FRIDAY FOSSICKING 20th MAY, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* IRISH CENTRAL

Doctors, lawyers, teachers also died in Famine workhouses (PHOTOS)

50 Irish railroad workers lie buried in a mass grave in Illinois 

Vatican honors World War II Irish priest who saved thousands (VIDEO) 

Ireland’s forgotten famine of 1925 – newly independent government covered up calamity

Irish family from Galway the longest living group of siblings in the world 

Ireland's Travel Secrets: The Neale, home to Ireland's pyramid (PHOTOS) 

Charles Lindbergh, a Brooklyn Irish lawyer, and a 16-year-old sentenced to death 

Top ten facts about Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf

Ten things Luke Skywalker and Star Wars need to know about Donegal 

Baltimore remembers three Famine coffin ships packed with Irish 

The amazing story of a 4,000-year-old necklace found in a dumpster

The Irish soldier who went on to rule a small kingdom in India 

Incredible pencil drawing by 16-year old Irish girl wins award

 Five easy and inexpensive steps to finding your Irish roots  

History comes alive at the Little Museum of Dublin: Ireland at Italia ’90 (VIDEO) 

Irish bucket list: Things to do in Ireland before you pass (PHOTOS) 

4,500-year-old boat among Viking artifacts hoard discovered in Galway

Irish ancestor of Prince William revealed in 170-year-old scroll

Carlow man’s photos from Ireland in the 60s are an Internet sensation

N.B. General hint... these and many other sites are available in Reader View.. to access, look for the set of lines on the left hand side of the bar at the top of the page... click on that, and you have a clear story. To share/save, you can also download as a .pdf or email..

* GENERAL INTEREST

       Centenary News  First World War 1914-1918 

• Jutland Centenary: Latest events round-up. Read More
• IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary. Read More
• Actor Hugh Dennis joins CWGC call to remember war dead commemorated in UK. Read More
• 100 Years Ago Today: Siege of Kut ends in Ottoman victory. Read More
• Shell shock on the Somme - Centenary News speaks to Taylor Downing, author of 'Breakdown'. Read More

Cemetery Index Newcastle NSW, Search

Sources of Historical Map Overlays for Google Maps/Google Earth    about.com

Understanding and Using Map Scales    about.com

10 Don't-Miss Historical Map Collections Online   about.com

NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK

> Search these railway employment records now* 

> Visit 'All change!' 

> Explore our railway blogs

> Explore our railway films and podcast

> Explore the tithe records for England and Wales*

Kidnapped to order: child actors in Shakespeare’s day

Lost voices from the Civil Wars

Magna Carta – what's so 'great' about the charter?

A Country Guide to Google Search Engines

FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS NEW ZEALAND

QUEENSLAND HERITAGE TEXTS Free to download

ENNIS PARISH Baptisms, Marriages

FREE IMAGES for personal use    antique prints of high quality

Free Images The Old Design Shop...  see badge in left hand column for direct link

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London Lives, Culture & Society, 1680-1817

The London Gazette, Supplements, August 1914-January 1920

Greater London Burial Index

SEARCH MILITARY RECORDS »

Introduction to searching Military Records

Rolls of Honour

Victoria Cross recipients in 1939 Register

KEEP CHEERFUL MOTHER »

Origins of British & Colonial Residents USA

Scotch-Irish 1717-1775

The immigrant ancestors who changed their minds

A 5 step guide to tracing family back to 1911
Understanding parish records: Your burning questions answered
Institutions & Organisations 
Life Events (BDMs)  
Newspapers & Periodicals



* ANCESTRY

Web: Queensland, Australia, Immigration Indexes, 1848-1972 Updated
Northern Territory, Australia, Probate Index, 1911-1994
Western Australia, Railway Records, 1879-1986  Updated
Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948 Updated

Tasmania, Australia, Deeds of Land Grants, 1804-1935

Australia and New Zealand, Obituary Index, 2004-2015  Updated

Web: Queensland, Australia, Prison and Reformatory Indexes, 1824-1936

Web: Queensland, Australia, Will Index, 1857-1900 (all Districts), 1901-1940 (Southern District)

Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014

Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1867-2002

Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Carol's Headstone Photographs Carol

What We’ll Be Wearing Next Year Textile Ranger

Nitpicking Geniaus

‘Like an oasis in the desert’: Queensland Police constables care for members of the public Queensland State Archives

Updates Genie Judy Webster
Trove Memorials Carmel Galvin
The Tree of Me Sharon

Your Memento  National Archives Australia

ANCESTRY UK BLOG

LIMERICK'S LIFE Sharon Slater

MERRY MONTH OF MAY Let's go to the movies Cassmob 

From my personal blogs..

I MISS HIM STILL

JUST ONE MORE TIME

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 13th May, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

* FIND MY PAST

Understanding Parish Records register and you can still watch this

10 million Irish Catholic Parish Registers free

5must-know tips for searching the Irish parish registers

Strange but true

3 ways to learn the colorful details of your ancestor's wedding

10 million new records added to our US marriage collection

Essential U.S. periodicals available now 

Parish Records and Bishops transcripts

* ANCESTRY

New Zealand, Naturalisations, 1843-1981

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851

UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Naturalization, 1849-1903

19-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany to Australia, Canada, and the United States

New Zealand, Registered Ships & Owners, 1840-1950

Victoria, Australia, Deserter, Discharged, and Prisoner Crew Lists, 1852-1925

* UNLOCK THE PAST

History & Genealogy Expo Adelaide 2016 

7-8 OCT 2016

NSW & ACT conference 2016 Camden 

9-11 SEPT. 2016

Footsteps in Time - 2017 Qld State Conference  

 19-20 MAY 2017

* IRISH CENTRAL

Road trip around Ireland will make you start planning your next vacation (VIDEO)

 Ancient logboat discovered on the banks of the River Boyne “very rare” 

New Diaspora museum in Dublin will leave you brimming with pride (PHOTOS) 

Irish amateur historian proves wrong man ID’d in iconic Iwo Jima flag photo 

Iowa Irish Fest  August 5-7

Amazing tale of the Irish nun who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb  

Interesting characters from the Easter Rising revealed  

Last Irish solider to be pardoned for fighting Nazis in WWII dies 

New Yorker shares emotional journey to his Irish home (VIDEO)

Ireland’s travel secrets: St. Michan's crypts, Dublin (PHOTOS) 

The definitive guide to understanding Irish place names 

How to find a holy well in Ireland (PHOTOS) 

The story behind Ireland’s four provinces 

A day in the life of a Dublin workhouse 

Secrets of 5,200-year-old Irish woman, 4,000-year-old men revealed in genome project 

Ireland’s Travel Secrets: The picturesque town of Moville, Co. Donegal  

Facts about leprechauns and where the legends really came from 

* GENERAL INTEREST

QLD STATE ARCHIVES...

Saturday Opening and seminar Saturday 14 May

New Index - Index to Army Reservists Payments 1909-1912

First World War stories: Keep the fires of enthusiasm burning: Recruitment and enlistment in Queensland during the First World War.

Queensland State Archives featured webinar

Queensland Week Event - Date Claimer

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

1916: the cost of attrition

Chinook helicopter A15-202 final flight

Anzac Centenary Commemorative Print Portfolio Project

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Records of Australia's security, intelligence and law enforcement

5 Golden Rules for Growing Family Trees   about.com

5 Steps to Verifying Online Genealogy Sources    about.com

IRELAND

FREE audio guided tour of Loop Head Peninsula

KILKEE HISTORY new website

KDHS Lecture: Revolutionary Memories - The Irish Revolutionary Period - Experience and Memory, by Tomás Mac Conmara

THE DRESSER PROJECT

♫ "PADDY WALDRON'S TALK AT COORACLARE 1916 COMMEMORATION" 

KOLKATA'S HISTORIC NEW MARKET

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Anything Goes  Liv Hambrett

LEPUSHË: HIKING IN KELMEND    Marianne van Twilert

Anatomy of a Record  Qld State Archives Blog

Merry Month of May Movie Meme Cassmob

RootsMagic software adds FindmyPast search option Chris Paton

Our ancestral playground ~ The Curragh, Co. Kildare Dara

Postcards from Cobh Co. Cork The Silver Voice

 TROVE TUESDAY  DORIS MAY BELSHAW 1907-1915   Michelle Nicols
A DOUBLE WEDDING Jessica Barrett

Some of mine..

TROVE TATTLES

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISANTHE!

FRIDAY FOSSICKING May 6th, 2016

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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

* IRISH CENTRAL

50,000 military records of Easter Rising and War of Independence released  

Patrick Pearse 1916 surrender letter may sell for as much as $1.7 million  

Dublin still bears the scars of the 1916 Easter Rising battle almost 100 years later

 The most famous and successful Irish siblings (PHOTOS) 

The must-see castles of Ireland 

The top 10 interesting facts about County Dublin (PHOTOS) 

The little-known story of the Irish housekeeper of the Confederate White House 

8th century Irish brain surgeons saw cancer and TB 

Pope approves selfless Irish Jesuit priest for road to sainthood 

Bones of 5,000-year-old Stone Age child and adult found in Irish cave 

How to trace your roots in Ireland - tips on finding your Irish ancestors  

 May is here, and with it the ancient Irish festival of Bealtaine (PHOTOS) 

 Secrets of Celtic symbols and ancient astrology revealed 

The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer  

Bog bodies are kings sacrificed by Celts, says expert 

Ireland’s storms unearth 6,000-year-old dwellings near Galway

Family fights for Great Hunger monument for all in Glasnevin Cemetery 

What you can find out about your ancestors in Irish Dog Licence Registers 

* GENERAL INTEREST

Audio : Paul O'Brien's Lecture on Flo Clancy to Kilrush District Historical Society One woman's great insight into life in Ireland as she saw it 

IRELAND  NEWSLETTER APRIL 2016    Michael Green

Murder at St Helena Penal Establishment, Queensland

IRISH FOLKLORE AS GATHERED BY SCHOOLCHILDREN IN THE 1930s

OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY STORIES AUSTRALIA

CGS & IGRS Cork convention 2016 - YouTube Cork Genealogical Society

Resources for Researching Local History   about.com

5 Places to Find Historical Books Online for Free  about.com

12 Online Social History Sources for Genealogists   about.com

A HOME FOR YOUR BOOKS LIBRARY THING

The Elephants that came to dinner|Mfuwe Lodge, Zambia

* FIND MY PAST

Irish Newspapers

Anglo-Boer War Records, 1899-1902

Dorset Baptisms

Searching international records

Jewish ancestors

Scottish brothers kick started the Indian tea trade

Introducing our US marriage collection

Finding Africans in British records

The most potent genealogical resource you've never heard of

5 amazing things you'll find in genealogy periodicals

Tips & tricks for searching PERSI like a pro

Inside the digital revolution

* INTERESTING BLOGS

Letters my mother never wrote to me  Irisheyes jennifer

Great collection of apps plus Free magazine.. a compilation of great blogs  Library Currant

Two Brothers Separated for 65 Years Reunited by MyHeritage Thomas MacEntee

Goodbye Old Cloth  Denise M. Baran-Unland

Missing Friends can help  Cassmob

A to Z 2016 Summary Cassmob (couldn't choose between 2, so added both)

Workaday Wednesday - What is a Worker?  ScotSue

Nursing Sister Philips WW1 Photo Album: L15 Lorine McGinnis Schulze

Regina Zelicz? Sharon,  Strong Foundations

Genealogy Blog Party Theme for April 2016: Time Travel to an Ancestor! Fiona Tellesson