Friday, December 8, 2023

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 

Always Interesting

Deep in the Heart of Textiles Pattern Books from the 1950s
Tracking Down The Family  Irish Orphan Girls in the News
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland 📍Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary 📸ferdsphotos   

Reviews
Theresa Smith

Better Reading







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..




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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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