FRIDAY FOSSICKING 21st July 2023

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog

A journey of Faith for Dorothea Yvonne Tunny.. writing about her G-G-Grandmother, part of the early Bethlehem Mission party who established themselves in Nundah in the late 1830s.

John Grenham

Weird and wonderful civil parish maps

Judy Webster

Old Age Pensions records for genealogy (Queensland and elsewhere)

Lisa Louise Cook via Alona Tester

Ellis Island Records Best Search Strategies - Genealogy Gems

FAHS Newsletter 55.. read here

TROVE newsletter incl. Bold Types

Amongst the new collections in Trove, explore Antarctic, geology, and history of science collections from the Australian Academy of Science. Browse notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and photographs – like this album – relating to Australia's participation in what is often called the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (1897-1922).
You'll also find more local newspapers and some soil conservation research from the Soil Conservation Service.

Start browsing

Outback Family History

Tales of the Tanami –       Richard Casey and the ‘Golden Hole’

The Abandoned Mine –  Barrambie put the ‘Wild’ in the Wild West

JStor Daily

Legacies Lost and Found   Marion Mahony Griffin, Prairie School Architect  The New “Hybrid Work” is “AI + Humans”  

Wheely Good Reviews: How Michelin Forms Foodie Ideology

The Asian American History of Silicon Valley Shopping Malls

The Post-Civil War Opioid Crisis    We Dream of Genie

Atlas Obscura

The Power of a Bosnian Pyramid   A Historical Air Rally Books for Road Trips A Legendary Site  The World’s First Modern Skyscrapers

A Grave for the Man Who Never Was International Church of Cannabis  Where You Can Find Glass Gem Corn  6 Ice Cream Stories

Two Famous Warriors Scotland  The Original Pizza Hut

Glaciers, Gold, and Geology  Mongolian Warrior Women

The Mystery of the Seated Man The Robot Musicians of Brooklyn 

World’s First Salmon ATM Human Shadow Etched in Stone 

A Devil’s Frustrated Footprint  Fisherman's Castle on the Irish Bayou

A Restaurant With a Randomized Menu Reviving a Forgotten Cuisine 

The Calais Dragon 'Famntaget' ('The Embrace')

The Great Gathering of Sandhill Cranes   Starstruck Crossword Puzzle

Kouign-Amann want to try it? 21 Places to See Bats

The Neith of Spetses Greece The Oldest Hotel In the World Japan

Rakotzbrücke Devil's Bridge  Germany Abandoned Control Room

Is This Eleanor Rigby's Grave?   'Home Alone' House

Step Inside The Last Bookstore  Marie Laveau's Tomb

PODCAST The Complaint Tablet of Ea-Nasir    PODCAST Man's Best (Stiff) Friends    PODCAST Witches and Ritual Around the Globe   PODCAST Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

Irish Genealogy

Who Do You Think You Are?: an Englishman called Dev discovers his Irish republican roots 

Elvis Presley's IRISH ROOTS, revealed - Meanwhile in Ireland 

Irish Passports: UK Finally Finds Cure For Its Queuing Culture - Suffolk Gazette

UK born broadcaster traces roots to Clare and visits during TV show appearance 

“My Father Is 100 Percent Irish”: Tom Brady's Iconic Words From the Past Resurfaces ... 

Smithsonian

The Real History Behind Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' 

Archaeologists Discover Entrance to the Zapotec Underworld Beneath a Church in Mexico 

Hidden for 400 Years, Censored Pages Reveal New Insights Into Elizabeth I's Reign 

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month With These 15 Mouthwatering Treats 

Scientists Crack the Mathematical Mystery of Stingless Bees' Spiral Honeycombs 

New Device Can Detect Covid in the Air Within Five Minutes 

The 'Ivory Man'—a Powerful Leader Buried in a Lavish Tomb 5,000 Years Ago—Was Actually a Woman 

Ground Control to Major Tom: How David Bowie Soundtracked the Moon Landing 

The Hidden History of the Hollywood Sign 

The World's Largest Cruise Ship Is Nearly 1,200 Feet Long 

Archaeologists Discover Entrance to the Zapotec Underworld Beneath a Church in Mexico 

Mississippi’s Hikeable History: Find New Places to Explore, From the Trace to Tishomingo

Eagle-Eyed Hiker Spots Bronze Age Rock Paintings in Norway 

How the Mother of Modern Weaving Transformed the World of Design 

Always Interesting

Anne Young

Henry Hughes (1838–1907) and a breach of trust A waylaid dray

Pauline Conolly 

JARDINE INSULTS THE APPLE ISLE!   

THE STUDY – A ROOM OF MY OWN?

NORTH MOTTON V ULVERSTONE 1925 

Humoring the Goddess

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jon Ching    Faerie Paths — Dogs

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Ashka Dymel Go To a Fair!

Janis Miltenberger

KindredPast

The Missing Memorial

allenrizzi 

Heart Of Gold     The Invisible Geezer    Hewwo There Wittle Fewwow!  By And By

Textile Ranger

Nature Photo Challenge #20: Black

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

#OTD in Irish History | 17 July:

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Blanka Rosenberg and Hugo Blumenfeld, Or How I Learned I’d Made An Error

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Quick Shots Book Review: After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill

Better Reading

Book of the Week: Wifedom by Anna Funder        READ MORE

Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville                READ MORE

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See                   READ MORE

Irena’s Gift by Karen Kirsten                                               READ MORE

Podcast: Anna Funder on Feminism, Marriage and Wifedom                     LISTEN HERE

BE Better Podcast: Bec Wilson on How to Have an Epic Retirement

LISTEN HERE

Penguin Books Australia

 'jewel of a novel' that won the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize   

On A Bright Hillside In Paradise   Annette Higgs' MEET THE WINNER

The Little French Village of Book Lovers  Nina George  CHECK IT OUT

Irena's Gift  Karen Kirsten's   START READING

Betrayal    Lesley Pearse       TAKE ME THERE     

The Diary of a CEO Steven Bartlett Out 29 August

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 14th July 2023, Bumper Issue, several ' must reads', Qld State Archives Search outage,  Irish records news & articles, FREE  access to French records, ancient leftovers, ghost town, Stephen King’s mansion, chapel hanging off a cliff, deal with copyright infringement, explore the nation’s archives, smartest dog in the world, world’s largest cruise ship, inside one of last pencil factories, Who Do You Think You Are, great blogs, book reviews, and so much more…

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/07/friday-fossicking-14th-july-2023.html

HEADLINES OF OLD

TRANSFERS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS   Trove Tuesday 18th July 2023,  NSW this time..names plus positions... any of your names of interest work for the public service?  Note the changing names of premiers… Feel free to share…the title is the link…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/07/transfers-of-public-servants-trove.html