FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th Oct 2024

 

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GSQ Blog

A reformed ancestor – maybe. Will the real Joseph stand up    Pauline Williams

Brisbane City Council Salisbury War Industries Heritage Trail

"Discover the historical events that led Salisbury to become one of Australiaʼs largest contributors to industry and manufacturing in the Second World War." extract...

National Library of Australia newsletter incl. Spring has sprung at the Library  Trends through time in Trove and much more..

DESPATCH.. newsletter  Public Record Office, Vic. Aust.

Visit the History Month website to see the full calendar of events on offer.

Records recently added include Children's Court registers, mining tenement files, etc.

Learn more and find links in the latest 'what's new' blog.

Watch 'the past is your future'.  media@prov.vic.gov.au

Outback Family History

William Whitfield Mills – Surveyor-Explorer-Prospector   The Days of Cobb and Co  Red Hill Cemetery (Kambalda)   Microbe of the Murchison – by Suter Abis 

The National Archives U.K.

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Second World War – Legacies, language and diaspora

New podcast episode   Listen now

Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen

List of people summoned to the 1265 Parliament

News: The National Archives wins £1.3m award to create centre of excellence for heritage science

Atlas Obscura

Sardinia’s Accabadora Legend   Divination Games   Japanese Bathroom Ghosts   Local Ghost Stories   Vampire Café  

Where The Zodiacs Are Depicted as Majestic Stone Gods Remembering The Girl Who Repelled Invaders With An Axe   Celebrating the Birthplace of Clara Barton  The House Where An Exiled Asante King Once Lived     You Can Sail This Rare 19th-Century Ship   How Chain Restaurants Use Smells to Entice Us    The Marketing of American Food Traditions  Séance Room at Muriel's Jackson Square  FEAST on Colorado’s Innovative Food Scene   A Halloween Love Ritual   The Menster Christmas Cookie Gravestone   The Martin Hotel   ‘People Pot Pies’   The Video Game With Ancient Roots Cemetery Symbolism  Nosferatu’s Bloody Legacy   Haunted House Tales  Introducing Wow in the World Family Tours!    The Station Godzilla Visited And Destroyed   A Tragic Stone Maiden Watches Over This Street  Take a Moment to Smell the Award-Winning Flowers    Would You Live Inside “The Camemberts”?     Where Book Lovers Shop in Ann Arbor  Uncover the Magic of Colorado  Skrímslasetrið.. Iceland, The Father of Coney Island Hot Dogs Rests Like a King, This Gravestone Adds Insult to Injury,  Is a Screaming Spirit Trapped Inside This Tunnel?, Monsters Take to the Street in Japan  Imagine ‘Dracula’ Swooping Down On You  Monsters In Indigenous Folklore,  Inside the Edward Gorey House,  Wild Travel Tales, Meet the Unsung Hero of Juneteenth,  Marvel at the World’s Largest Jellyfish Collection,   All Hail the Green Onions In This Museum! ,   How Did a 19th-Century Ship End Up In a Neighborhood?,  Explore The ‘Dragon Stones’, a Hidden Mini-Stonehenge, Remember That “Impossible” Quest for the Golden Owl?

Life After Dark In the Ancient World  The Eerie Setting For a Popular Japanese Ghost Story   Kardoes the Hellhound   Amazing Animal Migrations  10 Reasons to Love Fall in Colorado   The Macabre History of Madame Tussaud  Grave of Henrietta Lacks Weathering Disasters Catacomb Mushrooms Amaizeing World of Corn Mazes

Unveil the Secret History of Halloween—Online (course) A Zombie Wedding Once Took Place In This Legendary Tavern Bet You Haven’t Ridden This Carousel Hiding In Plain Sight    Have You Seen All the Ghosts Haunting Halcyon House? The Last Vestige of the “Little Broadway of the North” Hidden Treasures in All Four Corners of Colorado    7 Spots Serving Up Nevada’s Wild and Free Spirit

JSTOR DAILY

Before Brita: A Brief History of Water Filtration The Lemon Gang: Citrus and the Rise of the Mafia   Andrew Jackson's Speech on the Indian Removal Act: Annotated    Frederick Gowing, King of Poachers   Is Consensual Nonmonogamy a (Good) Thing?    New Atheism and the Trouble with Literalism  Postcolonial Pacific: The Story of Philippine Seattle

CEMETERIES

Community efforts breathe new life into Exeter District cemeteries - The Sun-Gazette 

'Garden of Artful Remembrance': Reimagining how cemeteries can support grieving ... 

Batley Cemetery gates locked during school drop-off time to stop drivers using grounds as 'rat run' 

Timmins history: Cemeteries 

Multiple Valley cemeteries receive grants to support maintenance, training - WFMJ.com 

Does Florence have a responsibility to protect historic cemeteries from development? 

Cemetery merger assures 'strong future for historic cemetery' - WGRZ-TV 

Local cemeteries awarded state funding for maintenance - WKBN.com 

Controversial plan to expand cemetery onto farm could be scrapped - Bristol24/7 

Tusten Cemeteries: Who's Buried There? - Sullivan County Democrat 

Haunted and Historic Cemeteries - KOLO  

Cemeteries running out of land - CTV News Windsor   

Cemetery Tales: Case of two crooked cooks - Inside CDCR 

Books detailing local warservice now at Shrine - The Warragul and Drouin Gazette  Melbourne, Aus.

Volunteers at Concordia Cemetery use technology to unearth Buffalo history - WIVB 

The ongoing destruction of Cairo's historic cemeteries: A 1000-year legacy under threat 

They're our family': Funeral directors quietly breaking the law for animal lovers | SBS News 

Red Tape To Be Cut From Cemeteries And Crematorium - Mirage News 

New Addition Planned for Werribee Mausoleum as Cemetery Reaches Full Capacity 

What's the best way to use land at cemeteries? OACFP says it's running out - CTV News Windsor 

“Cemeteries are forever”: Database helping identify and preserve Louisiana's historic ... - WAFB 

Exploring Local Cemeteries As An Alternative History of Athens' Residents - Flagpole 

Croatian Govt. Recognizes Jewish Cemeteries as Cultural Heritage Sites

Minnesota's largest Muslim cemetery breaks ground near Farmington after 10-year saga 

Genealogy Ireland

The psychological meaning of an Irish passport

Heightened Genetic Disease Risk Linked to Remote Regions in the U.K. 

Interesting Libraries

Inside one of the most spectacular libraries in the world, in Dubai - which cost less than 270 ... 

Southampton libraries encourage residents to use free home delivery service  U.K.

Great Blogs

Jenny MacKay Tracing the Threads of Time: My Great-Grandmother’s Lace Legacy

Humoring the Goddess  Faerie Paths — Hummingbirds

Pauline Conolly   ACER CORNER SPRING BREAK- N0 CAR REQUIRED

SANDWICHES – TAKE 2 SLICES OF BREAD

Time Gents Marion Edwards was Australia’s first known transgender barman

Penguin Books Australia

The Fallen Woman   Fiona McIntosh    START READING

Marigold Mind Laundry   Jungeun Fun    READ A SNIPPET

Odyssey          Stephen Fry                          CHECK IT OUT

Following the Moon   James Norbury     TAKE ME THERE

The Night We Lost Him     Laura Dave     HAVE A LOOK

MACCA        Mackenzie Arnold       START READING

Mornings With My Cat Mii Mayumi Inaba  ABOUT THE BOOK

Murder Island   James Patterson         CHECK IT OUT

The Blue Hour   Paula Hawkins        READ A SNIPPET

Better Reading

Frankie by Graham Norton      READ MORE

Silverton Shores by Mandy Magro      READ MORE

Q&A: The Valley by Chris Hammer    READ THE Q&A

Authors on Authors: Caroline Overington and Chris Hammer 

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