FRIDAY FOSSICKING 2nd Feb 2024

 

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GSQ Blog  Accentuate the Positive 2023  Pauline Williams

Queensland State Archives Lost in translation? Not anymore!

Navigating handwritten documents with ease

GeneaDictionary Jill Ball      Geneadons

Outback Family History

Yellowdine – the people on the field (Part 2)     Linden – ghost town 

A High Time in the Old Town –   Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.

John Grenham Why impressive pedigrees mean diddly-squat

National Archives of Australia View this email in your browser

includes... "Preserving family records    Online | 28 February"

Genealogy Ireland

Ireland's Dromoland Castle Just Opened a Luxe New Private Residence - Robb Report 

Career, Biography and Origin of Personality Gerry Adams - Naija News

Career, biography and origin of James Woods - Naija News

Irish family history takes more than luck - Golden Plains Times 

Irish giant folklore might be explained by genetic study - IrishCentral 

Tracing family roots | Local News - standard-journal.com 

Atlas Obscura

The Weirdest Continent That Never Existed Edible Prayers

A Beloved Boat May Vanish Soon   ESTONIA Tallinn: Where Art Collides With History  A Tiny, Secret Slice Shop

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Big City On The Big Prairie 

A Haunted 14th-Century Church The Curious Case of the Footless Goose   An Enchanting Ravine’s Mysterious Walls  The Appeal of Frog Songs  The History of Josie Morris’ Cabin Where Stars Come Alive   A Mouse-Infested Roman Helmet   ‘The Exile’s Cookbook’

ROMANIA Constanta: From Ancient Rome to Beaches

The Weeping Woman The Mansion Guarded by Sphinxes

10 Unique Beaches to Visit The End Of Europe's Oldest Elm Tree

This is the World's First Random Book Vending Machine 

The Doll Hospital Will See You Now  What Ancient Gum Tells Us

AUSTRALIA Castlemaine: A Town Built By the Gold Rush 

Who Lives In This Sunken House?  An Archaeological Site In a Grocery Store  The Treasure Map Sparking a Modern Hunt

Ancient Timekeeping A Recipe Set In a Gravestone  A Castle Haunted By Grief  

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE

This Instagram-Famous Abandoned Boat May Soon Disappear From California Shoreline 

A Brief History of the United States' Accents and Dialects 

Japan: World-Class Powder Makes for a Winter Wonderland 

One Artist's Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana 

Greece Reopens the Palace Where Alexander the Great Was Crowned 

These Inviting Photos Capture the Beauty of the Caribbean

A Journey to Discover an African Homeland

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Pauline Conolly

THE RAJAH QUILT…AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED!   CARROT CAKE – A TRIBUTE

Hospital Food – Healthier Than Homemade! 

Judy Webster

Reading old handwriting and using/compiling indexes: tips / traps

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Jacob’s Bible: Lost and Found 

Liz Gauffreau  

#BookReview: Ninety-Day Wonder by Stephen Davenport

Humoring the Goddess

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Can Sun Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jon Juarez   Mary Gregory   Self-Esteem  Sunday Evening Art Gallery Stan Bitters—

Tracking Down the Family

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Witness to History

Anne's Family History

Under the influence

In Search of Men and Women with Initiative - Solving Family Puzzles

A Convict Family: The Story of  genielynau

Stair na hÉireann

#OTD in Irish History | 29 January:

allenrizzi The Shopping Cart   Everyday Is Payday

The Legal Genealogist   Ordering the SS-5: 2024 style

and for reviews...

Theresa Smith

Book Review: China by Edward Rutherfurd

Book Review: We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain

January: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…

Book Review: The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey

Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal

Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer     READ AN EXTRACT

Podcast: Explore Our 'What Are You Reading?' Summer Series

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