Hey Marilyn, thanks a lot, this is pretty neat.. it should help a lot of People with roots in Northern Ireland.. I'll pass it to the List but I want them to know the credit goes to you.. Sincerely John D A little SoWest of North Marilyn Otterson wrote: > Hey, John, I don't know if this would be of interest to you or to the > rest of the list, but for what it's worth, here it is. Too bad I'm not > still searching for Presbyterians! The parish of Church of Ireland > where I found my great grandfather's baptism doesn't go back earlier > than abuot 1830 so I can't look for his parents since earlier records > burned. But anyway....this might be helpful to somebody. > Marilyn > > > > To: <SCOTCH-IRISH-CULTURE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:13 PM > Subject: [SCOTCH-IRISH-CULTURE] FW: [S-I] New Website on Irish > PresbyterianHistory > > > > Church history hits the internet > _http://www.newsletthttp://wwhttp://www.nhttp://www.nehttp://www.nehttp://ww > > w_ > > (http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Church-history-hits-the-internet.3681579.j > > p) > By Staff reporter > > The 400-year history of Irish Presbyterianism is now available on a > website, > in an initiative by the Church's Historical Society. > The mould-breaking website, backed by the Ulster-Scots Agency, was > launched > > in Belfast yesterday. > > The website will make Presbyterian history easily accessible to the wider > public for the first time. > > The idea for the website, which was designed by Brian Smyth, began in > 1995, > > but did not progress until more recently, when the society approached the > Ulster-Scots Agency. After gaining their support, the project developed > quickly > and has culminated in an excellent site for historians and others > interested > in local Presbyterian history. > > The site will contain a digital format of the book, A History of > Congregations in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is long out of > print and > therefore inaccessible to many. > > As the site progresses it is hoped that more information will be added > including the history details of Non-Subscribing Presbyterian churches and > Covenanters. To access the information there is a charge of £10 per annum, > which > qualifies the user to be an associate member of the society. > > The Rev Brian Kennaway, an Historical Society member, highlighted the > importance of the new website. > > "This launch is the beginning of making available to the wider world the > rich history of the churches of the Presbyterian Order in Ireland. We are > confident that this will make a major contribution to a better > understanding and an > increase in knowledge of our complicated and sometimes controversial past. > We want to thank the Ulster-Scots Agency, as our major funder of this > project, > for their support." > > George Patton, chief executive of the Ulster-Scots Agency and a > Presbyterian, said: "Presbyterian history is an integral part of > Ulster-Scots history; > therefore it is wonderful to see a resource like this being made available > by > the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland. > > "The Ulster-Scots Agency is very pleased to be associated with this > project. > " > > The web address is: _www.presbyterianhiswww.presbytewww_ > (http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com/) > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCOTCH-IRISH-CULTURE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >