Showing posts with label pandemic Xmas of 1918. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pandemic Xmas of 1918. Show all posts

Friday, January 22, 2021

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 22nd Jan 2021


Edwin Stockqueler (1829-1900) - Public DomaiAn Australian Gold Diggings, oil on canvas

* GENERAL INTEREST

 Cairns Family History newsletter incl. online event details

UK / Australia Genealogy: 10 Tips for Wills, Intestacies and Probate


Overseas travel unlikely until 2022, top health chief warns news.com.au

I Love Bello Shire newsletter incl. Change is in the Air for The Belfry Guesthouse, great list of events


Queensland State Archives ..    Flickr      Q-Album


We’re celebrating the best of Queensland’s sun, sea and sand from the

1890s to the 1980s 🏄 See the full album here.


Grizzly Bear 399 - The Matriarch | Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris


Visit Brisbane newsletter incl. Gondwana Festival  Shrek the Musical


National Library Australia newsletter incl. Explore Digital Classroom     

Reminder: Access Ancestry from Home  Need a Library card?


Researching Literature from Home



Where will your years of genealogy research end up?    Atlanta Journal Constitution

Grizzly Bear 399 - The Matriarch | Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris



Outback Family History


Pannican – grave tales       Blue Blood and Bullets:    


When Death Creeps In –      The Old Terbaccy Tin:


Find My Past


Ireland, Londonderry (Derry) City Cemetery Burials 1853-1961      Dorset Burials


Ireland, Dublin City Cemetery Burials 1805-2006       Search all newspapers


JSTOR Daily


How the IWW Grew after the Centralia Tragedy     


Revolution, Lightning, and the People's Will


Political Divisions Led to Violence in the U.S. Senate in 1856


Anglo-Celtic Connections


FreeBMD January Update   Sunday Sundries


The 5 Best Free Sites for Online Newspaper Research for Genealogy


Migration Museum  U.K.     Your Genealogy Today: Jan/Feb 2021


This Week's Online Genealogy Events 


Advance Notice: Canadian War Museum Zoom Events + War Brides


Atlas Obscura


How to Clean an Egyptian Temple   Witch Kitsch and Dark History   


'The Babies' California Brady Bunch Home   Diósgyőr Castle


The Wild West’s Forgotten Trans History Vermont’s ‘Snowflake Man’


Returning Indigenous Ancestors     Hermitage Castle Scotland     


Marie Laveau's Tomb (voodoo priestess)  Pepsi and the Soviet Union


Pando, the Trembling Giant Utah Canal Clean-Up Brooklyn


Temple of Mithras, Carrawburgh UK    San Francisco’s Quietest Spot       


The Coronation Stone   Torre Di Vernazzano Italy Sea Women Songs


Casa Sirena Seaside Resort  Mesmerizing Museum Map


Spy Planes, Ancient Civilizations  


Newton's Apple Tree, Trinity College  The Life of a Saturation Diver       


Martin Luther King Park Statue 


Family Search Blog


Generation X: History and Characteristics    Which generation do you belong to?   


RootsTech Connect 2021 Welcomes Keynote Speaker Erick Avari


RootsTech Connect 2021 Presents Diego Lugano


Who Were the Victims of the 1918 Pandemic?


Smithsonian


Who Invented the Alphabet?   The Lost History of Yellowstone


Medieval Effigy Found Hidden Beneath English Church's Pipe Organ


Officials Seize 27,400 Artifacts Looted by a Single French Treasure Hunter


Freed of 1,000 Years of Grime, Anglo-Saxon Cross Emerges in Stunning Detail


Archaeologists in Israel Unearth 3,800-Year-Old Skeleton of Baby Buried in a Jar


Caligula's Gardens, Long Hidden Beneath Italian Apartment Building, to Go on View


Black Smudge on Diary Page Reveals 1907 Arctic Expedition's Tragic End 


With Lightning Speed and Agility, Germany's Ar 234 Blitz Jet Bomber Was a Success That Ultimately Failed


British Bird-Watcher Discovers Trove of 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Coins


Meet the Real Animals Behind Mermaids, Dragons and Other Mythical Creatures


Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite


Ten New Things We Learned About Human Origins Last Year



ALWAYS INTERESTING


Humouring the Goddess


Instinct? Or Over-thinking?       Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Hari & Deepti  


Like each forest, I have different ages – a reflection during my birthday


READ THESE (gimmicky) GUIDELINES NOW!!


Sunday Evening Art Gallery (midweek) — Miki Asai


Deep in the Heart of Textiles


SalvageHappy January 2021  


Social Bridge


Learnings from the Pandemic      Ten Years A-Blogging     The Ocean


Brotmanblog: A Family Journey


The Mystery of Falk Goldschmidt’s Wife: A Lesson in German Vital Records


allenrizzi


Martin And Martians    Back To Back  Choices, Responsibility And Blame


The Gentle Author


Keeper Of The Dead Signs  Winter Flowers    Merlin Is Missing!


Philip Cunningham’s Dead Signs   Crowden & Keeves’ Hardware


Genea-Musings


Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 15 January 2021


Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Our "Academy of Genealogy and Family History" (AGFH) Nominees


Best of the Genea-Blogs - 10 to 16 January 2021


Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 19 January 2021


The Legal Genealogist


From the Roots of a Tree: 2021


Geniaus


A Few Days in the Geneacave

Stair na hÉireann


Clonmacnoise Monastery | Cluain Mhic Nóis – ‘Meadow of the Sons of Nós’

jenealogyscrapbook


It’s All About Balls!


The Frugal Family Historian


Tuesday 2nd February: Put it in your diary!




Records-Access-Alerts 


Ancestry Files Motion to Dismiss Yearbook Photo Misappropriation Law Suit

20 January 2021 at 10:20:03 am AEST


The IAJGS Records Access Alert previously reported on December 2, 2020 about a proposed class action lawsuit,  alleging Ancestry amassed photographs, names, likenesses and identities without permission to sell subscription access to the information and advertise Ancestry services and products—their Yearbook Collection.  The plaintiffs include California residents who are not Ancestry subscribers, have not donated a yearbook to the company and whose data were uploaded by Ancestry into the yearbook database—“U.S. School Yearbooks, 19090-1999”.  The database has about 730 million individual records including 60 million records from schools and universities in California......


This is quite long, though interesting... to read more....https://lawstreetmedia.com/tech/ancestry-com-moves-to-dismiss-yearbook-photo-misappropriation-suit/


IAJGS Records Access Alert

 Jan Meisels Allen

 Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

 

* IRISH CENTRAL


Almost €350 million worth of old money remains unclaimed


Irish man shares his experience of being adopted from a Mother and Baby Home


This 1983 Irish Spring Soap ad’s accents will make you laugh


Killarney National Park paired with Montana's Glacier National Park


Elderly couple tragically die within 37 hours of each other


Remembering Dolores O'Riordan with the best Cranberries songs


Nearly €90k raised after elderly Westmeath couple's home destroyed in fire


Telling ancient Ireland's tales: Irish are the stories they tell


Moving origins of the giant Celtic cross shape in a Donegal forest


WATCH: Irish grandad surprises wife after getting out of hospital


Gardaí challenged to online dance off with Swiss police


Trinity online lecture: Post-Conflict Recovery - Mosul Museum Project Zero


These 25 Irish books have been named must-reads in Oprah Magazine


Interesting facts about County Antrim


Timothy Fahey, certainly a Tipperary person of great note


Ireland’s most famous pilgrimage sites


What are the best counties in Ireland to live in?   Do you agree?


Experience Ireland’s fresh coastal rain from the comfort of your own home



* INTERESTING BLOGS


Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage Morecambe Bay: Beware of Quicksand


The Irish Story     From the Shipyards to the Poitín Still – Social Class and the IRA’s 3rd Northern Division


Clogs and Clippers A wonderful photo surprise


Deep in the Heart of Textiles  An “Infair” to Remember


 Pauline Conolly        FARMS FIT FOR HEROES? 



Reviews


Theresa Smith


Book Review: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler


The Week That Was…


Behind the Pen with Sue Williams


Book Review: The Women and the Girls by Laura Bloom


Better Reading


Book of the Week: The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor       READ MORE


Repentance by Alison Gibbs      READ MORE


The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman    READ MORE


Podcast: Candida Baker on Communicating with Horses


Podcast: Greg Quicke on Stargazing and Outback Astronomy


Podcast: Ceridwen Dovey on how Her Harvard Education Shaped Her Writing



Penguin Books Australia


The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman    Julietta Henderson       Get Started With An Extract


Glimpse The Future



and from my blogs...


That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 15th Jan 2021, Macquarie's dog, history scavenger hunt, abandoned fairy village, Scotland's people adds 250,000 BDMs, Irish Story podcast, Devon marriages, school photos from the past, (worldwide Find My Past), Old-Timey cakes, book reviews and a whole lot more..

Feel free to share ..the title is the blog…

 

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2021/01/friday-fossicking-15th-jan-2021.html



HEADLINES OF OLD


CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION Series 9 19th Jan 2021

These notices show surname, forename, address and the date they were granted certificates of naturalisation. They cover several states... more to come in future editions.

Just as a matter of interest, I've included some images from the various states in the years listed, places.. mementos....enjoy.

Feel free to share… the title is the link.


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2021/01/certificates-of-naturalisation-1967.html




Stay safe and well.

This will pass.





Friday, December 18, 2020

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th Dec 2020

 


Edwin Stockqueler (1829-1900) - Public DomaiAn Australian Gold Diggings, oil on canvas

* GENERAL INTEREST

Please note: Friday Fossicking is taking a break.. returning on Jan 8th. See end of page...

Something different... a little treat ..or two.. 

Dick Cronin's lecture to Kilrush & District Historical So...  Paddy Waldron

Carry on Cork: Barbara Windsor's roots in the Rebel County Irish Examiner

ABC News: Barking mad or simply quackers? Neither, as Alan the duck finds a best friend in Zelda the dog

Wanderlust Twins  by Klaus Bruck on Flickr.Bad Muskau 

Ollantaytambo archeological site in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru

by Gobierno Federal on Flickr.Puente Baluarte Bicentenario in Mexico, 

Bavaria, Germany   Temple of Azalea, Shiofune Kannon in Tokyo, Japan


Find My Past

Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions     Browse BillionGraves

United States Obituary Notices  Search all newspapers 

Ireland Billion Graves Cemetery Index   See Elvis’ epitaph

Outback Family History

Alexander Pitman – The Man Behind the Legend      

When I Die – a verse    Its a Grand Name:      

John Thomas – grave tales     The Eyes Behind the Lens –

Anglo-Celtic Connections

Ontario Land Records and ONLAND 

Ontario Newspaper Digitization

O/T: Reduce Background Sound in Zoom

O/T: What happens to my recycling in Ottawa

National Archives UK newsletter incl.

England's Mistress: Emma Hamilton 22 January, 14:00   

Belsen and the British | 29 January, 14:00

Talks coming in 2021    Women in history    

Uncovering hidden stories: Women in archives | 26 March, 14:00

Family Search Blog

Want to Help Others Get through Tough Times? Share Family Stories with Them!

Nordic Skiing Explained

Atlas Obscura

Guitar Ancestors  Wyoming’s Wacky Wooden Buildings        

The Coolest Hairstyles    Painted Village Pyrgi, Greece

Snowplowing, Japanese Style       Hillandale Bridge Ohio

The Unbuilt Suburb California  The Fragility of Antarctica     

Temple of Minerva Italy  Icy Lava Tubes   Ghost Hoax

Apple Valley Model Railroad Club    Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

The Monastery Caught in War     Musical Cryptography    

Old Perry County Courthouse    The Miss Jean Brodie Steps

Stop and Smell the Reefs Great Barrier Reef 

Caroline Cutter Headstone   Montezuma Castle   Ghost Forest

A Pandemic Exhibit’s Pivot    Documenting Slave Houses

Red Telephone Box Graveyard  Monkey Beach   ‘Haint Blue’

JSTOR Daily

The Forgotten Craze of Women's Endurance Walking

John Gray: Cats Can Teach Us about the Meaning of Life

How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community

Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Christmas War of the Sexes

Family Tree Magazine

Top 7 Best Cemetery Apps for Locating Ancestors 

Cemetery and Tombstone Q&A   

Using World War II Draft Registrations for Genealogy Research

14 Unusual Records for Finding Female Ancestors

FREE Ebook: Family Search Tips and Surname Origins

Family History Storytelling Tips and Ideas

10 Space-Saving Ways to Get Your Genealogy Organized

FREE  US Statewide Vital Records Reference Chart

Smithsonian 

Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut

Study Rewrites History of Ancient Land Bridge Between Britain and Europe

Isaac Newton Thought the Great Pyramid Held the Key to the Apocalypse

Stunning Mosaic Found in England Shows Some Lived in Luxury During 'Dark Ages'

Divers Discover Nazi Enigma Machine Thrown Into the Baltic Sea During WWII

A History of Felines, as Narrated and Illustrated by a Cat

Shipwreck Exposed by Erosion on Florida Coast Could Be 200 Years Old

Gardeners Unearth Coins Inscribed With Initials of Henry VIII's First Three Wives

Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia

What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like

The Ten Best History Books of 2020


ALWAYS INTERESTING

The Irish Story

‘Are You With Me’? Interview with Mike Chinoy on Kevin Boyle and Human Rights

Social Bridge

The Bee’s Knees   Watching and Waiting   The Blank Page

Connected Blogging    Expressions I Love

allenrizzi

The Road Not Taken  A Menorah In Appalachia   

You Feel Old When….   Of Horse Whisperers And Men

Lago di Garda – Lake Of Lakes

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

A Genealogy Story for Hanukkah: Looking for Light in the Darkness

Hedwig Goldschmidt Cramer’s Three Sons: Can You Help Me Find More Records?

Humouring the Goddess

Faerie Paths — Apricity   Are You Out of Sync this Holiday Season?

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Xavier Puente Vilardell

Faerie Paths — Stained Glass    Which One Are You?

Sunday Evening Art Gallery (midweek) — Gold

Scottish Ancestral Research

Ten Free Family History Websites

The Gentle Author

In Search Of ‘Sparrows Can’t Sing’  The Battle For Brick Lane

Ron McCormick’s Whitechapel  Terry Barnes, Knot Tyer  

The Bridges Of Old London     On Night Patrol With PC Tassell

The Legal Genealogist

TNSTAAFL     Now more than ever

Genea Musings

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 11 December 2020

Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 6 to 12 December 

2020Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Santa Claus Memories

Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 13 December 2020

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Mrs. Daffodil Digresses

The Unemployed Christmas Ghost: 1927

Stair na hÉireann

#OTD in 1970 – Death of Irish Nationalist, Sorcha MacMahon, in Dublin.

Treasure Chest of Memories

12 Ways to Share Family Holiday Traditions

Kindred Past

Locating farm land in South Africa


*  IRISH CENTRAL

Ireland named the most generous country in the world for 2020 by GoFundMe

Jon Hamm says the Irish will "begrudgingly love" Wild Mountain Thyme

Co Fermanagh woman is first in the world to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Ireland's top seven universities

How to make the perfect Irish whiskey hot toddy

Irishman dies wifeless after attending Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival for 72 years

The Canadian Island with Irish accents

The world's fascination with Ireland's fairy folklore

Christmas Star visible for the first time in 800 years and Ireland could be in luck

JFK's former Georgetown historic home has sold

Irish prayers and blessings for your friends and family

Ireland's ancient Heritage Trees - the oldest, biggest and strangest specimens

Irish names creep in to United Kingdom’s most popular baby names list

How the Irish were woken every morning before alarm clocks

WATCH: Irish man pulls off surprise proposal for train driver girlfriend in Dublin


* INTERESTING BLOGS

Canon James McFadden – The fighting priest of Gweedore   The Irish Story

ScrapHappy December 2020 — The Quilt That Won’t Quit Textile Ranger

What the Draper Sees at Christmas: 1903 Mrs. Daffodil Digresses

Tribute to Florence Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage

Reviews

Theresa Smith

#BookBingo2020 – Round 12: A classic you’ve never read before

The Week That Was…

Book Review: The Harpy by Megan Hunter

Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Secret by Rosalie Ham

Book Review: Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare

Better Reading

Home Stretch by Graham Norton    READ MORE

The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell    READ MORE

The Return by Nicholas Sparks  READ MORE

When She Was Good by Michael Robotham   READ MORE

Hermit by S.R. White      READ MORE

Lana's War by Anita Abriel      READ MORE

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas      READ NOW

The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling    READ MORE

Podcast: Monica McInerney on How Her Childhood Shaped Her Writing      LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Fiona O’Loughlin on her Religious Upbringing and Surviving Alcoholism    LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Joanne Fedler on Finding Freedom over Fifty      LISTEN HERE

Better Reading BE - Our December Picks

Allen & Unwin

The Storm Within Cameron Smith / Andrew Webster LEARN MORE

To My Country  Ben Lawson    LEARN MORE

Sunshine Samantha C. Ross  LEARN MORE

The Big Book of Great Australian Bush Yarns  Graham Seal     LEARN MORE

Penguin Books Australia

The Yield      Tara June Winch

Top 10 of 2020    Australian top 10 of 2020       

Top 10 crime & thrillers of 2020        Staff picks of 2020


and from my blogs..

THAT MOMENT IN TIME


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th Dec 2020, Perth's hidden graveyard, baptisms-Essex-Devon, Greek sewer find, old Irish Xmas traditions, FREE census worksheets, ancient Sligo tombs, Roman trench fever, ghost airline, winter solstice streamed online, convicts assigned & transferred, FREE cluster & collateral research worksheets, book reviews. Be sure to read “Secrets of ScotlandsPeople”  to see what is FREE there…and a whole lot more…

Feel free to share, the title is the link…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2020/12/friday-fossicking-11th-dec-2020.html


HEADLINES OF OLD


UNCLAIMED LETTERS Issue 7  Trove Tuesday 15th Dec 2020,  a selection from 1883, various places, NOTE: no longer available… look for addresses where your ancestors may have lived, are there others of the same name in that area, be adaptable re spelling, hints in lead in as to how to use these, happy hunting..


https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2020/12/unclaimed-letters-issue-7-trove-tuesday.html


PLEASE NOTE : Friday Fossicking is taking a break... back on Jan 8th 2021.

I would just like to Thank You all for your continued support, comments and sharing. This blog will be 10 years old next June... in that time there has been over 600 blogs, over 13 separate pages...and well over 400,000 views.. more than I ever imagined .. you're more than welcome to join a whole lot of others who subscribe and then receive your weekly instalment by email. Your email address is never shared nor seen by others.

Merry Christmas everyone ..and a Happy and Healthy New Year. In 2021 may we be safer, more aware of how fragile 'normality' can be and more appreciative of the need to care for each other. 

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.