Hi Listers Regarding the message below, I suspect that release of the BMDs post 1922 violates the UKs privacy concerns. I understand that Birth information is held 100 years. Marriage and Death information would be lesser time periods and the 86 years that have elapsed may not be enough. John M. Collins Sarnia, Ont. Canada E-mail addresses jcollins@xcelco.on.ca jmacollins@gmail.com On 12-Oct-08, at 3:01 AM, cotyroneireland-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. The GRO (boydgray26@utvinternet.com) > 2. Re: [NIR-DERRY] The GRO (Cliff. Johnston) > 3. Re: [NIR-DERRY] The GRO (Barbara Balfour) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:42:40 +0100 > From: <boydgray26@utvinternet.com> > Subject: [CoTyIre] The GRO > To: <nir-derry@rootsweb.com>, <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4E55B3753891495DAB30CC5A7B8BB571@userPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > 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. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 3, Issue 200 > ***********************************************