Thursday, March 17, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 18th March, 2016




FRIDAY FOSSICKING







Walter Withers

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















* CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY




* GENEALOGY eBOOKS




* IRISH CENTRAL




* THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK

> Explore the exhibition website  the story of Shakespeare's life in London and behind his writing




* FIND MY PAST




* QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES




* INTERESTING BLOGS

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 2016  I'm being self indulgent here, but it gives me an excuse to wish you all a belated Happy St. Patrick's Day...
Those Places Thursday - Thatched Cottages of Ireland Kathryn Creeden (Kathryn's Quest)
No.40 (genealogy news and discounts worldwide) Judy Webster... always worth reading
Preparing to Search a Graveyard -- Part One James Tanner (remember to follow with Part Two )


* LATE NEWS
 Great offer from Claire Santry... Irish Genealogy Toolkit

http://bit.ly/1UiArrB



and just for interest...


Courtesy of Twisted Genealogy






Wednesday, March 16, 2016

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 2016



BRIDGET HESLIN/ESLIN C 1774-1843 DUBLIN m. ROBERT HOBBS 1763 -1834

Married 30 Oct 1815 WINDSOR, NEW SOUTH WALES


BRIDGET KEANE  C 1818 -1887 CO CLARE m. MICHAEL DILLON

Married 25 Feb 1838 KILMALEY, CO CLARE


PATRICK DILLON  C 1859 - 1937 m. ELLEN McGUANE 1866 - 1953

Married c 1894


BRIDGET DILLON 1901 -1942 m. ROY LEONARD SWADLING 1898 -1981

Married 21 Aug 1924 DORRIGO, NEW SOUTH WALES
















Thursday, March 10, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 11th March, 2016




FRIDAY FOSSICKING









Walter Withers

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














* OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY 

Wonderful stories from Australia's outback...
















* IRISH CENTRAL
Awe-inspiring views of the Northern Lights over Ireland (PHOTOS)
Four unexpected places to find your Irish ancestors (and their little dog too!) 
Ten remarkable facts about Cobh where 2.5 million Irish left for America (PHOTOS)
Ireland chooses Seamus Heaney poem as its favorite (AUDIO) 
An American journalist reports from Ireland during the Famine (PHOTOS)
*Urgent appeal to the Irish in the US to check their attics for 1916 memorabilia
 Facts about Great Famine emigration out of Ireland revealed 

* FAMILIES IN BRITISH INDIA SOCIETY
Training sessions in using India Office Records for family history sources
Award of the Victoria Cross to Indian Army Officers and Men - Untold lives blog
Researching Ancestors in the Army in India – Free Workshop

* IRISH IN GENERAL
Ireland Cemeteries and Burial Records Online  
Top Web Sites for Researching Irish Ancestors  
DONEGAL WOMAN CLAIMS AGE DISCRIMINATION IN RETIREMENT
GLEESON CLAN GATHERING 2016
BOOK OF KELLS ONLINE

* FIND MY PAST
Catholic Registers webinar
See your ancestors in the papers
Essential Irish parish record search tips
I know my ancestors are from Ireland: What do I do next?
Pre-1901 Irish census records 
Census records US
Parish records UK
1 month World subscription for just $1
Haunted Dublin - where to find the ghosts of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising



* GENERAL
CAROL'S HEADSTONE PHOTOS
Cyndi's List: PRESS RELEASE: 20 Years of Cyndi's List
True Grit: the tale of a Queensland pioneer   (complete with documents)

Livestream  QLD State Archives April 21st, 2016 10am EST Family History Discoveries at the Archives     View Event
National Archives of Australia ... Archives after dark   Federation Gallery  

The 2016 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist announced!

 Australian War Memorial   Behind the collection of the Boer War   1916: the cost of attrition
Welcoming HMAS Sydney home from the Gulf War, 1991  Ben Quilty: after Afghanistan
Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience    Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt

ANZAC DAY Dawn Service  National Ceremony Last Post Ceremony


 * INTERESTING BLOGS
Genea-Musings: Treasure Chest Thursday #303: 1735 Birth Record of Patience Hamant in Medfield, Mass. Randy Seaver
ABC Brisbane.. How to research your family history 
Irish Intoxication A lovely relaxing post social bridge Jean Tubridy
TROVE ANNOUNCES FORTHCOMING NEWSPAPER EDITIONS 
Travel Tuesday - A Tragic Emigration Journey ScotSue
The Women In My Life Sharon
Quarry Street circa 1870 Julie Goucher
General Record Office Northern Ireland to move premises Chris Paton




Tuesday, March 8, 2016

TROVE ANNOUNCES FORTHCOMING NEWSPAPER EDITIONS



QUOTING FROM TROVE


The newspaper titles listed below are planned for delivery to Trove. If you are interested in a particular title you may like to subscribe to the web feed which alerts you to new titles as they are added to Trove.
Titles are listed by state/territory and then alphabetically by title. These titles have been funded for digitisation by various contributors which are indicated in square brackets after the title name.
Titles will be removed from this list when they are available on Trove.
ACT
  • Canberra News (1939-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
NSW
  • The Australian Star (1887 - 1892); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Bee of Australia (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Blackheath Bulletin (1926); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Broadcaster (1970-1978); [Holroyd City Council]
  • The Colonial Observer (1841-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Commercial Journal and General Advertiser (1835-1840); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Commercial Journal, General Advertiser & Odd Fellows' Advocate (1845-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Cumberland Times & Western Advertiser (1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Dispatch (1843-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (1887-1932); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Examiner (1845-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Free Press & Commercial Journal (1841-1841); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Gundagai Independent (1929-1938); [Gundagai Shire Council]
  • The Hunter River Gazette & Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, & News (1841-1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Le Courrier Australien (1955-2011); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The New South Wales Examiner (1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Omnibus & Sydney Spectator (1841-1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Parramatta Chronicle (1843-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Satirist & Sporting Chronicle (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sentinel (1845-1848); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Society (29 Jan 1887); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Star (1845-1876); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Star & Working Man's Guardian (1844-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sun (Sydney, NSW: 1910-1954); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Sun & New South Wales Independent Press (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sun : Sunday Edition (Sydney, NSW : 1910); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910); [State Library of New South Wales Digital Excellence Program]
  • The Sydney Dispatch (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Sydney Free Press (1841-1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Sydney Mail (16 March 1932 - coloured / special Bridge edition); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Sydney Record (1843-1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Teetotaller & General Newspaper (1842); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Temperance Advocate & Australasian Commercial & Agricultural Intelligencer (1840-1841); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Tharunka (1953-2010); [University of New South Wales]
  • The True Sun & New South Wales Independent Press (1844); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts & General Literature (1843-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
QLD
  • Border Star (1929-1942); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Bundaberg Daily New-Mail (1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Bundaberg Daily News and Mail (1925-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Coolangatta Chronicle (1926); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Daily Record (1897-1922); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Herbert River Express (1910-1954); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • North Queensland Register (1892-1954); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • South Coast Bulletin (1950-1954); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • South Coast Express (1949-1951); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • South Coast News (1952-1954); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Southern Queensland Bulletin (1888-1891); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Southport & Nerang Bulletin (1893); [Gold Coast City Council Library]
  • Townsville Evening Star (1889-1940); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
SA
  • Australische Zeitung (1875-1916); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Express & Telegraph War Edition (1916-1917); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Eyre's Peninsula Tribune (1910-1950); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News (1880-1884); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Harp and Southern Cross (1873-1875); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Illustrated Adelaide News (1875-1880); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald (1869-1873); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Pictorial Australian (1885-1895); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
TAS
  • The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (1846-1851); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Teetotal Advocate (1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Tasmanian Colonist (1851-1855); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
VIC
  • The Bendigo Independent (1902-1918); [joint sponsorship by State Library of Victoria and Sidney Myer Fund]
  • Countryman (1924-1929); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Farmers' Advocate : Official Organ of the Victorian Farmers Union (1917-1924); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Gippsland Farmers' Journal (1893-1896); [Latrobe City Libraries]
  • Gippsland Farmers' Journal & Traralgon, Heyfield & Rosedale News (1887-1893); [Latrobe City Libraries]
  • Illustrated Australian Mail (1861-1862); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Jamboree Daily & supplements (1934-2007)[Scout Association of Australia - Victorian Branch]
  • Kerang New Times (Vic. : 1901-1913); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Kerang Times (Vic. :1889-1901); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Melbourne Advertiser (1838); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Melbourne Courier (1845-1846); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Melbourne Daily News (1848-1851); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Melbourne Daily News and Port Phillip Patriot (1848); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Melbourne Punch (Dec 10, 1925); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Melbourne Times (1842-1843); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • The Melbourne Weekly Courier (1844-1845); [an Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project title and redigitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Plan]
  • Port Philip Gazette (Vic. : 1838-1845); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Port Philip Gazette (Vic. :1851); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Port Phillip Gazette & Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Melbourne) (1845-1848); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (1839-1842); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Seamen's Strike Bulletin (Aug 1919); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882-1904); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869-1913; 1919-1954); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
WA
  • The Avon Gazette & Kellerberrin News (1914-1916); [National Library of Australia and selected by Australian Newspaper Plan Libraries]
  • The Broad Arrow Standard (1896-1899); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Echo (1905); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Empire (1907-1908); [Fremantle City Library]
  • Fremantle Mail (1903-1904); [Fremantle City Library]
  • Fremantle Mercury (1932-1933); [Fremantle City Library
  • Golden Gate (1911-1912); [Fremantle City Library]
  • The Hannans Herald (1895-1896); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Mail (Fremantle, WA : 1904-1905); [Fremantle City Library]
  • The Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser (1897-1905); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Messenger (1895); [Fremantle City Library]
  • Murchison Advocate (1911-1912); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • The Possum (Fremantle, WA : 1890); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • The Possum (Perth, WA : 1887-1888); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • W.A. Bulletin (1888-1890); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]
  • Westralian Clarion (1903); [State Library of WA Digitisation Project]

Friday, March 4, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 4th MARCH, 2016





FRIDAY FOSSICKING











Walter Withers

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










*  FIND MY PAST
blog.findmypast.com.au  My criminal ancestors

* IRISH CENTRAL
Irish barman singing as he works will give you chills (VIDEO) 

* ANCESTRY

 GENERAL INTEREST


* CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY


*FIBIS

* INTERESTING BLOGS
Women and the War Edward Connolly
Memories: A picture paints a thousand words The Silver Voice 'delightful story'
I Ran Out Of February!  Jo Henn (notable for the hints re history books)


Where there's a will, there's a way!