FRIDAY FOSSICKING 2nd Feb 2024

 

GENERAL

GSQ Blog  Accentuate the Positive 2023  Pauline Williams

Queensland State Archives Lost in translation? Not anymore!

Navigating handwritten documents with ease

GeneaDictionary Jill Ball      Geneadons

Outback Family History

Yellowdine – the people on the field (Part 2)     Linden – ghost town 

A High Time in the Old Town –   Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.

John Grenham Why impressive pedigrees mean diddly-squat

National Archives of Australia View this email in your browser

includes... "Preserving family records    Online | 28 February"

Genealogy Ireland

Ireland's Dromoland Castle Just Opened a Luxe New Private Residence - Robb Report 

Career, Biography and Origin of Personality Gerry Adams - Naija News

Career, biography and origin of James Woods - Naija News

Irish family history takes more than luck - Golden Plains Times 

Irish giant folklore might be explained by genetic study - IrishCentral 

Tracing family roots | Local News - standard-journal.com 

Atlas Obscura

The Weirdest Continent That Never Existed Edible Prayers

A Beloved Boat May Vanish Soon   ESTONIA Tallinn: Where Art Collides With History  A Tiny, Secret Slice Shop

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Big City On The Big Prairie 

A Haunted 14th-Century Church The Curious Case of the Footless Goose   An Enchanting Ravine’s Mysterious Walls  The Appeal of Frog Songs  The History of Josie Morris’ Cabin Where Stars Come Alive   A Mouse-Infested Roman Helmet   ‘The Exile’s Cookbook’

ROMANIA Constanta: From Ancient Rome to Beaches

The Weeping Woman The Mansion Guarded by Sphinxes

10 Unique Beaches to Visit The End Of Europe's Oldest Elm Tree

This is the World's First Random Book Vending Machine 

The Doll Hospital Will See You Now  What Ancient Gum Tells Us

AUSTRALIA Castlemaine: A Town Built By the Gold Rush 

Who Lives In This Sunken House?  An Archaeological Site In a Grocery Store  The Treasure Map Sparking a Modern Hunt

Ancient Timekeeping A Recipe Set In a Gravestone  A Castle Haunted By Grief  

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE

This Instagram-Famous Abandoned Boat May Soon Disappear From California Shoreline 

A Brief History of the United States' Accents and Dialects 

Japan: World-Class Powder Makes for a Winter Wonderland 

One Artist's Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana 

Greece Reopens the Palace Where Alexander the Great Was Crowned 

These Inviting Photos Capture the Beauty of the Caribbean

A Journey to Discover an African Homeland

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Pauline Conolly

THE RAJAH QUILT…AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED!   CARROT CAKE – A TRIBUTE

Hospital Food – Healthier Than Homemade! 

Judy Webster

Reading old handwriting and using/compiling indexes: tips / traps

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Jacob’s Bible: Lost and Found 

Liz Gauffreau  

#BookReview: Ninety-Day Wonder by Stephen Davenport

Humoring the Goddess

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Can Sun Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jon Juarez   Mary Gregory   Self-Esteem  Sunday Evening Art Gallery Stan Bitters—

Tracking Down the Family

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Witness to History

Anne's Family History

Under the influence

In Search of Men and Women with Initiative - Solving Family Puzzles

A Convict Family: The Story of  genielynau

Stair na hÉireann

#OTD in Irish History | 29 January:

allenrizzi The Shopping Cart   Everyday Is Payday

The Legal Genealogist   Ordering the SS-5: 2024 style

and for reviews...

Theresa Smith

Book Review: China by Edward Rutherfurd

Book Review: We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain

January: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…

Book Review: The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey

Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal

Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer     READ AN EXTRACT

Podcast: Explore Our 'What Are You Reading?' Summer Series

LISTEN HERE

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 16th December 2022

 

Panning by S.T. Gill

* GENERAL INTEREST

GSQ Blog  My Sad and Glad Tales of PRONI Bobbie Edes

QLD State Archives  

Cars have been in Queensland for over 100 years.. your car there?

1991 Cabinet Minutes     Memory Lounge program    skeletons      1990s album   ArchivesSearch    archival videos on YouTube.

See the latest digitised images

RootsWeb Mailing List Archives

Delights from Judith Salecich.. perfect to add to Christmas tables.. while there wander through the rest of this great blog..

Family Search Explore the England and Wales 1841 Census Records

New Free Historical Records 

John Grenham Where the bodies are buried

11 Best Websites for Researching Irish Ancestors (Both Free and Subscription Sites). from family tree magazine

Wanderlust Twins

Stone lanterns at Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara, Japan    Hongkong

Moss Bridge, Kyoto, Japan     Caucasus Mountains, Eurasia

by Bob Noble Photography on Flickr.Christine Falls, Mount Rainier National Park – Washington, USA.   Bamboo Bridge, Japan

Outdoor Corridor, Catherine Park, St. Petersburg, Russia

Balconies and Shutters, Nice, France  Autumn Rust, Latvia

Spring Blossoms, Manhattan, New York City  Dolomites / Italy

Archways of Biertan fortified church in Transylvania, Romania

Bolivia Edgar Ascencios

* Just published...

Please note... in error I mentioned Greg would be on air this week, he will be as of next Monday...apologies.

An Absence Of Certainty — Greg Cary  

Click on the title to read more...  

A book I'm now enjoying reading...   written by a friend and former co worker  ...    

Many of my Qld friends will know Greg from his many years of broadcasting on 4BC/882  He retired a while back, but will be back over the holiday period filling in for Sophie Formica from 12pm -3pm. 

as of next week...

Outback Family History

The Blood Red Days of the Golden West –        

The Corrick Family Entertainers

A Case of Mistaken Identity –     Benjamin Strange – Pioneer Profile

Latest articles at Tinteán Magazine ....

Professor J. Otway-Ruthven (1909-1989)    Christmas Memories

An Irish Teacher in Papua New Guinea        

Patrick Morrisey’s 50 Days in Ireland    The Lost Arch

Conamara faoi Nollaig: A Connemara Christmas    

Keneally explains John Mitchel   Another Honour for Donal Ryan     

Feisty Irish Women and Irish National Foresters

What’s on in December 22 – February 23: Irish language and music summer schools, Brigidfest, Films      What's On

JSTOR Daily

Alpha. Bravo. Cyrillic.     The Lost History of No-Fault Divorces   Tearing Down Nakagin Capsule Tower 

Kidnappers of Color Versus the Cause of Antislavery

Understanding the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Mesmeric Dr. James Esdaile  

Grave Matters: Conflict in Reburial and Repatriation

Atlas Obscura

‘Mele Kalikimaka’  Montreal’s Outdoor Staircases   Grimsby Imp

Mr. Kaor's Portrait Starlight Drive-In Theatre Gunnuhver  Iceland 

A Brazilian Soccer Rivalry    Behold, Tom and Jerry not those !

Dr. Seuss House Alaska    Drinking Foods Around the World

20 Places Dedicated to Football History  The Silent People

What Else Can Lobsters Eat?  Cessford Castle Scotland

Library of Congress Hair Collection  Meet ‘Moose Milk’

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment  Christmas Tree Capital(s)

The Last of the White Olives  Save the Hummingbirds

The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House Gleno Dam Italy

All Hail Krampus  A Christmas Crossword    Videodrome

USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Preserving History in Photographs

St Lucia’s Buns  Wanamaker Building Santa’s Surf Boat Sleigh

The Best Father Award Goes To…      Bron-Yr-Aur   Wales

Toy Museums Around the World   Brier Hill Pizza Ohio

For Keeps Bookstore The Truth About a Cyanide Tooth

Isa Lake Wyoming   Māori Traditions & Natural Marvels

Irish Genealogy

Scots-Irish research guide subject of book - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ireland is the "world's greatest club," according to proud new Irish citizen from the US 

Nenagh to feature in Kiwi travel show 

Galway broadcast to over 500000 Kiwis as New Zealand broadcaster explores Irish ancestry

 Ditch the waste this Christmas by planting an Irish Heritage Tree - IrishCentral 

Patricia Lynn Ireland Saturday December 10th 2022, death notice, Obituaries, Necrology

Always Interesting

Pauline Conolly FLOWERS ARE FOR PICKING   SIXPENCE; A LITTLE BOAT IN SYDNEY

allenrizzi Monday, Monday  Ave Verum Corpus

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage 

Cop15 Biodiversity Conference – protecting the natural world

humoringthegoddess  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Vita

Channeling and Township — Tiffany Arp-Daleo Art

Candelabras  A Peek Into Past Galleries

historicalragbag  Manchester Unity Building

The Legal Genealogist  Legal alphabet soup

Amy Gerson Blumenfeld II: His Surviving Son Friedrich and His Family in America, Keeping Tradition Alive

Jennifer Jones  A Christmas Poem Australia 1859

Samantha Anne Elley  Ominous messages from lost trawler

Judy Webster    Jottings, Journeys and Genealogy: Our Family Christmas - Then and Now   Well worth rereading...

Elizabeth Gauffreau Publication: “A Philosopher Is Bitten by the Imp of the Perverse”

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Better Reading

Book of the Week: Retribution by Sarah Barrie       READ MORE

Terms of Inheritance by Michelle Upton   READ MORE

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman  READ MORE

Keeper of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon Messenger    READ MORE

Podcast: Judy Nunn on Writing Short Stories     LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Belinda Alexandra on Blending Historical Fact with Fiction

LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Sean Wilson on Transitioning From Playwright to Author    LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Amaryllis Gacioppo on Identity, Belonging and Finding a Home  LISTEN HERE

Penguin Books

Private Beijing James Patterson

Daisy Jones and the Six      READ THE BOOK

The Collected Regrets of Clover Mikki Brammer

and from my blogs...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING  9th Dec 2022, Tale of the Prussian Grifter, Trinity College slave owner & stolen skull legacies, 1921 Scottish Census, great stories, book reviews, Parisian Fraudster, cave of the hanging snakes, casting call, additions to IGP archives, Irish Jewish records and lots more…

Feel free to share, the title is the link…

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2022/12/friday-fossicking-9th-dec-2022.html 

Headlines of Old

PERSONALS... Trove Tuesday  13th Dec 2022, various states,

weddings, funerals, holidays, dances, transfers, send offs, visits and more…Have you lost track of someone, wondered if they got married, did they have relatives they visited… so many questions…

Personals can sometimes fill in the missing information…

Feel free to share, the title is the link…

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2022/12/personals-trove-tuesday-13th-dec-2022.html

Keep safe and well.
This will pass.