FRIDAY FOSSICKING APRIL 21, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* SCOTLANDS PEOPLE

Zeppelin air raid on 
Valuation Rolls for 1930-31
Free talks April, June, July
 Family History Fair
South Ayrshire History and Family History Fair



* IRISH CENTRAL

Lost interviews reveal Kennedy clan secrets of matriarch Rose 
How an ancient Irish title died with the last Knight of Glin
Relative of Michael Collins reveals image of his funeral mass card (PHOTO)
Amazing discovery about woman in this iconic image from Great Hunger
World War II “Éire” neutrality sign restored to coast in Donegal 
George Washington’s greatest sniper was an Irish marksman Timothy Murphy 
During Easter Week 1916, more Irish died in France than in the Rising 
Irish school kids welcome Star Wars to Donegal with accordions and tin whistles (VIDEO)
Daughter of Irish immigrants survived the Titanic, Britannic and Olympic disasters 
Dead funny gravestones and farewells to remember
Never before seen photos of Lusitania tragedy that claimed 1,201 lives 
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
Many Irish actually emigrated in order to fight in US civil war 
Travel back with these amazing shots of Ireland in the ‘70s and '80s (PHOTOS) 
Bravery of the Grey Nuns of Montreal during Great Famine honored 



* FIND MY PAST 

The Irish Rebellion in the British newspapers
7 unexpected newspaper discoveries you can make   
Travel & Migration  
Passenger Lists 
Armed Forces & Conflict  
Military records
Irish Petty Sessions
Queensland Births, 1829-1919
Queensland Marriages, 1829-1939
British Newspapers



* TROVE

Trove is more than newspapers...

Archived websites (1996 – now)
Diaries, letters, archives
Music, sound and video
Government Gazettes
 Journals, articles and data sets
Pictures, photos, objects
People and organisations
Books



*   JOHN GRENHAM

John Grenham has migrated his very helpful site to here  where you can read the full details and see where to go next.




* ABOUT.COM

Researching Your Revolutionary War Patriot Ancestor  
Loyalists, Royalists, and Tories in Your Family Tree?  
Top Sources for Researching British Military Ancestors  
10 Free Datasets for British Social History  




* GENERAL INTERESTS


Australian, Victoria coastal passenger lists, 1852-1924
Real Estate maps of QLD 1850s-1920s
House of convict turned publican unearthed in Sydney
The Librarian who saved Timbuktu's Cultural treasures from al Qaeda
Shakespeare's Will
> Read our blog to learn more about Traces through Time National Archives
The National Archives UK
The King remembers: Anzac Day messages Queensland State Archives
Operation War Diary
The centenary of the Military Medal
The Women’s Land Army in eight documents
My Tommy’s War: on the home front in Essex and Suffolk

Coffs Harbour District Family History...  28 May NSW
History Alive: A Journey Through Time 2016  11-12 Jun QLD
Introduction to Family History 26 Jun QLD
World War I Seminar-A Commemorative... 2 Jul QLD
10 Beautiful UNESCO sites



* INTERESTING BLOGS


Oh My, Miss Mary Prince.  Genealogically Speaking
http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/poses-and-pins-in-pocket.html  Library Currants
BURIAL CUSTOMS AROUND THE WORLD   Crissouli
A Perspective on Copyright Licenses -- Creative Commons and more James Tanner
P is for Prize Money (and Pensions)  Family Tree Frog
The Saxon boys from Euroa WW1 Ancestor Chasing
Frogs Hollow, Brisbane CBD Your Brisbane: Past and Present
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 Shortlist Clare Library
 John Oxley Library Blogs

THANK YOU ALL.

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 15TH APRIL, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

*ANCESTRY
 Plant Your Tree This Spring
 Take your tree to new heights DNA 
 Your favorite family history show returns to TLC.
 Turn Your Tree into Art
 1940 U.S. Federal Census
 1930 U.S. Federal Census
 U.S. City Directories
 Search the Census Like Ancestry Anne

* FIND MY PAST

Did your family make headlines?
infamous criminals
free webinar   Friday 15th April at 4pm top tips for searching newspapers 
WATCH: Laura Berry explores the newspaper collection
Uploading your tree to Findmypast
Tracking my runaway detective ancestor
Maximise search returns with wildcards
Your April British Newspapers Round-up
Electoral Rolls South Australia, Northern Territory, New Zealand and more

LANDMARK BREAKTHROUGH: Death records for Dr Jekyll... 

Humans of New Zealand: Discovered in our records 

*IRISH CENTRAL
The forgotten Dublin graves of the British who died in 1916 (PHOTOS)
The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer 
First Great Hunger grave markers for New York unmarked graves
The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS)  
Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history 
The mystery of Celtic and Irish symbols 
Documenting Ireland’s beloved thatched cottages before it’s too late (PHOTOS)
Top ten interesting facts about County Cork (PHOTOS) 
Old hand-colored photos of Ireland’s heritage sites give glimpse into past
Famine immigrants' desperate search for the missing
Beautiful rendition of U2’s “With or Without You” on fiddle (VIDEO) 




A walk through history - the horrific tale of a Mayo village's death during the Great Famine 

Emotional WWII vet reunited with 70-year-old love letter (VIDEO) 

Irish dancing across the wondrous Irish landscape (VIDEO)

How to research your Irish genealogy using the Library of Congress 

Archaeologists found a 2,600-year-old Celtic Princess in Germany 

Exploring what remains of Ireland’s ancient royal capitals (PHOTOS)

* IRELAND XO INSIGHT

http://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/ireland-xo-insight-irish-national-education-sources-relating

*PINTEREST

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/503347695824374520/ records of early convict arrivals Original Doc.

List of female convicts to be transported beyond the seas. Credit NSW State Records

* GENERAL INTEREST

http://home.dictionaryofsydney.org/project/randwick-heritage/ Randwick Heritage APP

http://www.medicalpioneers.com/sources.htm Australian Medical Pioneers Index (AMPI) - Sources of Information About Pioneer Doctors

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-50-books-by-age-12-balancing-0405-20160405-column.html    50 books every kid should read by 12 

Common Terms You May Find in Land and Property Records   about.com

10 Cool Things You Can Learn From Deeds   about.com

Locating Land Records on the BLM Website   about.com

Timeline of U.S. Public Land Acts and Legislation   about.com
How & Where to Locate Property Deeds Online   about.com
https://www.raden.com/  new vogue luggage... just fun and practical

* INTERESTING BLOGS

http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/373416521.html Kristin Butcher ...legacy in the making
http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/feeding-from-frenzy.html Carmel Galvin.. good advice

L is for leaving Liverpool Anne Young

Postcards from South Tipperary The Silver Voice.. a wonderful tribute

Judith Ann Neczypor Sharon..       a beautiful story

Five and a bit!  Helen Smith ... I had to include this, even if just for the sheer amount of work Helen puts into all

Some small wonders of Autumn Arija  these posts always gladden my heart

Clonderlaw House, Kilmurry, Killadysert, County Clare. Dr. Paul O'Brien.. always interesting

Keeping it in the Family genielynau  .. in depth research as always

Shining a Light on Queensland’s Lighthouses! QLD State Archives

 and from Society of Australian Genealogists...

http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/OnlineEventsBookingGuide.pdf 

Just a few selections from the link above...

Restoring photos with Photoshop Elements 

Webinar – Did your ancestors serve in the British military before World War One? 

Chinese family history and migration to Australia 

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 4th MARCH, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

*  FIND MY PAST

blog.findmypast.com.au  My criminal ancestors

Off the record: Other military records

blog.findmypast.com.au/to-every-book-… Bishops' transcripts

Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Marriages 

Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms 

Ireland Roman Catholic Parish Burials 

Ireland Census Reports

VIDEO: How to start tracing your UK family history, with family historian Amy Sell 

Was your ancestor too important to send to war?

In pictures: The missing men of Singapore, found in our records 

* IRISH CENTRAL

A guide to Dublin’s rebel museums for the 1916 centennial (PHOTOS) 

Irish barman singing as he works will give you chills (VIDEO) 

 Ireland's most unusual tourist attractions 

The unsolved mystery of Ireland’s jumping church (VIDEO)  

The Tara Brooch, one of Ireland’s greatest treasures, explained  

Did mythical, vanishing island off the western coast of Ireland really exist? 

The top ten prehistoric tourist attractions in Ireland (PHOTOS)  

Irish women who lived as men in the US Civil War, British Army 

Bones found on Clare island may be from the 6th century  

* ANCESTRY

Tracing your Irish Ancestors | 15th-22nd June 2016

 Ireland, Select Catholic Marriage Registers, 1775-1912

 Ireland, Select Catholic Birth and Baptism Registers, 1763-1912

 Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915

*  GENERAL INTEREST

1916 Rising Film | 1916 Film | Birth of a Nation | Easter Rising

Internet Archive Search: Ireland Parish

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/news/2013/03/book-of-kells-now-free-to-view-online/

MAKE YOUR GENEALOGICAL WILL

About Us - Ulster Historical Foundation

Learn the Meaning and Origin of the Reagan Surname

Meaning and Origin of the Bush Surname

What Does the Last Name Clinton Mean?

Meaning and Origin of the Eisenhower Surname

Access Thousands of Historic Newspapers Online

Qld State Archives Immigration Records

Victoria Aust. BDMs

National Archives Australia Family History

* CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY

Diaspora of the Wild Atlantic Way

*FIBIS

Cawnpore: its early history and Kacheri Cemetery Guide by Zoë Walland

Remains of tram tracks found underneath road in Mumbai

Look Up Mumbai: exhibition invites public to experience city's architecture lying down

Not ‘coolie’, but ‘sahayak’: Railways drop a colonial legacy

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Imagining the Horrors of Death: An Irishwoman Learns of Her Husband’s Death at Gettysburg Damian Shiels

Women and the War Edward Connolly

Memories: A picture paints a thousand words The Silver Voice 'delightful story'

I Ran Out Of February!  Jo Henn (notable for the hints re history books)

Escape to the Country Dara

Where there's a will, there's a way!

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 29th Jan 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

* QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES
Ham's Map of the city of Brisbane 1863

The reality of war isn't only the conflict at the front line...

Under suspicion! The enemy within

Secret Despatches: Reports from the Home Front

*  FIND MY PAST

Your January Irish Newspapers Round-up

An interactive timeline of the year that changed Ireland

The Year Without a Summer: How did you ancestors survive?

Discovering your World War I family history

Common misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials

PERSI: The most potent genealogy resource you haven't used...until now

The AFL stars turned ANZAC heroes

Squizzy, Tankbuster, Lennox & Stokes: The notorious gangsters of Australia's Roaring Twenties

I found the diary entry for the day my World War 1 ancestor died

It could be worse... You could be transported for petty crime

* GEELONG AND DISTRICT
DIFFERENT free Victorian records to search!


*  FAMILY SEARCH
Uncover Hidden Digitized Records in the FamilySearch Catalog 

* ABOUT.COM
Do You Have Criminals in Your Family Tree?  


* IRISH CENTRAL

  Mayo bids farewell to Ireland’s oldest woman, Molly Madden
 Rhode Island woman's quest uncovers hundreds of Irish Famine graves
  The real story behind Danny Boy, the beloved Irish ballad
  Irish convicts Down Under – the good and the bad 
  Some of the most beautiful views you’ll ever see of the Irish landscape (VIDEO) 
 Tackling anomalies in your Irish family history research
 Sixteen more historical Irish newspapers go online
  Using Irish burial records and gravestones to trace your ancestors
 Bare feet, furs and a girl’s bravery: Stories from the Irish Rebellion
Eyewitness to 1916: Young Irish female fighter in the GPO tells her story
  How the Irish invented the boycott after tenants were thrown off their land
 4,000 women from workhouses in Ireland became Australian pioneers
 Historic Irish American moments told through Pathé newsreels (VIDEOS)

* GENERAL INTEREST

The Viva Cribb Bursary | By the Bremer: Memories of 
Ipswich
Nutfield Genealogy: 10 Unexpected Places to Find Family History Online
10 Kickass Women in Books (by Maria Lewis)
A place for the friendless female - Sydney's Female Immigration Depot
Personal Victorian histories revealed in newly opened archives » Public Record Office Victoria -...


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* INTERESTING BLOGS
The Housing of the Working Classes - II Edward Connolly
Sepia Saturday - What's Baking in the Kitchen? ScotSue
What's On - Friday 29 January to Thursday 4 February 2016 Alex Daw
IRELAND GENEALOGY PROJECTS ..FREE ACCESS TO FUNERAL RECORDS OF J. & C. NICHOLS LTD, DUBLIN Crissouli
Australia Day 2016 CassMob
On Growing Old The Silver Voice
Growing Up with the Movies Arlee Bird
Dublin Floods of 1954 Dara