FRIDAY FOSSICKING 8th Dec 2023

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog

My grandmother Eileen Evans and the photo in a locket. Catherine Thompson

How a new play is leading the push to return an historic convict-sewn quilt back to Tasmania - ABC News

40 of my favourite genealogy indexes / sources - Judy Webster

National Archives Australia (NAA)  visit our website

Events include..  Guided tours - Focus Canberra | Sundays   

A new home abroad   Webinar | 6 December 

Maltese migration to Australia   Brisbane | 14 December

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National Archives U.K.  

Discover our new exhibition season Great Escapes

Reserve your place for our online talks with world-famous authors    

Book our in-person events, including behind the scenes tours 

Learn something new with Secrets of The National Archives

Explore events and activities for families

Outback Family History

All a Hero – a tale of the Margaret    Lightning Can Strike Twice –   

A Change of Name to Find a Family Saga –      

Darlot – the last 100 years

Irish Genealogy

University of Galway creating digital archive of letters from Irish expats c.1675 - 1950

Funding of €36,408 approved by Minister of State for the Gaeltacht for the University ... - gov.ie 

JSTOR Daily

How American Librarians Helped Defeat the Nazis      

Ride 'em, Butteri!      The Nineteenth-Century Banjo

Himmelsbriefe: Heaven-Sent Chain Letters     

Subversive Student Writing at Carlisle Indian School       

Quinoa: Rise of an Andean Superfood

Redeeming the Old Maid

Atlas Obscura

The Adventures of Jack the Superdog A Whale’s Surprising Superpower    Napoleon Cake    Weird Gift Ideas

What Is the Real Maraschino Cherry?   California's Thrill Odyssey

Gifts For Your Bookish Loved One  'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'   Exploring the History of Wintertime Traditions

The Hog Island Fig  The Mark Twain House & Museum

World’s Oldest Edible Ham The Legacy of the Last Hawaiian Princess The Nature-to-You Loan Library Gifts For Curious Kids  

World’s Longest Hedge Maze  When Tree Bark Becomes Flour

9 Places To Find Wonder And Whimsy In New Orleans

Witch Windows   The Bronx’s Villa Charlotte Brontë Pine Foods

The Wave Organ  Montezuma Castle  A Shrine for Cats 

Hero Dog Monument Is That Gargoyle From Alien?

How a Brewery Pivoted to Cheese  Polka Dots and Penguins  

18 Places for Epic Outdoor Adventure Across Colorado

The Tragic 1916 Matawan Shark Attack World’s Loneliest Lighthouse Wooden Quilt Doors in New Orleans Paul Bunyan's Gravesite

The Portrait Monument A Food Museum  Antarctica’s Red and Green Snow  St. Valentine's Skull Diverse Christmas Culture. Clive The Alien Touches Down in Covington  Museum of the Mountain Man

A Prohibition-Era Soda Flavor   Holiday Nostalgia Train

In Maine, the Art of Basketry Hangs On By a Thread

A House Covered in Knick-Knacks  Elvis Presley’s Final Concert Plaque  Fashion Island Wind Chimes   World’s Oldest Optical Illusion

Can You Find the Seven Noses of Soho? The Second-Tallest Statue in the U.S. 

Always Interesting

Humoring the Goddess   Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Michel Delacroix   Silly Saturday with my Friends Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Larysa Bernhardt   Kelly Louise Judd   Perspective

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Joana Vasconcelos

Deep in the Heart of Textiles Pattern Books from the 1950s

Pauline Conolly BYE BYE BLACKBIRD. WELL, NOT QUITE!

Tracking Down The Family  Irish Orphan Girls in the News

TIME GENTS Opening of Granville’s Vauxhall Inn was celebrated with ‘buckets of rum

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland 📍Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary 📸ferdsphotos   

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Doll’s Eye by Leah Kaminsky

Book Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Better Reading

Book of the Week: A Brilliant Life by Rachelle Unreich    READ MORE

For Once in My Life by Karly Lane   READ MORE

Kill Your Husbands by Jack Heath   READ MORE

*You're Invited to the Better Reading Christmas Party! 13 Dec 8pm AEDT    online   RSVP HERE

Podcast: Richard Osman on Old-School Mystery Novels and Ageing

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Podcast: Jess McGeachin on Growing Up in a Museum       LISTEN HERE

BE Better Podcast: David Michie on Meditation and The Dalai Lama’s Cat  LISTEN HERE

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and from my blogs....

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 1st Dec 2023, Threads of Memories, tower of books, forgotten pie, world's largest iceberg, secret nuclear base, podcasts, book reviews, restoring Banksy mural in Venice, interesting blogs, statue of doomed lovers, ghost town, great blogs world’s largest iceberg drifting….and so much more..

Feel free to share, the title is the link…

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2023/12/friday-fossicking-1st-dec-2023.html

As They Were

IGP Archives  November 2023,  Cavan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Tyrone, Wexford.. church records and headstones.. Many thanks to  Christina Hunt and all the volunteers who give of their time to create this very helpful site.. and all for free.

https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2023/12/igp-archives-november-2023.html

Headlines of Old

STRANGE BEQUESTS 5th December 2023, unusual as well, unusual items mentioned....and places to be buried.. Also interesting to read as to who was left nothing and why…then again…  

I am taking a break from blogging for now… other than Season’s Greetings later on, I will be back in January.

Thank you for your ongoing support .. feel free to share

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/12/strange-bequests-5th-december-2023.html

Many thanks to all my readers and contributors.. 

thank you for your ongoing support.

I'm taking a break till January after this very busy year.

Wishing you a Happy & Healthy Christmas 

& may 2024 be all you wish for..