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(and elsewhere) have often posted bits and pieces about access to vital records
and we have all probably read or heard tales of trying to access cemeteries
located on “private or church lands,” gaining access to records held privately
or by church or religious archives, etc.
As genealogists, we
are ALWAYS seeking access to records! Earlier
this month, the IrishTimes.com posted a piece about the situation in Ireland
by JOHN
GRENHAM
I recently had a long conversation with a veteran member of the Irish
Family History Foundation, the umbrella group for the heritage centres behind
the biggest Irish genealogy website, rootsireland.ie. The sense of outrage and persecution
felt by IFHF members is extraordinary. It is largely directed at the Irish
public service –civil servants, National Archives, National Library and others.
And I had to tell him that, as far as I knew, the feelings were reciprocated,
and just as intensely...
This situation is NOT unique to Ireland
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