Friday, December 1, 2023

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 1st Dec 2023


 GENERAL

GSQ Blog   Threads of Memories Christine Leonard

National Archives U.K. newsletter incl.     Deaf lives in the archives

The incredible true story of Virginia Hall

Opening closed letters in the Prize Papers project 

Judy Webster  Insanity and Unsound Mind Index (mental asylums and other records)

Outback Family History

The Worlds Second Oldest Profession –     A Vet in the House –

A Dastardly Deed in Lefroy Street –   Where is Jonesville – ghost town

Captain Kettle and the Toorak Hotel

* New addition  Queensland hotels of long ago – TIME GENTS Mick Roberts

JSTOR Daily

Scrub-a-Dub in a Medieval Tub    Dervla Murphy: The Godmother of Hitting the Road    What Actually Happened to “The Danish Girl” and Her Wife   The High-Flying Life of Mary Riddle  Translating Corn

Traveling Through Time and Space in the Richmond Night Market The US Propaganda Machine of World War I

Irish Genealogy 

How a DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs O'Leary of the Great Fire fame

Atlas Obscura

America’s First Social Club   Thanksgiving Raccoons  

Trick or Thanksgiving!  What Happens to Turkey Tails?

A Celebration of Oklahoma’s Indigenous History 

Before Plymouth, There Was Patuxet    The Misguided French Thanksgiving Cookbook    'Kindred Spirits' Sculpture Cork, Ireland

The Story of Tookoolito   7 Tales of Resilience   A Peachy Reunion

Where to Savor Indigenous Cuisine  Dignity of Earth and Sky  Dakota

An Artificial Island Made of Shells  A Sinkhole Brims With Unusual Species  The Maiden of Deception Pass A Secluded Waterfall in the Grand Canyon    This Tower of Books Goes On Forever

11 Places to Learn the Art of Spycraft  ‘Viking’ Name Origins

Anteater Revelations  America’s Grandest Gas Stations Ostrich Eggs

The Mysterious Newport Fairy Doors The Grave of a Dragon Slayer

Take a Drive on the Rollercoaster Bridge Japan Porky Pig Memorial

The Last Bookstore  The Haunted Café Lafitte in Exile

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch Dolphins and an Ancient Folktale How Space and Rugby Connect  Kitch-iti-kipi

A Secret Nuclear Base, and More  Bake a Forgotten Pie  Plum Island Pink House   The Rise of Umami   The Lost Land of Punt 

A Statue of Doomed Lovers  An Obscure Door With ‘Wonderland’ Connections    The Grave of the Woman Who Inspired Alice       Connecting Alice and Adelaide

It's Always an Unbirthday at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party   

PODCAST The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass, Part 1    

PODCAST The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass, Part 2

PODCAST The Lightning Field  PODCAST A Gaga Tour of the Town

Smithsonian            

Always Interesting
Elizabeth Gauffreau #BookReview: Among the Bones
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland 

Reviews
Theresa Smith

Better Reading

Penguin Books Australia
Water John Boyne START READING
WONKA Roald Dahl

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th Nov 2023,  news re TROVE, great blogs, Smithsonian reveals, book reviews, scam houses, care of the dead, how do electric eels mate?, descend into a blue whale,

Podcasts incl. Bryan Brown, ventriloquism museum..and so much more… Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating this week…

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/11/friday-fossicking-24th-nov-2023.html


Headlines of Old


ESCAPED CONVICTS Trove Tuesday 28th Nov 2023, from various states…… selections from 1886 onwards..  

TROVE..      https://trove.nla.gov.au      has so much to offer…

Please click on the clippings to enlarge ..


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/11/escaped-convicts-trove-tuesday-28th-nov.html




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