FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th Aug 2023

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog  James Reibey Atkinson – descendant of a pioneering convict. Pauline Williams

Why Should You Always Buy eBooks Legitimately - Good e-Reader 

Australian War Memorial newsletter incl. 

VIVIAN BULLWINKEL SCULPTURE REVEALED

Learn about the Vietnam War   Malaya and Borneo Veterans’ Day

Digital collection highlight of the month

National Library of Australia newsletter incl. We are family

Download, print and complete one of the Library’s free family tree charts, available in the research guide, to begin your journey. 

The newsletter includes a whole lot more..

National Archives UK newsletter incl. 

Stories from the Collection: The Imperial Typewriters Strike

Webinar: Researching your family history

Video: Klaus Fuchs, the 'Atomic Spy

Outback Family History

The Fighting Leane’s     The Monte Christo Quarry – by D Daws 

Police Honour Legendry Tracker Pannican  Murchison Reminiscences

Vale Dryblower

Tinteán Magazine

Irish history and its popular versions Tribute to Sinéad O’Connor

The Dictionary and Lost Irish Words Anne Casey Sydney Irish Poet

A Really Embarrassing Moment at St. Pat’s     What’s On – August to September, 2023     A Convict Keeps Her Wits About Her

Fintan O’Toole’s Latest – an antipodean perspective

Irish Genealogy

Celebrating Heritage Week at Mayo's Museum of Country Life | Connaught Telegraph 

Is Patrick Forrestal Related to James Forrestal? A Family History of Two Prominent Figures 

Smithsonian

Stunning Fields of Sunflowers Are Blanketing North Dakota 

Water Temperatures Hit 'Hot Tub' Levels in the Florida Keys 

View 15 Beautiful Lighthouses That Lead the Way to Serene Scenes 

You Can Now Buy a Lighthouse of Your Very Own in Michigan 

Get a Bird’s-Eye View on the Minnesota Zoo's New Elevated Walkway 

The Abandoned Settlements Inside National Parks This Italian Town Silenced a Historic Bell That Kept Tourists Awake. Now, Locals Can't Sleep

Follow Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Through Post-Revolution Mexico 

UNESCO Recommends Adding Venice to List of World Heritage in Danger 

Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel 

Atlas Obscura

The Killer Whales of Eden  How to Have a Pee-wee Herman Adventure  Mel Blanc’s Grave  Inside A Dazzling Menu Collection  Ski-Slope Tree Martinis  Peru’s Whale of a Tale Cheetah Problems

The Soup That Stopped a War Stargazing Beyond Sight

PODCAST Ouija Board 7-11   PODCAST Bone Vinyl  

This “Forest” Is One Single Tree    The Bridge That Featured in 'Jaws'

An Underwater City For The Dead   England’s Steepest Street

This Is Possibly The Shiniest House  A Secret Royal Escape Route

The Long, Tumultuous History of Gardiners Island  A Speakeasy For A French Queen A Monastery With the West's Largest BuddhaA Historic NYC Watering Hole History’s Largest Gold Stockpile

The Real-Life Headless Horseman Bridge Why is ‘X’ Such a Big Deal? Rain-Scented Perfume  10 Fast-Food Firsts Flirting Via Tubes

A Strange Monument For a Witchy Legend A Mailbox That Saved a Nature Reserve Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh 

40,000 Skeletons Decorate This Church The Highest (Basketball) Court In the Land  The ‘Disunited States’ Wanamaker Building

Michelangelo’s Grocery List  Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

Spider Wrestling, And Other Stories   A Musical Puzzle

The Old European Tombs  A Dino Museum's Bizarre History

Sweet History  Your Guide to Medieval London  The Medical Use of Ivory Dolls  The City of Live Mermaids The Monsters of Bomarzo  A Drinking Fountain for Honeybees Remembering a Heroic Sled Dog

A Spiral Staircase That Hangs Midair World's Longest Running Show

An Iconic Scene From ‘The Exorcist’ 

JStor Daily

Laughing Matters  On the Rocks    Canada's Most Controversial Novel   The Incorruptible Body of Francis Xavier Longhorns Long Gone (And Returned)   When San Francisco Feminists Rated Mexican Abortions

Always Interesting

allenrizzi 

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge  Doo-Wop  Driving – A Comparison   Once Upon A Time In Northridge Who Gets Your Stuff?

Humouring the Goddess 

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Alessandro Ciffo  Troy Emery

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Walter Crane

I Love When We Connect!    Faerie Paths — Action

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Upcoming Galleries

The Legal Genealogist 

Saying their names  Where did it go?   The other rangers

Pauline Conolly

ROBBINS ISLAND – A BAD BREAK FOR JACK BADGER 

THE DECK BUILDERS; BOWERBIRD & BOB

Tracking Down The Family

Book Review: British Food by Colin Spencer

Leone Fabre

a bit of everything: Graytown and the POW Camp

Textile Ranger

Nature Photo Challenge #23: Flies

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Genealogy Fun: How My Friend and I Discovered We Have Mutual Cousins

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

#OTD in Irish History | 7 August:

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang

Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Chasm by Bronwyn Hall    READ MORE

Bitter & Sweet by Amal Awad  READ MORE

Sit, Stay, Love by Amy Hutton  READ MORE

Podcast: Alli Parker on Australia’s First Japanese War Bride  

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Podcast: Ben Mckelvey on Trauma, Change and Resilience

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Penguin Books

Farewell to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul  Deborah Rodriguez's     START READING

One of Us is Back Karen M. McManus'   CHECK IT OUT

and from my blogs..

As They Were

IGP ARCHIVES July 2023, CLARE, CORK, DUBLIN, LIMERICK, TYRONE, miscellaneous, headstones, church..Thanks to Christina and all the volunteers at IGP.

Feel free to share..

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2023/08/igp-archives-july-2023.html

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING  4th Aug 2023, newsletters, Old Meeka cemetery, 2,000 yr old glassware, bees play soccer, oracle of Delphi, fairyland, great batch of interesting blogs, ballroom hidden under lake, teaberry ice cream, 12 McDonalds that went rogue, book reviews, spider web farm, honey made by ants, 4,000 yr old cemetery…and so much more..(including a crossword)

Feel free to share…

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/08/friday-fossicking-4th-aug-2023.html

Headlines of Old

TROVE TUESDAY 8th August 2023   MISSING PERSONS, 

These are selected randomly and are from between the years 1921-1960. They are all sourced from TROVE. 

Two hints that some may not think of...

* don't dismiss these notices because of where they are published ...our ancestors often moved around more than we realise.

*  whenever you're searching for a particular name, and come across the same or very similar surname, it is often worthwhile to save the information in a 'Maybe' file...particularly when looking for those 'missing'. Often just surnames were changed e.g. Browne became Brown, or they abbreviated from names like Woodward to Wood... I'm sure you have found some variations in your own trees.

Happy hunting…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/08/trove-tuesday-8th-august-2023-missing.html