FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18TH NOV, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* IRISH CENTRAL

The top five tourist attractions in County Dublin 

Travel through the mysteries of the ancient Boyne Valley (PHOTOS) 

Maureen O'Hara’s “secret love letters” from John Ford to be auctioned in NY 

An Irish turf bath - in case you get bogged down 

The top five tourist attractions in County Donegal

Where does the term “the luck of the Irish” come from? 

Top ten picturesque historic villages in Ireland (PHOTOS) 

Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I 

Genealogist found living Irish relatives of first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island 

Irish prayers and blessings for your friends and family 

The history and origins of traditional Irish music

An Irish trad band and a Polish beatbox make some seriously interesting sounds

Did our ancient Irish ancestors believe in reincarnation?

The must-see castles of Ireland

The strangest places to stay on vacation in Ireland (PHOTOS)

Leonard Cohen and loneliness, in 1970 Ireland

An American journalist reports from Ireland during the Famine (PHOTOS)

Last of the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953 (PHOTOS)

How Michael Collins helped save Winston Churchill’s career 

Children’s bones from Irish Great Hunger discovered on Canadian beach

How the world remembers the Irish Famine 

Ireland's islands, secret vacation havens around the coast (PHOTOS) 

How did Barbary apes wind up in Ireland 2,300 years ago?

*    Five books for researching your Irish family history  *

here are your treats...

Thanksgiving roast turkey with sage and onion stuffing recipe

Warm Untamed Punch – the perfect welcome home for Thanksgiving

Guinness-battered fish and chips recipe 

Sweet and spicy Brussels sprouts recipe

Boozy chocolate mocha pavlova recipe 

Chef Gilligan's homemade fresh pumpkin pie recipe

* FIND MY PAST

Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards

British Royal Navy, Ships' Musters 1739-1861

British Royal Naval Reserve 1899-1930

Lower Canada Census 1825

Newspapers – Military

Back to Basics with genealogy

Explore The Us Census Records

10 Quick Research Tasks for the Busy Family Historian

Discover BMD Records

Understanding the Genealogical Proof Standard

Search 1939 Register

1939 Explained

* GENERAL INTEREST

NATIONAL ARCHIVES...UK

Second World War army casualty lists

Explore our military research guides

Search and download our British Army medal index cards 1914-1920 (WO 372)*

Explore and download unit war diaries 1914-1922 (WO 95)*

100 years of the Cabinet Office

Explore Your Archive 

PODCASTS: Blindness in Victorian Britain  A tourist's guide to Shakespeare's London

Magna Carta: Law, Liberty and Legacy

Parramatta and District Soldiers.pdf

'roll of honour queensland casualties at the front' - Pictures, photos, objects - Trove

Soldier portraits (Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation)

Harhen (Haren), Marrinan & Long(e) ancestors from Inagh Parish

Research Your British Family History Using the GRO

Discover Your Ancestors in U.S. Military Pension Records 

Create Your Own Heirloom Photo Ornament 

Google's New Free App Could Revolutionize How We Preserve Family Photos and Records

Anglo-Saxon tree trunk coffins may shed light on early Christians

Historic Catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1896‑1993  Ancestry 

Ray Martin's Story  SBS

From S.A.G.S.....

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WE HONOUR AND RESPECT THEM.....ALWAYS

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"The day is gone, but my story isn't finished.."

Rumi.