FRIDAY FOSSICKING 12th August, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* GENERAL INTEREST

Genealogy e books specials

Map of the Southern Qld Census c 1871

The Lighthouses of Ireland

Limerick City Community Radio podcasts

Five books for researching your Irish family history 

Follow the Farm   John Grenham

Ireland Genealogical Research Society / RCB Library major Parish Register Launch C of Ire

Where to Find Historical Newspapers Online  

Online Social History Sources for Genealogists   USA

Family History in the News  

5 Sources for Historical Books & Journals Online  

Building a Personal Digital Genealogy Library  

 New Short Course videos on Ancestry Academy. 

 Super searches for Ancestry yearbooks. 

 DNA 101: You have questions. We have answers. 

 What did your ancestors do at school? 

Voices of the Home Fronts NAA UK

Women's Royal Air Force service records 1918-1920  NAA UK

WWI blogs

‘Giving the Turks a drubbing’: The Battle of Romani

Captain Fryatt: forgotten martyr of the First World War

South Africa and the Somme

Riding for the G in GAP

Beyond Commemoration: South Asia and the First World War

New South Wales Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-1896

* IRISH CENTRAL

Ireland’s original Olympics - the Lughnasa games (VIDEOS)

Irish grandparent places singles ad for 25-year-old grandson 

DNA testing reveals the average British person is one-fifth Irish 

The history and origins of traditional Irish music 

Irish Air Corps releases rare footage of 80ft whales off Cork (VIDEO) Air Corps releases rare footage of 80ft whales off Cork (VIDEO) 

Irish Air Corps releases rare footage of 80ft whales off Cork (VIDEO)  

The Nebraska town founded by the Irish Civil War general who invaded Canada  

Remains of shipwrecked Irish famine victims found in Canada 

From James Joyce to Oscar Wilde, top ten Irish novelists in history  

Things you didn't know about Ireland  

The Last Hurrah - Tammany Hall converted to office and retail space (PHOTOS) 

Police in Ireland chase a UFO down the street (VIDEO)    

Irish mystery town from the 15th century discovered next to castle 

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

How the Irish changed the traffic laws in Tipperary Hill, Syracuse 

Sharp rise in Irish passport applications from Northern Ireland  

5,800-year-old rock scribing found near Ireland’s Croagh Patrick 

First Great Hunger grave markers for New York unmarked graves    

These photos of the wild Irish countryside are breathtaking   

Irish priest pictured waving bloodstained-handkerchief on Bloody Sunday dies aged 82  

Exploring 6,000 years of Irish history on the Clew Bay Archaeological Trail (PHOTOS) 

Video of Irish waterfall used worldwide to cure insomnia (VIDEOS)    

Irish woman who fought the Nazis    

Forget the Cockneys, a quick guide to Irish rhyming slang   

How Kenmare Street in New York City got its name     

Artist adds color to historic photos of the Titanic    

Collins, Churchill, De Valera - the gang of three who made modern Ireland  

Top ten interesting facts about County Cork (PHOTOS)   

Forgotten Ireland, captured on 16mm film 60 years ago (VIDEOS) 

The fascinating history of Ireland's Guinness family  

Ireland's most beautiful landscape: Beara, West Cork  

and of course, your treats...

This Guinness Ice Cream Float is out of this world (RECIPE) 

Traditional Irish recipe for butter shortbread cheesecake   

*  FIND MY PAST

Yorkshire Baptisms

Yorkshire Banns

Yorkshire Marriages

Yorkshire Burials

SEARCH WW1 RECORDS »

How to trace airmen and women

Heartfelt poems to fallen soldiers

WWI burnt documents

FREE WEBINAR Alma Summers and the Great War

British naval service records

WWI ancestors

WWI graffiti Their final words

The real Great Escape

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Census Substitutes in Ireland      Cassmob

An enjoyable and educative experience    Geniaus

Margaret Taylor nee Jones Dairy Maid    Family Tree Frog

Trove Tuesday Hometown News     Merron Biddeford 

Now this one is special, written by Julie A. Clancy

Story -Alice's Journey  ... 

I've been following Julie's blog from this story on and was intrigued to find that she...

Oh, well, I think I might let you discover her yourself. Would love to know what you think.

 from my blogs...

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Books I recommend...

‘The Old Fellow’s War’  Edmund Nyst

‘Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts’   Mary Gibson

‘The Wasted Vigil’   Nadeem Aslam

‘The Tea Chest’  Josephine Moon