Friday, November 1, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 1st Nov 2024



GENERAL

GSQ Blog
Di Edelman

What is Connections 2025?      Fran Kitto (TravelGenee)

Outback Family History

The National Archives UK

ATLAS OBSCURA

JSTOR Daily
 
Genealogy Ireland

Irish Pioneers in Australia


CEMETERIES
Tomb reader | The Monthly    Army releases report on Trump camp's Arlington cemetery altercation - POLITICO    Explore the life that exists in Wyndham Cemetery in free science event - About Regional  Backyard Naturalist: Brett Amy Thelen – Cemeteries are a favorite haunt  Would You Party at the Cemetery Where You'll be Buried? - House Beautiful    Seven Cemeteries Star Maria Canals-Barrera Dishes on Doing Horror & Dora the Explorer | Interview   Planned bill will address burial, cemetery issues - ERR News   Abandoned Cemeteries Lurking Just Beneath the Surface | News | mdjonline.com  Decatur leaders hope to take ownership of 2 historic cemeteries - WAFF   The Complicated Ecology of Cemeteries - Sierra Club  Worcester County's cemeteries tell stories, history  Immortal Lichen Growing on Gravestones in Cemeteries Never Ages - Atlas Obscura   Record-breaking 'Cemetery of the Year' win for Thornhill Cemetery - Cardiff Newsroom  Exploring Père-Lachaise cemetery and the 20th arrondissement • FRANCE 24 - YouTube   Interview: Danny Trejo Talks Seven Cemeteries, His Positive Outlook on Life - Yahoo     Restless spirits in Austin: Oakwood Cemetery tour revives murder victims for Halloween  The disquieting stones: Stories await visitors in Worcester County's cemeteries   Family: I tried to solve a mystery about my grandfather. Then I made a stunning discovery.  Cologne cemetery mystery: 15-year project identifies burial records - FOX 9
Hometown Horror Stories: Holt Cemetery - YouTube  GRAVE SITUATION (Historic cemetery video) - UM-Flint NOW  Family of fallen soldier told to take down headstone because it has a cross on it  Take Your Picnic to the Graveyard - Eater   New Louisiana historic cemeteries database website taking nominations for sites   Broxtowe: Families angry over plan to remove grave mementos - BBC News Database helping identify and preserve Louisiana's historic cemeteries - MSN   Repairs completed at UPR soldiers' cemetery in western Poland - Ukrinform   Cemetery Tales: The farmer and a self-appointed king - CDCR   2,000 cops to secure Cebu City cemeteries on Kalagkalag 2024  Enfield Memorial Park: Grave danger for Adelaide cemetery sites | The Advertiser Graves burnt in cemetery after bushfire at Fitzroy Crossing - ABC News   Restoring Williamson County's lost cemeteries   This New York City Park Was Built on Top of a Cemetery - Smithsonian Magazine   Families, communities clean up tombs, cemeteries for Undas 2024 - Inquirer.net  Removing Moss and Grime From Gravestones, She Reveals Forgotten History  Historic Hanna's Town cemeteries: some history revealed, some buried forever   Egypt's Culture Minister Orders Halt of Historic Imam Al-Shafi'i Cemetery Demolition  Cleveland Buried History Days: Events at 5 historic cemeteries - MSN Cemeteries no longer just for the dead: Spaces have a new life of their own - USA Today   Why Visiting Cemeteries Is Good for You - The Stranger  Shining a light on Milltown and City Cemeteries - Belfast Media   Oldest cemetery in Minneapolis has some stone-cold stories to tell - Star Tribune  Sacramento family searches for grandparents' graves after Catholic cemetery moves remains  Graveyards dot this town. Its 'Cemetery Troopers' are repairing them. - Washington Post  Paris: everything you need to know about the opening of cemeteries for All Saints' Day   Antique town residents rush to clean cemeteries - Philippine News Agency 

Smithsonian 
These Rare Artifacts Tell Medieval Women's Stories in Their Own Words  Shipwreck Hunters Find Lost World War II-Era Submarine That Vanished With 64 Crew Members Onboard   An Ice Age Infant’s 17,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals He Had Dark Skin and Blue Eyes  When the Nazis Seized Power, This Jewish Actor Took on the Role of His Life    Discover the Mysteries of Italy's Park of Monsters, a 16th-Century Garden Filled With Strange, Colossal Stone Creatures  How Recovering the History of a Little-Known Lakota Massacre Could Heal Generational Pain The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush  The History of Trick-or-Treating Goes Back Centuries     Archaeologists Map Two Forgotten Medieval Cities That Flourished Along the Silk Road in the Mountains of Central Asia  Amateur Historian Discovers Lost Story by 'Dracula' Author Bram Stoker Hiding in Plain Sight at a Dublin Library  This Savvy Librarian Was the True Force Behind New York’s Iconic Morgan Library

Interesting Libraries

Always Interesting

Pauline Conolly

Humoring the Goddess

Liz Gauffreau

Jenny MacKay

Anne Young


BETTER READING

PENGUIN BOOKS Australia
In Too Deep  Andrew Child    TAKE ME THERE
The Message  Ta-Nehisi Coates  CHECK IT OUT
Hot Mess     Jeff Kinney HAVE A LOOK


and from my blog...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 25th October 2024 Bumper issue, Irish genealogy, vampire plagued family, Princess Centipede, great blogs, Trove Treasures, park of wooden trolls, mutiny of the Gayundah, underwater ‘waterfall’, forgotten soul cakes, 30 ghosts haunt a church, Zelda Fitzgerald on F. Scott’s writing, family alone for 40 years..unaware of moon landing, etc., interesting libraries, book reviews, historic graves and so much more…

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