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Petitioning for online access to Irish Genealogy

DLohan · 2010-07-18 07:27:17

Following the success of the online publication of the 1901 Census the need to improve access to Irish Genealogy has never been more apparent. The Friends of Ireland Campaign is reaching out to all of Ireland's friends across the globe. The campaign is petitioning the Irish Government to improve online access to Irish…

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#32 21-07-2010 12:13pm
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DLohan wrote: »

So, the Irish Institutions would have nothing to contribute?

What other institutions are you talking about? There's quite a lot of stuff online now, as Shane listed. A few more things online include Griffiths Valuation (on 2 different sites), many directories, electoral registers for some places. Many Archives documents are too specific to spend the money on digitising them. I have heard rumours that the Tithe Applotment books are being digitised by FamilySearch too.

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