Friday, March 8, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 8th March 2024

 


GENERAL

GSQ Blog   ‘‘An Evergreen Tree of Diabolical Knowledge’. Researching Irish in the State Library of Queensland Pt. 1‘.   Dr Jennifer Harrison

Old Age Pensions records for genealogy (Queensland and elsewhere) Judy Webster

Public Record Office Despatch..Victoria

incl.  Look History in the Eye podcast


First creative in residence for the Victorian Archives Centre


Congratulations Tahlia Palmer Learn more about the Creative in Residence program.


An evening of mystery in the Eastern Arcade


Video recording now available  Watch on YouTube here.


Outback Family History

Genealogy Ireland
JSTOR Daily


Always Interesting
The Legal Genealogist
Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage Musings on books
Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland  #OTD in Irish History | 4 March:  

Reviews
Theresa Smith Writes

Better Reading

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That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 1st Mar 2024, newsletters, fountain of youth, Missing WW11 plane uncovered, great blogs,  book reviews, 

ghosts for sale, interesting libraries, train station made for royalty, scattered body parts, some spartan women had two husbands, 1941 National Farm survey being digitised UK, Sailor Bill’s elopement.. and so much more…

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Friday, March 1, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 1st Mar 2024

 




GENERAL
GSQ Blog

Arrival of the Artemisia: an “important event in the annals of Moreton Bay – an epoch to be often reverted to”  Stephanie Ryan (John Oxley Library/State Library Queensland)Welcome to Old Ballan, the cemetery where State Trustees bury the dead with nowhere else to go - ABC News

Cairns Family History newsletter incl.  details re major changes to ANCESTRY lecture, Family History for Beginners lecture etc.
Eltham District Historical Society Inc.  Heritage Walk: Walking the Kurrum Yallock (Plenty River) – Saturday, 2nd March 2024

National Archives UK here incl.
Hear remarkable stories of Second World War captives
The guerrilla force who helped POWs in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong
We are digitising the 1941 National Farm Survey
You can visit Great Escapes on Sundays

Outback Family History
The Oldest Stockman in WA       The Kanowna Roll of Honour-
The Farren’s of the Falls Hotel – by Jill Peady     Sailor Bill’s Elopement

JSTOR Daily
“Heed Their Rising Voices”: Annotated  The Sweet Story of Condensed Milk  PG-13: Some Material May Be Inappropriate    Nuremberg: City of Dreams and Nightmares
Anaxagoras and the Eclipse: The First to Get It Right    
Black Women Were Also Lynched
Why Some Spartan Women Had Two Husbands

GENEALOGY IRELAND
Joe Biden delves into family history at end of Ireland trip - Times of Malta   Cleveland Evans: Sean has roots in Irish ancestry - Omaha World-Herald  Rensselaer County Ranks 10th in U.S. for Irish Ancestry: Upstate NY's Celtic Heritage Spotlighted
 
Atlas Obscura
When California Existed as an Island  What Do You Do With a ‘Failed’ Utopia?   Is This the Fountain of Youth?  The Shocking Meals Eaten by Past U.S. Presidents   The Circuit That Launched Legends    A Desert Cathedral Revealed  Grave of Jose Perfino at Oaklawn Cemetery Grave of Ed and Lorraine Warren paranormal investigators Browse the Ultimate Guide to Scattered Body Parts   Why Would You Build a Spite Wall?  This Seat Once Belonged to John Calvin   Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party  A Greener Greenhouse? An Immigrant’s Guide to American Scams   Pick an Orange, Find a Date  How Far Would You Go to Play Sports?  The Forgotten Hovertrain of the Future  Seattle’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant Favored by Bruce Lee  Angels and Micro-Organisms Decorate This Church  A '60s Bomb Shelter-Themed Bar Exists Virtually Unchanged   Big Idaho Potato Hotel  Tasting Secret Nun Cookies Requires Patience  Step Inside a Gorgeous, Ornate Victorian Marketplace Would You Try a Sweet Described As “Edible Incense” ?    The Brewery Celebrating Indigenous Culture  16 Places for the Cheese-Obsessed   This is the Site of the World's First KFC  Liars Should Avoid the “Mouth of Truth” Italy How Big Is the World’s Largest Beaver Dam?  The Watery Grave of One Man's Dreams The Victorian-era Women Wanted for Stealing Mummies  The Weird World of Sex Under the Sea  Peek Inside England’s Secret Wild West Town  Real-World Fairy Tale Landscapes    ‘America, America’ Sculpture  Missing WWII Plane Uncovered Australia  Train Station Made for Royalty, Now No One    Replica French Villa Reborn as Theme Park  The Birthplace of the Czech Klobasnek is … Texas? U.S.’s First Roadside Candy Mansion Still as Sweet as Ever The Failed Floating McDonald’s of the '80s  Ghosts for Sale to the Willing  The Unlikely Friendship Between Humans and Gators When Squirrels Were America’s Most Popular Pets Just Who Created ‘Africa’s Stonehenge’ and Why  When and Where Did Humans Evolve  The Pork Buns New Yorkers Cried Over  Heritage Village   The Secret Figures Hiding in Swiss Maps The Internet’s Oldest Unsolved Mystery Cracking the Mystery of a 1,700-Year-Old EggAn Escher-esque Bookstore....An Asian bookstore chain transformed this former 1940s movie theater into a maze-like shop with mural-filled walls and live music.  Sacrilegious Spirits or Devout Drinks? A Former ‘Castle’ of Consumption  A Secluded Village Inaccessible by Road An Ancient Cave System That Rocks A Moorish Casino Slowly Disintegrating Memorial to a Doomed Arctic Expedition

INTERESTING LIBRARIES
CareMalta opens library at Villa Messina in Rabat - Times of Malta 
The Atlanta Braves DO have some interesting position battles that need to be decided by ... - KSDK 

ALWAYS INTERESTING
Humoring the Goddess How Old is Old?  Having a Stained Glass Ball!  Isabella Jolie Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Glen Martin Taylor  Larsa Bernhardt  Faerie Paths — Radical Amazement
Anne Young That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet Fire at Eurambeen
Jennifer Jones Life of a Genie – January and February 2024
allenrizzi If I Had Another Life To Live
Pauline Conolly MOLONG AND THE EARL OF HARDWICKE    THE AURORA & THE ANTARCTIC BOTTLE – A MYSTERY
Laura Hedgecock RootsTech 2024 Virtual Conference: Great Content for Writers and Storytellers
Brotmanblog: A Family History The Children of Katincka Blumenfeld Heymann: Lost and Found and Lost Again
Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 26 February:


Reviews
Theresa Smith
Book Review: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns
February: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…

Better Reading
Book of the Week: Tilda is Visible by Jane Tara      READ MORE
Joy Moody is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne      READ MORE

Penguin Books
We Solve Murders    Richard Osman 
Lone Wolf    Gregg Hurwitz     CHECK IT OUT
Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not  Imbi Neeme  START READING
The Catch    Amy Lea  READ A SNIPPET
Hidden Potential   Adam Grant    LEARN MORE
The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright
The Book of Doors Gareth Brown  READ AN EXTRACT

Allen & Unwin
Body of Lies Sarah Bailey
All the Words We Know Bruce Nash
Thanks for Having Me Emma Darragh
The Menopause Brain Lisa Mosconi PhD
The Great Housing Hijack Cameron K. Murray
Good With Money Emma Edwards
The Forest Wars David Lindenmayer
Mine is the Kingdom David Hardaker

*Vicki Adin author  ... read NEWSLETTER

* Interested? Manly Writers' Festival 14-16 March  READ MORE

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That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 23rd Feb 2024, Yorkshire's Atlantis, remembering Greek cuisine & heritage award, combustible cinema, village self sacrificed, treasure trove of documents in Limerick.. 300,000 UK farm records to be digitized, great blogs, world’s largest cheese slicer, Nazi treasure, Reno’s space whale… and more of the interesting and unbelievable… Feel free to share… 


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