FRIDAY FOSSICKING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* IRISH CENTRAL

Timelapse video of Northern Lights in Donegal is the stuff of dreams

Video of Irish waterfall used around the world to cure insomnia 

My grandfather’s Irish emigrant life: hard times, then happiness (PHOTOS) 

The Irish railroad workers who made Erin, Tennessee, home 

Children’s bones from Irish Great Hunger discovered on Canadian beach 

Where Irish history was made - ten top towns and places 

“Bang Bang” - Dublin’s most famous character remembered 

Agent 6137 and the murder of Pat Finucane 

The man behind the world’s favorite pint - Arthur Guinness 

Ancient treasures stone circles and dolmens scattered across Ireland (PHOTOS) 

Amazing jazz musician plays a swing song on the bagpipes (VIDEO) 

The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer 

Brooklyn’s forgotten Irishtown and the whiskey wars it waged (PHOTOS) 

Pals carry friend with muscular dystrophy across Europe and to Skellig Michael in a backpack (VIDEO) 

Remembering Irish tenor John McCormack on the anniversary of his death 

What famous Irish sayings really mean 

Artist adds color to historic photos of the Titanic 

* Court martial records of 1916 leaders now available to view online

The mystery of Celtic and Irish symbols (PHOTOS) 

Study claims that Irishmen descended from Turkish farmers 

Epic storm filmed off Irish coast with 55-foot high waves  

When Charles Dickens visited Ireland 

 Irish spider venom may help cure cancer, kill bacteria 

The world’s largest inflatable pub is in Boston right now (PHOTOS)

Ten facts you didn't know about Irish wolfhounds 

Top ten interesting facts about County Cork (PHOTOS) 

Ireland from the air - photos taken by the Irish Air Corps 

The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS) 

Fight for Navy destroyer to be named after Irish-born Vietnam hero 

Amazing dog learns Irish dancing from its owner (VIDEOS) 

Would I forget? Here are your treats...

Recipe for chocolate brownies with Bailey’s Irish cream topping 

Traditional Irish recipe for butter shortbread cheesecake 

Mother’s sweet white scones recipe 

The perfect recipe for Irish-style cabbage 

* GENERAL INTEREST

Scottish Road Show in Geelong  Susie Zada

Appointments/removals of Queensland Railway Employees 1890-1901

Carrick born author pens genealogy book

Recording a Cemetery  

How to Take Great Cemetery Pictures  

How to Locate a Family Burial Location  

Extraordinary book rips Hawkesbury history open

Halfway to digitising every cemetery in Israel

The Literary Cookbook

The Amazing things in the UK Gazettes Jenny Joyce

Have you seen this Facebook page? Here's a video to tell you a little about it...
Limerick History Gazette On Facebook

* FIND MY PAST

Cheshire Vital Records 1500-1991

Shipwrecked Passenger Book : Europe to Americas 1817-1875

* Quintin Collections- USA Family Histories 

New York Genealogical & Biographical Records added  Vol 27, Iss 2, Jan 2016  also Vol 147, Iss 2, Summer 2016

Britain, School & University Register Books 

USA State & Local Histories

SEARCH WORKHOUSE RECORDS »

Trace a Workhouse Birth

FROM WORKHOUSE TO WAR »

BLEAK HISTORY » Dublin workhouse

BEYOND WORKHOUSES »

EXPLORE PERSI »

How to use PERSI to learn about your ancestor's death

Discover past funeral traditions »

First Recorded Plague Death Discovered in Parish Record

Legends of Ancient Ireland  Michael Green

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Sunday Evening Art Gallery Blog — Harps (so beautiful)       Humouring the Goddess

Lost History Ireland       The Irish Aesthete 

Murphy’s Creek Railway Accident  Qld State Archives

Looking Back – Agnew  Outback Family History

From my blogs..

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