That Moment in Time: FRIDAY FOSSICKING 26th July 2024

GENERAL

GSQ Blog

Why? Why? Why? Question everything and learn the full story. Shauna Hicks

Queensland State Archives (QSA) newsletter incl. talk re "Queen of the Dancehalls: Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane 1939-1982"

11am-12pm Friday 2 August 2024

Queensland State Archives 435 Compton Rd, Runcorn Must Register

Other session details can be seen on initial newsletter

* Historical records / other genealogy sources: Judy Webster's indexes

* What's New on Judy Webster's genealogy website

Outback Family History

Black Dennis – a respected man Alec from Auckland Remembers –

Coolgardie Leidertafel & the Durston family

Suicide, Cyanide and Scones –

Seven Best Towns in NSW

World Atlas NSW's charming towns, from Byron Bay to Kiama, offer unique escapes with history, culture, and natural beauty for memorable visits. (Have to agree re these, but I'd like to add a few more... what would you like to add?)

Atlas Obscura

Magic Spells for Bees Why Is Elvis So Big In Las Vegas? 14 Spots for Tea-Lovers The People, Places, and Phenomena Keeping Austin Quirky Galileo's Middle Finger What’s Up With This Small Skybridge? New York A Mile-Long Trail of Pottery Lucky Cats Japan A Museum Dedicated to Celebrating the Humble Wingnu California Walk the Ruins of an Almost-Forgotten Fifth-Century Church Cyprus Hallowed (and Haunted) Grounds in Mineral Wells, Texas America’s Loneliest Roads, Mapped A Fort's Second Life A Monumental Park Heist Can Food Become Medical Implants? Savor Santiago’s Exciting and Evolving Homegrown Cuisine How A Cold Case Was Solved 120 Years Later Take a Ride On the World’s Only Rotating Boatlift The Hotel Where Nikola Tesla Spent His Last Days Bittersweet Memories Haunt This “Church of the Dead” A Church Destroyed In WWII Is Now a Public Garden The Museum of Shadows

Gastro Obscura read here

Includes Athens- Greece, Penang- Malaysia, Sydney-Australia,

Las Vegas - Nevada, Lagos - Nigeria, Santiago - Chile, Beijing - China, Houston - Texas, Sao Miguel- Portugal...

Cemeteries

Memorial Cemetery gets historical marker year after mistakenly being sold at auction

Harnett cemetery under fire from families wanting cleanliness - YouTube

Marker unveiled for historic Black Cemetery - FOX 13 Tampa Bay

'48 States Tour' for saving America's graveyards includes Boxwood on Aug. 6 | Orleans Hub

Written in stone, literally - Deccan Herald

Russia's grave investments: Soaring cemetery expenditures amid war - MSN

Barry's 'Letters to Loved Ones' at Merthyr Dyfan cemetery | Barry And District News

Caring for the graves of Jewish WWII soldiers, 80 years on - The Jerusalem Post

Hudson veteran cleans gravestones of fallen soldiers - Community Advocate

Overgrown--Council approves contract to maintain city's five cemeteries | The Northside Sun

Crowded cemeteries raise tensions between CAR's Muslims and Christians - France 24

City officials develop plan to harness energy from cemeteries — here's how

Advocates begin process to include South View Cemetery on Historic Places list - Axios

Satellite imagery reveals extent of destruction of Commonwealth war graves in Gaza - ABC

Russia Rushes To Expand Cemeteries Amid Rising War Casualties - Newsweek

Oxenden Cemetery gets a Columbarium - Mitchell Advocate

Preserving History: ERDC research aims to revive Nation's oldest West Coast Naval cemetery

Can You Be Buried In A Jewish Cemetery With Tattoos? - Jew in the City

'Govt. finding it tough to get land for cemeteries, playgrounds, hospitals' - The Hindu

Lost history lies in neglected Manteo cemetery - The Outer Banks Voice

Always Interesting

SAO - OFTEN BUTTERED, NEVER BETTERED - Pauline Conolly

DOROTHY THORNE; A MOSMAN MYSTERY Pauline Conolly

A MOSMAN MYSTERY PART II – ALFRED LOCKYER Pauline Conolly

St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church: A Journey Through Time and Family History Jenny MacKay

Geraldton’s Gothic Gem: St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Our Family Legacy Jenny MacKay

The National Archives UK incl.

Conquest and rebellion, betrayal and murder

Better Reading

Beyond Summerland by Jenny Lecoat READ AN EXTRACT

Preview: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Preview: I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon

Podcast: Jake Adelstein on Working in Japan and His Career Trajectory as a Journalist

From my blog..

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 19th July 2024, great blogs, century old gramophone returns 'home', family history month, snowflake man, crime of the century..a century late, Benjamin the library cat, Carousal of love, French historian who invented the Olympics, relics of the USS Arizona..and lots more.. Feel free to share.

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