Friday, August 25, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 25th August 2023

 


GENERAL

What’s on … - Lonetester HQ well worth reading, thanks to Alona.


Ironclad Sisterhood | Trove


TROVE newsletter incl. Find your family's stories with Trove incl.


MINING FOR FAMILY STORIES    


The National Archive UK newsletter.. incl.  Collection highlights: Innovations in toilet design    On the Record: Women's Land Army

South Asian Heritage Month: Roy Sawh, From Where I Stand

Event: Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London


Upcoming Webinars - Legacy Family Tree Webinars


Billion Graves Old Family Photos: Names, Dates, & Gravestones


Outback Family History

George August Dux – pioneer profile   

Helena Maud ‘Lily’ Pike – grave tales

The Swagmans Friend –   Beware of Victorians Bearing Gifts –


JSTOR Daily

The Spy Who Shared My Foyer  Making Egypt's Museums

The Surprising Contents of an American POW's Journal

Women, Partition, and Violence    1610: Dawn of the Extraterrestrial

When the Government Tried to Flood the Grand Canyon

Empress Matilda, George R. R. Martin's Muse


Irish Genealogy

Irish Ancestry? Learn About a Genetic Rare Disease That May Impact You and Your Family 

Is Kelly Lynch related to Jane Lynch? The truth behind the common surname - Doms2cents

Getting Started in Irish Genealogy - Long Island Events 

Irish Family History Forum - Long Island Events 


Atlas Obscura

ElliĆ°aey Island Lodge   The Star Islands of Qian'an   

Walk Through a Tunnel of Wisteria An Ill-Fated Montreal Stadium  

Alfred Hitchcock's London Flat  A Never-Ending Bridge 

Hidden Slot Canyon  Where the Pope's Salt Comes From

Stargazing and Meditation   Hippo Munching On an Elephant     Gastro Obscura’s Food Recs    Stay in an Alpaca Treehouse

The Abandoned City of Pripyat   Why Denmark Drowned This Statue

The Original Home of A&W Root Beer A Stone Cottage With a Face

Stained Glass Leading to Treasure  Earthquake Park

The Secret Past of Highway 42 The Wild History of Not Eating Meat

Marilyn Monroe Statue  What’s the Hardest Wood in the World?

Tavern at Rainbow Row Biscuits Roses de Reims

What a King, a Pope, and the Inuit Have in Common 

6 Epic Road Trips  Turn Apples Into Marshmallows

Wrong Dinosaur Art  Underwater Museum of Art

The Subway Station That Doesn’t Exist  Canada in Miniature

Bourdain and Obama's Dinner Table An Ancient Landscape

A Desert Fjord Devil’s Footprints PODCAST Texas Painted Churches

PODCAST Snake Island  PODCAST APOPO Rats

Fixing the World’s Oldest Trolleys  Germany’s ‘Cow Chapels’

Meow Wolf Convergence Station  Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier   Chocaholic Logic Puzzles A Library’s Mummified Hand

Remembering The Board Game Promoting “Soviet America’

Rewilding Ireland   Apple Adventures Stories of Wonder

An Infamous Privateer’s (Alleged) Grave 

The Incredible Balancing Act of a Stone   The Humble Home of a Famous Musician The 'Missing Link' of the Great Smoky Mountains 

Step Inside Grandad’s Whimsical, Magical Wonderland 

 A Challenging Highway With Great Rewards  


Smithsonian

How Germany's Spaghetti Ice Cream Came to Be

Two Tourists Fell Asleep in the Eiffel Tower and Woke Up to Police 

This Resort Is Offering Free Spa Treatments to Guests Who Clean Up Trash in Yosemite National Park

Sail Aboard a Floating Masterpiece to Discover a New Side of America’s History

Eight Delicious Wine Regions You May Have Never Heard Of 

This 84-Year-Old Has Ridden Every Mile of the Amtrak Map 

The Abandoned Settlements Inside National Parks

The Sticky History of Baklava 

Will Maui's Beloved 150-Year-Old Banyan Tree Survive the Scorching Wildfires?

Once a Year, This 19th-Century Michigan Ghost Town Comes to Life 


Always Interesting

The Legal Genealogist More than 2000 more  No deeds, indeed!

A time for reflection    The age to witness

Textile Ranger Red-shouldered Hawk: Bird of the Week

1940s Pattern Books from the Home Front

Nature Photo Challenge #25: Seedheads

A Couple of Herons: Birds of the Week

Pauline Conolly LEONARD SHADBOLT – COURAGE UNDER FIRE

humoringthegoddess  Witchy Woman Dance   Odilon Redon

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Michael Lonfeldt  Anand Shah

Saturday Afternoon in the Gallery Part III  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Oldest Books in the World    Faerie Paths — Bubbles

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Water Pitchers

allenrizzi So What’s In A Name?  You Feel Old When….

My Fishing Days Are Closing Fast   Biff

Stair na hƉireann | History of Ireland  #OTD in Irish History | 21 August:

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey Isaak Rosenberg: A Family With No Survivors

Liz Gaufreau #bookreview Redemption by Gwen Plano



Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady   

Book Review: Atalanta by Jennifer Saint


Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Disorganisation of Celia Stone by Emma

Young  READ MORE

Good As Gold by Justin Smith   READ MORE

The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud  READ MORE

Taste of Blood by Lynda La Plante READ MORE

Podcast: Vanessa McCausland on What it Means to Dream in French

LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Roger Simpson on how Characters Evolve over Time

LISTEN HERE


and from my blogs...


That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th August 2023, great podcasts, archives of Anglican Diocese Newcastle, 17th Century records from Ulster online, interesting blogs, book reviews, list of top FREE genealogy resources, flying monkey sculptures, tripod restaurant, ministry of time travel, bookstore in a theatre/theatre, reviews and so much more… Feel free to share…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/08/friday-fossicking-18th-august-2023.html


Headlines of Old


NATURALISATION CERTIFICATES   Trove Tuesday  22nd August 2023, various states, 1938-1939, addresses given as of time of naturalisation.. These aren’t published in groups of events as they occurred, rather from various states as submitted. They can be very helpful to confirm at least one area where our ancestors lived.

Feel free to share…the title is the link…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/08/naturalisation-certificates-trove.html





Friday, August 18, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th August 2023

 




GENERAL

GSQ Blog.... ‘A granddaughters reminiscences’ Bev Murray



JStor Daily

Atlas Obscura


Irish Genealogy

Smithsonian

Always Interesting    
The Legal Genealogist Not whether, but how   You never know
Stair na hƉireann | History of Ireland

Reviews
Theresa Smith

Better Reading

Allen & Unwin


and from my blogs..

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th Aug 2023,  great stories, family history  hints and items, buy your own lighthouse, 'one single tree'..hard to believe, Australian War Memorial news, Outback Family History, 

Lost Irish words, killer whales, bone vinyl, 40,000 skeletons in church, live mermaids, interesting blogs, book reviews and much more..

Feel free to share… the title is the link..


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/08/friday-fossicking-11th-aug-2023.html


Headlines of Old


TROVE TUESDAY  15th Aug 2023   MILITARY PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS , also new appointments, from various states…

They  even include some retirements… While these notices are from 1905, you can find other years to explore in TROVE.

Be open minded to the use of forenames, sometimes reversed or simplified. 

Feel free to share.. the title is the link.


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/08/trove-tuesday-15th-aug-2023-military.html