Blogs relating to Silver Bowl Research

Oct. 2010		The Quest for the Silver Bowl. My very first post.
		First Day in London – this is a pretty lumpy post, not my best.
Nov. 2010		Two Versions – the contribution of genealogy to scholarship.
		Research Update from Ireland
		Busted in Dublin
		Gratitude #1
		Research Work in Two Irelands
		The Blogging Beast The imperfection that is part of these posts – like wearing pyjamas in public.
		Drogheda and a Perfect Day – seeking the JACKSON Coat of Arms – to no avail.
		Curses and Blessings
		Chinese Food in Ireland Fan’s Chinese restaurant is where Samuel BROWNE, linen merchant carried out his trade in the mid 1800s, and where my great grandfather – Thompson BROWNE son of Samuel – also resided.
		Too Much Food – includes mention of David Jackson’s house in Leitrim in 1841
		The Picture of Dorian Gray – stories of Clandeboye and BLACKWOODs
		Till It’s Gone – the story of a missing gravestone.
Dec. 2010		Random Acts – Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
		JACKSONs in Memorials of the Dead
		Gilford Castle & the Gift of Christine
		JACKSONs in the Belfast Newsletter
		Blogs and research
Jan. 2011		A Mysterious Dundalk Cousin
		No Success Like Failure
		The Voice of Patrick Flynn
Feb. 2011		TJ and the Story of his Statue
		In Defence of Not Knowing – links to 19^th C Hong Kong photos
		Choosing Rooster Scratches instead of County Louth
		Organic Gardening Advice from 1802 – old practices, new soil.
		1898 Avast the Mast – photos of Irish in 19^th C Hong Kong.
Mar. 2011		Memory is Like Water Personal memory – and a meditation on how this connects to the political.
		Memory is Like Water Part 2 – Memory and a re-evaluation of key historic incidents in Ireland
		One Good Deed Deserves ....
Apr. 2011		Tip of the Iceberg
		Sometimes a Picture: The Dares of Yokohama.
May 2011		A Walk in the Rain. This jumps from present to past and is a meditation on community – then and now A meditation on time and place.
		Stories From the Graves. Adelaide Fingal Smith
		My Web Feet – Quack Quack. This is about how research and connections work – thanks to the Internet.
		Knock Knock – Who’s There. On the power of sharing with respect to research.
		Facts and Theories. Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness aka RAOGK.
		Nature, Nurture and Family.
		Reading Irish History. The importance of perspective.
Jun. 2011		Being and Irish Tourist & Meeting Turtle Bunbury.
		Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part One.
		Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part Two.
		Have trod, have trod ... Disappointments in research.
		June 30^th. A summing up of some of the month’s events – with photos.
Jul. 2011		The Jackson “Connexion”.
		Crests and Coats of Arms – 1st in a small series
		The Red Hand of Ulster – 2^nd in a small series
		The Sheldrake and other elements – 3^rd in a small series.
Aug. 2011	Lorna Goodison This is not only about the poetry and memoir written by Lorna Goodison, but also about Howe Peter BROWNE.
	Carolan's Farewell, a novel by Charles Foran based on the life of harpist Turlogh O’Carolan, one of the last premodern harp composers.
	How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill Doubleday, New York.  A book review
Sept 2011	Pete of the Glorious Berkshires A tribute to my mentor on townland research.
	Talk at Armagh & District History Group An ad for a speech I gave.
Oct 2011	Strongbow & Deeds My visit to his tomb & the link to JACKSON deeds.
Nov 2011	Thomas JACKSON Kildare farm - some detective work
	Original Jackson – exploring his links to Irish JACKSONs
	Island Hall in Godmanchester – the home built by Original JACKSON
	JACKSONs and the Samuel Pepys connection
Dec 2011	Thomas and Samuel Jackson - Pewterers of London – exploring their relationships with Ireland.
	Henry Jackson of Dublin - a 1690 will
	Goldsmiths, Jacksons, London, Ireland & some ongoing mysteries – starting with Alexander Jackson.
Jan 2012	A couple of "Unchurched Olivers" – a family at Killynure, Co. Armagh
	Irregular Marriages – what I learned from a news article about the controversy & the part of Rev. Daniel Gunn BROWN[E]
Feb 2012	Nepotism: Yea or Nay. This is in part a book review of Citizens of The World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic community 1735-1785. David Hancock, and partly a look at Sir Thomas Jackson of Armagh’s hiring practices at HSBC in the mid to late 1800s.
	Inching towards Kildare. This page links to at least a hundred pages of original compilations of research that I have recently done.
Apr 2012	Jacksons of Grange, Kings Co, Ireland. These JACKSONs did not stay in one place – sightings of them range from adjacent counties to America.
	Imagining a Parish and its People. Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh
May 2012	Cavananore – unearthing the tale. Cavananore, a townland of some 219 acres in Co. Louth, was occupied at least as early as the late 1600s by a Presbyterian family named Coulter. They were supposedly awarded the land for their valour at the Battle of the Boyne on the side of King William.
Jul 2012	Handsome James Jackson of Drogheda. I stumbled upon a description of John Jackson, son of Alderman Jackson of Drogheda in The Dublin Scuffle. It was printed in 1699, and written by John Dunton, an eccentric bookseller and even more eccentric writer.
Jul 2012	Research bits on Handsome James Jackson. The earliest known ancestor of handsome James Jackson was Richard Jackson of Drogheda (carpenter, sheriff and merchant) a man who seems to have been quite successful. His son, another Richard Jackson, became an Alderman of Drogheda and was also a successful merchant ...
Sept 2012	Francesca aka Frances Bertha Marion “Daisy” Sexton. If you were to see Mrs. Noble in 1890, just after the birth of her youngest child and presiding as President of the Ladies Recreation Club of Hong Kong, you would think that the world was her oyster.
Sept 2012	George Edward Noble. At the peak of his bank career, he was Chief Manager of HSBC.
Oct 2012	The Irish Governors of Hong Kong. At least eight Irishmen became Governors of Hong Kong in the 19^th and early 20^th Century. Other governors married Irish women or had other such connections.
Nov 2012	Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862-1956)   Ho Tung was one of Sir Thomas Jackson’s cherished friends.
Nov 2012	Shameless Self Promotion #1. Sir Thomas Jackson and The Bank: Not your average banker.
Nov 2012	Crowd Sourcing and the Dares. A quick flypast describing Amelia’s brothers and brother-in-laws, with a focus on their inter-connected business involvements.
Nov 2012	Shameless Self Promotion #2. The next speaker at the Royal Asiatic Society is an unusual choice. She failed history in High School, and then steered clear of all such courses at university.
Dec 2012	500 Words.  I received several emails from people who were unable to attend my talk at the Royal Asiatic Society in Hong Kong in November, so I promised to publish parts of it in future blogs. This is the first installment.
	Flibbertigibbet. A round-about intro to a 1902 description of a banquet in Hong Kong.
Jan 2013	Hong Kong & Ireland: Two British Colonies. An excerpt from a speech delivered to the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in November 2012.
	A Hong Kong Embroidery 1902. A 1902 news account described the attempted presentation of this embroidered scroll to Thomas Jackson in Hong Kong at a banquet celebrating his life in the Colony.
Feb 2013	The Land League Hut at Shortstone.  I first saw this picture in the study of Willie Tracey, an elderly farmer who lives and farms at Shortstone, Co. Louth.
Apr 2013	Jacksons of Drogheda & Creggan.
	Last Day in Ireland – This Time. Description of working in Deeds Registry and such.
May 2013	Jacksons of Co. Cavan. Exploring links between JACKSONs of Kildare and the northern counties of Ireland
	The Dog That Didn’t Bark. Research examining some of the supposed origins of the Irish Quaker JACKSONs
Jun 2013	Woof - Part One. Following up on the family of Richard JACKSON (1595-1680) of Westmorland. Link to Jackson Hall, Kirby Lonsdale, now known as The Royal Hotel,
	Geekdom Fascinating bits found in Deeds such as the legal arrangements made between Thomas and Mary Jackson, and John Halpin - a comb maker, because the Jackson's marriage had come asunder in an time before divorce was an option..
Jul 2013	Stones Can Talk - Part I. Some Jacksons in Dublin memorials
	Stones Can Talk – Part II. More transcriptions of grave stones.
Sep 2013	Email Serendipity. The tombstone of Anne Day Woodville in Bekegem, Belgium. She was the widow of Sir George Jackson (1776-1840), her second husband. Sir George was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry and later also lived at Forkhill, Co. Armagh. In later life he lived and died in Belgium.
Nov 2013	The Tale of a Townland. A primer on how to learn much from maps using the townland of Urcher aka Urker as an example.
Dec 2013	Urker Lodge. Archival photos compared with contemporary photos and maps.
Jan 2014	Urker and Sir Thomas Jackson. Linking fairy tales and features which can be found in the landscape of South Armagh.
	Creggan on the Peak. Sir Thomas JACKSON of Creggan parish in south Armagh built a home in Hong Kong that he named Creggan.
Feb 2014	Thomas Jackson and the Overland Route. The experience of travelling from England to Hong Kong before the opening of the Suez canal.
	Margaret McMillan. When I was reading her book The War the Ended Peace, it got me thinking about Prince Henry and his visits with the Jacksons in Hong Kong in the 1890s.
Mar 2013	The Sizzle of Connections. A story about the links between the SCOTTs of Singapore and Sir Walter SCOTT and William Ramsay SCOTT, brother-in-law to Sir Thomas JACKSON.
	Whitworth Allen and Anna Maria Dare. Anna Maria DARE was a sister to Sir Thomas Jackson’s wife, Amelia Lydia DARE.