FRIDAY FOSSICKING 9th FEB 2024

GENERAL

GSQ Blog

Shauna’s family history A – Z. Shauna Hicks

Queensland State Archives newsletter incl. Beneath This Skin

Deciphering handwriting  video here

State Library of Qld newsletter incl. Purpose built exhibition

Digital twins and the future of the built environment

National Library of Australia  here  + Events page on our website incl.  Mark Twain's ode to Australian wildlife

DESPATCH Newsletter of Public Record Office of Victoria incl.

Victorian Community History Awards   

Unravelling phrenology: a controversial past with modern implications

National Archives UK including...

Hidden letter sent to British Secret Services

Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war

Outback Family History

Linden Cemetery – grave tales     The Loneliest Goldfield in the World 

The Tragic Death of Mollie Smith – grave tales   Gold Rush Days The Kimberleys

Genealogy Ireland

"Using Irish Records" hosted by Suncoast Genealogy Society | Palm Harbor, FL Patch 

Peter Jackson: Nobody plays the repatriation game quite like the Scots - Irish Examiner

Rhythm and Irish Roots: Exploring Bowie's Irish Heritage - Dublin Town 

How to Leave Your Genealogy: Don't Let it Get Thrown Away - Long Island Events 

St. Patrick's Day: Legend and History | Woodbridge, NJ Patch 

JStor Daily

Willie Mae Thornton Deserves Your Full Attention     

The Cost of Inflation in Prison  Dreams in Islam   The “Refus Global”

Switchgrass: An Old Grass Gets a New Use

Civilization Without Horses: The Epizootic of 1872

Dubious Medicine on the Texas Frontier

Atlas Obscura

How to Bring a Forgotten Cemetery Back to Life   A Medieval Murder Map  A Silly, Beloved Prank Seat Inside the Bone Museum   Tune in to Vienna’s Vegetable Orchestra   Vampire & Paranormal Museum  Podcast: Hello From the Otter Side A Famous, Thought-Provoking Cat

Real Zombies and Body Snatchers   The Trembling Giant

50 Places to Eat and Drink Before You Die  Hobcaw Barony

HSBC Building Feng Shui Cannons America's Highest Suspension Footbridge   Is This Where Merlin Once Lived? Dining In a 345-Million-Year-Old Cave  The Most Remote Place in the Ocean

‘Terror Camp’  Indigenous Snow Sculpting  Drinking Trophies

NASCAR’s Bootleg Roots FRANCE Saint-Malo: An Ancient City on the Sea. TUNISIA Tozeur: The Desert That Birthed a Galactic Town 

CHILE Los Ríos: Where Lush Natural Worlds Collide 

NEW ZEALAND North Island: A Māori Guide to the Landscape

The Only Thai Pavilion in North America  World's Largest Model Of the Solar System Site of Charlie Chaplin Studios A Name Spelled in Trees   The Dangers of Snake Island Brazil  Two Princes Staircase

This Prada Store Stands In the Desert Inside Sydney's Original Doll Hospital   The Tiny, Mighty Award-Winning Jones Bar-B-Q Diner  Where The Inventor of Dungeons and Dragons Rests  

This Is a Secret Subway Exit  The Witch Buried Here Never Existed

A Rainbow-Colored Geologic Wonder  The “Fountain of Youth”

Meet General Sherman – the Largest Tree in the World

The Ferris Wheel Embedded in a Skyscraper 

The Original Pizza Hut Now Stands on a College Campus

A Forgotten Gorgeous Railway Station Lions Have a New Threat: Ants  Dragons Will Soon Be Everywhere

A Fine-Dining Pioneer With a Secret These Houses Think Out of the Box  Harry Waugh Dessert Room at Bern’s Steak House

A Hidden Slot Canyon In The Desert 

ALWAYS INTERESTING

Pauline Conolly Hospital Food – Healthier Than Homemade!

TIM TAMS – FIRST PAST THE POST

TextileRanger The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day: Patterns in Nature

Humoring the Goddess    Faerie Paths — Twilight Louis Armstrong

Sunday Evening Art Gallery —  Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

Carol Emarthle Douglas  Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Christian Verginer  Today  Joana Vasconcelos   Faerie Paths

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Joseph Lorusso

Dreams and Adventures at Cosy Cottage  A winter trip to Beacon Fell

Anne Young    Sons and brothers   Prospectors’ Discovery

allenrezzi  The Very Missing Stefano

Jennifer Jones 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Influencer

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland #OTD in Irish History | 5 February:

The Legal Genealogist  Coming up: February-March 2024

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey Seligmann Simon Rothschild’s Tragic and Short Life

Liz Gauffreau  Was Dad an Unreliable Narrator?

Reviews

Theresa Smith

Book Review: The Search Party by Hannah Richell

A Year of New Zealand Literature

Book Review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic

Better Reading

Book of the Week: The Chocolate Factory by Mary-Lou Stephens    READ MORE

The Good Dog by Simon Rowell    READ MORE

The Eleventh Floor by Kylie Orr    READ MORE

Podcast: Kemper Donovan on Agatha Christie, Scriptwriting and Podcasting

BE Better: Lizzie Williamson on The Active Workday  LISTEN HERE

Podcast: Victoria Vanstone on How Sobriety Changed Her Life    LISTEN HERE

Allen & Unwin

Glenrock Lee Christine

Peppercorn House  Nicole Hurley Moore

Whenever You're Ready Trish Bolton

Aboriginal Victorians Richard Broome

Second Chance Diana Thurgood

Penguin Books Australia

The Other Bridget Rachael Johns

The Fury Alex Michaelides

Crosshairs James Patterson

The Matchmaker Saman Shad

Gone  Glenna Thomson

and from my blogs..

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING  2nd Feb 2024, great articles, Irish folklore re genetic study, footloose goose, random book vending machine, ancient timekeeping, great blogs, reviews and so much more….

https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2024/02/friday-fossicking-2nd-feb-2024.html

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

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