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

2,000 Years of Chinese Culinary History  Shades of Death Road

A Scandinavian Coffee Secret  The Many Statues of Liberty

A Window into Life During the Aztec Empire

The Resilience of the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh 

Inside Rome’s Doll Museum RIP, the “Smartest Dog in the World”

South Korea’s National Hangeul Museum This is The World’s Oldest Rose  The Earth Crater Used to Train Astronauts

What Does Your U.S. State Say About You?  Serpent D'Océan

Grave of World’s Largest Twins       Eat Near a Waterfall

Places Connected to Stephen King Ancient Lampreys And More

A Cliff-Face Port  Eleanor Rigby's Grave

The Mysterious Girl in Blue A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Village

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 ..

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