Yeah, keep your backs to the walls...and don't bend over to pick up the soap... Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: <boydgray26@utvinternet.com> To: <nir-derry@rootsweb.com>; <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 3:42 PM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] The GRO > > Hi Listers, > > Just thought you might like to know that the GRO in Belfast has > sequestered > from the Family History Centre (the Mormons) in Derry, the microfilms of > all > Northern Ireland Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths post Partition in > 1922, > which they had allowed the FHC to copy some 20 years ago. I wonder why. > You don't think it mught be that they wish to have exclusive access to > these > records so that they can sell them at extortionate rates? There is only > one > word to describe that and I will not sully your delicate ears with it but > it > is the word that unsympathetic Nineteenth century clergymen sometimes used > in their baptismal registers to describe the progeny of illegitimate > relationships. > > Makes me want to spit. > > Regards, > > Boyd > > PS: does everyone out there know what IS available at the FHC in Derry, > because it is one of the best centres for genealogical records outside > Belfast. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Try familyhistory.com to find out. B