FRIDAY FOSSICKING 26th FEB, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

* CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY

Clare History: The Heavy Metal Guv'nor – Giles D'Arcy (1821-1903) by Declan Barron

* FIND MY PAST

Lost in a new world: The Irish in Victoria’s mental health institutions

Life lessons from... the apprentices

I discovered my parents were neighbours in the 1939 Register

Did your ancestor seek a life on the open waves as a Merchant Navy Seaman?

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

 It could be worse... You could be trying to shop during World War 2

Your February Irish newspapers round-up
Upcoming event: HSP Family History Days, March 18th and 19th
Marriage license reveals shocking twist in one family's history
Museum trying to identify WWII orphans

* GENERAL

BDA Online — Biographical Database of Australia

The Tank Church - Boulder - Outback Family History

Can You Help – Mystery Photo

Voice Recordings | The Bureau of Military History 1913-1921

* ROOTS WEB LISTS

AUSTRALIA-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/AUSTRALIA-OBITS.html>
CANADA-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/CANADA-OBITS.html>
GEN-OBIT <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/GEN-OBIT.html>
IRELAND-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/IRELAND-OBITS.html>
NY-ERIE-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/NY-ERIE-OBITS.html>
OBIT-LOOKUPS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/OBIT-LOOKUPS.html>
SCOTLAND-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/SCOTLAND-OBITS.html>
US-OBITS <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/US-OBITS.html>
WORLD-OBITS
<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Obituaries/WORLD-OBITS.html>

COURTESY OF SHANNAH VIA [IRL-CLARE]

ABOUT.COM

10 Questions to Ask a Research Facility Before You Visit  

Do You Really Know EVERYTHING That is Available?  

10 Tips for Maximizing Your Onsite Research Results  

Find Treasures About Your Family in Manuscript Collections  

*FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY

Yearning for home: A Jewish woman’s memories of Lahore – Tribune Labs

Debauched early life of Rudyard Kipling

A day trip from Kolkata will take you to these 5 colonial towns : Destinations, News - India Today

In pictures: Anglo-Indian community of Calcutta - BBC News

* IRISH CENTRAL

Social snapshot of Clare in 1800s discovered in tragic workhouse records

5 things you didn't know about your Mayo ancestors

40 children died in the Rising some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths

How three brave sisters defended their family’s home in the Irish Land War

Who were the Black Irish, and what is their story?

Restoration of "Quiet Man" cottage to begin as dispute settled

10,000-year-old settlement found in Cork

Fishermen catch ancient canoe that ferried stone to Newgrange

Major Viking site discovery described as ‘mind-blowing’

* INTERESTING BLOGS

How to date Griffith’s Valuation precisely John Grenham

On the Importance of Trove cassmob

Design Advice from the Dress Doctors  TextileRanger

#fundtrove  discontents.com.au

National Library funding cuts to have 'grave impact' ABC

Crow-eaters, Sandgropers, Banana benders, Cornstalks and More Lonetester

Joseph J Tovey – A man of many talents !!! Outback Family History

Sir William Orpen Crissouli

What's on Friday 26th Feb-Thurs 3rd March  Family Tree Frog (Alex Daw)
Tweaking the Template GeniAus

FRIDAY FOSSICKING August 7, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

*  NEWLY DIGITISED RECORDS COMPLETE STORY OF NAVAL CAREERS UK

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/newly-digitised-records-complete-story-of-naval-careers/

* BRITISH LIBRARY RELEASES OVER A MILLION PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES 

http://tinyurl.com/pmg3l6k

* GENEAMUSINGS... Randy Seaver tells of the new/updated records at Family Search

http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/08/new-or-updated-record-collections-at.html

* THE BRITISH GENES BLOG: TASMANIA, VICTORIA AND NEW ZEALAND RECORDS ADDED TO ANCESTRY

http://britishgenes.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/tasmania-victoria-and-new-zealand.html

* APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTENANCE DURING THE DEPRESSION 

   (Aust. thanks to Helen Smith)

http://prov.vic.gov.au/blog-news/new-archives-to-the-collection-applications-for-sustenance-during-the-depression

* NEW IRISH WORKHOUSE RECORDS

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/New-workhouse-records-reveal-rural-Irelands-harsh-past.html

* NEW ZEALAND'S PAST PAPERS

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=q&e=-------10--1----0-

* NEW ADDITIONS TO DIGITISED NEWSPAPERS ON TROVE

* FIND MY PAST

* HISTORY OF AFRICANS IN BRITISH RECORDS

http://blog.findmypast.com.au/2015/the-history-of-africans-in-british-records/

* CENSUS, ELECTORAL ROLLS, LAND SURVEYS

http://tinyurl.com/orhksdg

* AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTIONAL RECORDS

http://search.findmypast.com.au/search-australia-and-new-zealand-records-in-institutions-and-organisations

* JAYNE SHRIMPTON PHOTO DETECTIVE

             Jayne Shrimpton, Photo Detective: A Twenties Snapshot ›


*  Browsable parish registers from Staffordshire, England

*  Over 480,000 additional baptisms from Staffordshire, England

*  Over 265,000 additional marriages from Staffordshire, England

*  Over 280,000 additional burials from Staffordshire, England

* JUST FOR FUN

* 18 BEAUTIFUL AND WEIRD MAPS THAT WILL CHANGE HOW YOU THINK ABOUT LONDON
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/beautiful-and-weird-maps-that-will-change-how-you-think-a#.wjRZODy05x

* WALKS IN IRELAND

http://www.ireland.com/en-au/what-is-available/walking-and-hiking/articles/six-walks/

* GENEALOGY EBOOKS

http://www.gen-ebooks.com


* RTE RADIO1 (IRELAND)

 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/




MY OTHER BLOGS.. hope you find something of interest...

* AS THEY WERE   all to do with Irish and Ireland 
   Check out Irish Clips & Snips and BDM transcriptions..thousands of entries

http://astheywere.blogspot.com.au/  

* IRISH GRAVES - they who sleep in foreign lands, always new additions

http://irishgraves.blogspot.com.au/  


*THE BACK FENCE OF GENEALOGY

http://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/ 

ROMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN PLACE NAMES

Australian place names can often confuse those not familiar with them, but there is a certain romance about many of them...


Thanks to the wonderful resources of TROVE   (http://trove.nla.gov.au), I was able to find these pages from one of Australia's most popular magazines,

THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY...

This issue was from May 13, 1964... these make interesting reading... as do the advertisements...