Hi .. I do not think there is any dispute with Proni about the decision to move the records or the decision to close local access for a time to make the move.. I think the dispute is about the LENGTH of time for the closure.. why so long? when other offices have done so with minimum closure times... perhaps we should all just enquire why the closure needs to be so long and how detrimental this will be to local researchers. Perhaps they may shorten the closure time if they have enough polite enquiries. Janet of oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hall" <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> To: <cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the move, there are those that don't. Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not live in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also to consider the end product of this move. "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any kind can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > 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 has moved with only > minimal disruption to services. We in Northern Ireland are launching a > campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed. > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to send a > letter of protest to both > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail addresses. > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but Worldwide > support. > > Many thanks > Robert Williams > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > ------------- Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message