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From: "Murlel Sherlock" <>
Subject: [ONTARIO] Fw: [DONEGALEIRE] PRONI
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:11:15 +0100


Hi everyone
Just received this message from a correspondent of mine.
Thought you would want to support objections.


Muriel


>
> _PRONI Who do you think you are_ (http://www.ulsterancestry.com/)
> The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just announced
> that it will close all public access to the archives for a period of 9
> months
> from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a move across Belfast to
> new
> headquarters presently being built.
>
> This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can take
> place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year.
> This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally disappropriate
> to
> the work involved. Other Archives in London and Dublin have moved with
> only minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching
> a
> campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed.
>
> Can I ask for your support and that each list member send a e mail of
> protest to both
> The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and
> the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, a! t the following e mail addresses.
>
> Nelson McCausland MLA
>
> Aileen McClintock
>
> If this closure is to be stopped we need the support of the worldwide
> genealogy community.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Robert

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