ghost Town?  9 Ancient Observatories

This Is America’s Oldest Yarn Shop Summer Reading List

The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead

Irish Genealogy

Sugababes star reveals Irish ancestry ahead of Belfast show | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk 

Aidan Quinn on family history, personal projects, and his fond memories of West Cork 

Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford - IrishCentral

Ceremony takes place to mark 100 years since end of Irish Civil War - IrishCentral

WATCH: 107-year-old Irish farmer speaks of changes in 1965 - IrishCentral

Top locations to visit in Ireland ranked - IrishCentral

Ireland The Dragon Gates 

Family Search New records collections now available

Always Interesting

allenrizzi I Remember When     Cats, Cats And More Cats

Food Tips And Tricks

humoringthegoddess Jan van Eyck Welcome Back 

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Delita Martin    Kristen Egan

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Boris Vallejo    

Faerie Paths — Twinkle

Jenealogy Scrapbook

Beyond Signatures: Capturing Memories Through Autograph Books

Pauline Conolly TINDER TIME – A CLOSE CALL!  THE SHELTER SHEDS

DESMOND & THE BANKSIA MAN

Anne's Family History Portrait of Mr J. M. Niall

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 29 May:

The Legal Genealogist Memorial Day 2023

Tales From the Grave  The explorer and the writer: A love story

Reviews

Theresa Smith

The Month That Was…

Book Review: Nadia Comaneci and the Secret Police – A Cold War Escape by Stejarel Olaru

Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Other Side of Her by B.M. Carroll      READ MORE

The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers   READ MORE

The East Indian by Brinda Charry   READ MORE

Charlie, Love and Clichés by Ella Maise  READ MORE

Podcast: Josephine Moon on Her Inspiring Journey to Publication     LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Stuart Black on the Abuse of Corporate Power   LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Book Chat Episode #5, with Cheryl Akle and Caroline Overington     LISTEN HERE

Allen & Unwin

Love Language   Linda Marigliano 

Feast  Emily O'Grady

Put Your Feet in the Dirt, Girl Sonia Henry

Kookaburra Cottage Maya Linnell 

On the Ashes Gideon Haigh

The School That Hope Built   Madeleine Kelly

Some Shall Break Ellie Marney

  

Big Swiss Jen Beagin

The Spider Lars Kepler

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home Lorrie Moore

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING  26th May 2023, bumper issue, news x Ireland, plan to bomb the moon, Dracula's Irish roots, 1st Teddy Bear, woman who birthed rabbits, famine orphans, Hebrew Bible..record price, 20,000 year old pendant, 1930s pattern books, great reviews, story of the one who hid Anne Frank and much more..

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/05/friday-fossicking-26th-may-2023.html

Headlines of Old

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST PRINTERS.. Sydney Convicts Trove Tuesday 30 May 2023, George Howe, first presses...

First news sheets… links to extra information…

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https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/05/australias-first-printers-sydney.html