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Friday, November 24, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th Nov 2023

 


GENERAL

GSQ Blog   

Arriving under protection. Janice Cooper    "A story about early women immigrants, this one centres on some under the Bounty scheme."

State Library Qld newsletter incl. 

Charlie's War Book Launch,    Cake the podcast

National Library of Australia (N.L.A.) Nov. newsletter
incl.
Meet the ‘Courageous Kids’ by reading an extract from each story on our website. 
We’re updating how you log in to our catalogue & eResources 

Online services unavailable on 9 and 10 December 2023

TROVE newsletter click here incl. With Pencils Poised  Natural History Books  Women in Wartime

    * PLANNED MAINTENANCE

Trove will be unavailable from 6pm AEDT Saturday 9 December until 12pm AEDT Sunday 10 December 2023 so the National Library of Australia can undertake planned maintenance. 

Trove will also be unavailable over the weekend on 13 and 14 January 2024. Further details about this planned maintenance will be published closer to the time. Find out more 

Outback Family History

The Larkinvillians –     Milly Soak – an oasis in the desert

W H J Carr-Boyd: Explorer – Prospector – Raconteur

Murder and Suicide at Nannine –

Smithsonian

The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs 

How Princess Diana's Death Transformed the Royal Family 

See the Face of an Inca Teenager Killed in a Ritual Sacrifice 500 Years Ago

Drayton Hall: Where People Fought for Freedom & Fostered Self-Sufficient Communities 

Sealed French Love Letters Read for the First Time in 265 Years 

Declassified Cold War Satellite Photos Reveal Hundreds of Roman-Era Forts 

Before He Rose to Power, Adolf Hitler Staged a Coup and Went to Prison

Watch the Trailer for 'Masters of the Air,' Steven Spielberg's Long-Awaited Follow-Up to 'Band of Brothers'



JStor Daily

Atlas Obscura

Always Interesting
The Legal Genealogist Sixty years ago today
Humoring the Goddess Faerie Paths — Stones  Fred Danziger
Shauna Hicks  Diary of an Australian Genealogist: My Genealogy Weeks 16 Oct - 17 Nov 2023
Deep in the Heart of Textiles One Warp, Six Variations
allenrizzi The Wren Whisperer
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 20 November:

Reviews
Theresa Smith

Better Reading

Penguin Books Australia
Unruly David Mitchell START READING
Peggy & Molly             LOOK INSIDE

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Nov 2023, Poor Law Unions, Treaty of Versailles, The Poppy Lady,  What skulls told us, world's oldest pyramid, underground dungeon, mystery of a gravity hole, earth crater used to train astronauts, podcasts, great blogs, book reviews, museum of censored art and a whole lot more..

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


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/11/friday-fossicking-17th-nov-2023.html


Headlines of Old


"FAMOUS" CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 21st Nov 2023, difficult times, yet some did prosper..both with their standing in the community as well as succeeding financially. I, like many others, have convicts in my family tree who became respected citizens in their new lives…Feel free to share… the title is the link…


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/11/famous-convicts-trove-tuesday-21st-nov.html



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Friday, November 17, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th Nov 2023

 



GENERAL

GSQ Blog Strong Women Bev Murray 

Judith Salecich  Henry’s World War I postcards to Flora
Judy Webster  Why I use and recommend Findmypast
John Grenham "We still give birth, get married and die under the Poor Law" A new post about fresh maps of Poor Law Unions and registrars' districts published on November 9. 
From convict to father of seventeen: Martin Stone might be your ancestor - ABC listen
Historical ledger for Halfway Hotel on Victoria's Dargo High Plains reviving stories of travellers past - ABC News
An entire Australian village is up for sale The rare opportunity has arisen to be your own landlord of a quaint village that is home to a 1830s built mill, cottages and shops in a small New South Wales dairy farming locale.


National Archives UK  newsletter incl.
Stories Unboxed: The Treaty of Versailles    Researching your family history: Military sources   Upcoming events  Discover the story of 'The Poppy Lady'

Outback Family History
When a Funeral was Bushed –       Left Waiting at the Church –  
John “Jack” Ivison – Fighting son of the Empire
Life in the Australian Backblocks – by E S Sorenson

Irish Genealogy
The top five questions about Irish genealogy 
Paul Breen: Delving into ancestral trails of family history | Impartial Reporter 

Tinteán Magazine
From Tipperary to Outback Australia part two      
The poetry of trans-Atlantic Eamonn Wall    
Features from the Irish Film Festival Reviewed
Impressive New Irish Documentaries
Acclaimed Young Irish Female Film Directors
Poems of Rembrance by Michael Patrick Moore
Cúinne Dátheangach Bilingual Corner
Two Irish Booker Finalists
The Failure of the Socialist Dream in the Free State
What’s on: November, December ’23, January ’24    
What's On page for Australian Irish events.

JSTOR Daily 
Indigenous Kings in Londontown      Slavery and the Modern-Day Prison Plantation Hidden Charms   Know This About Net Zero    Marianne Moore: Master Mentor    What Skulls Told Us
When Gravity Sucked, According to the Plutocrats

Atlas Obscura
21 Spots Where You Can Pay Tribute to the Beatles    What Makes a Perfect Onion?    Digital Dugout Canoes   Slumping Pumpkins
'Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)'   Bigfoot Crossroads of America   Inside the Iconic Churchill Arms Pub
The Underground Dungeon Forgotten For A Century 
The Giant Pink Bunny That Once Lived On This Hill
Louisiana’s Only Cave     The Mystery of a Gravity Hole    
Unusual Gems in These Rock Star Interviews  
The Wormingford Dragon Window World's Largest Ball of Paint
How Dance Became an Obsession   World’s Oldest Pyramid
The Marble Stables of China’s Horse Museum   Maen Huail Wales
Inside the Icelandic Phallological Museum Sonic Runway
8 Geometrical Wonders and Houses Remnants of the Paris Guillotine
PODCAST Fenway Victory Gardens 
PODCAST Unusual Campus Stories
PODCAST An Incredible Welsh Art Collection
PODCAST Trekking Across the U.S. On Mules
PODCAST  Five Terrifying Episodes

Smithsonian 
How Stone Walls Became a Signature Landform of New England 
Iceland Braces for a Likely Volcanic Eruption as Earthquakes Increase Wind May Have Helped Sculpt Egypt's Famous Sphinx 
This California Museum Is Home to Hundreds of Nature's Scents 
The Alaskan Island That Humans Can’t Conquer
Museum of Censored Art Opens in Barcelona
Groundhogs Are Old News. In This Tiny Town, Caterpillars Predict the Weather
The 50-Million-Year-Old Treasures of Fossil Lake 
Orcas Sink Another Boat in the Strait of Gibraltar 

Always Interesting
Family history across the seas   ... cassmob Remembrance Day 2023
Pauline Conolly   A Taste of Paris in Katoomba 🥐
Humoring the Goddess Share the Art!  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Emiko Oye   Sharing Gallery Art — Tiffany Arp-Daleo   Degenerate Art   Sunday Evening Art Gallery — The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries  Art Has Not Always Been Free  David Hockney
Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jennifer Latour
Lenore Frost State school teacher wounded at Gallipoli
The Legal Genealogist Veterans Day 2023 Deadline: tomorrow!
allenrizzi Hunters Creek
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 13 November:
Brotmanblog: A Family Journey Friederike Blumenfeld Schoen, Part V: Her Family in America After the War
Deep in the Heart of Textiles ScrapHappy November 2023 — Scraps from Many Lives

Reviews
Theresa Smith
Book Review: Beatrix and Fred by Emily Spurr
Book Review: The House that Joy Built by Holly Ringland
Short Story Review: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

Tracking Down The Family Jennifer Jones
Book Review: Surnames Of Wales by John and Sheila Rowlands

Better Reading
Book of the Week: Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year by Joanna Nell    READ MORE
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes   READ MORE
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon    READ MORE
Podcast: Bryan Brown on His Legendary Career, from Acting to Writing    LISTEN HERE
Podcast: Robyn Davidson on Trekking Across 1700 Miles of the Australian Outback LISTEN HERE

Penguin Books Australia
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent Judi Dench     READ A SNIPPET
The Berry Pickers   Amanda Peters  TELL ME MORE
The Nature of Honour  David McBride  CHECK IT OUT
An Intimate History of Evolution Alison Bashford   LEARN MORE
Hunt on Dark Waters Katee Robert.  START READING

and from my blogs...

As They Were


IGP Archives October 2023,  Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Donegal, Sligo, Longford, Tyrone.. assorted records.. headstones, church records.  Many thanks to Christina Hunt and all the volunteers…

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2023/11/igp-archives-october-2023.html



That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 10th Nov 2023, “…Finding a Jones in Wales”, Remembrance  Day, “A Lynching for Kitty”, uncommon Irish names, haunting places in literature, visit the Atomic Clock, museum of Bobblehead Dolls, Monk made sacred sweets, “Steerage Folk”, book reviews incl. Bryan Brown’s first novel, 

Great blogs as always ..

Feel free to share… the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/11/friday-fossicking-10th-nov-2023.html






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