Anne, I would have loved to combine this kind of trip with the conference in Oct, but I didn't recall that PRONI would be closed at the same time, and a visit there is essential to my research. A trip soe other time would be of interest though. I appreciate your effort to organise something, or at least to generate interest. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Klintworth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:42 PM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Ballymena research trips Hello everyone. We have been talking with some people in Ballymena and would like to have the people on the list comment on the interest in research in the Ballymena area. What is your opinion of the possibility for small group trips to Ballymena, with local contact with people with local knowedge and familiar with the different townlands. Possibly to include research at the Ballymena Library, cemetery trips, and church visits. Probably with transportation incuded. Hopefully with the full cooperation with the local government, museum and library. The idea would be to help establish local contacts and the ability to gather local knowledge that has been collected by word of mouth as well as the records available. Do you think this type of trip would be of interest to a lot of people? It would definitely not be a big group tour. This would be a much more personalized type of thing. NI sightseeing would be optional, possibly outside of the group tour. Also a trip to PRONI and other Belfast research venues. I was asked to get your input on this subject and would appreciate any comments. Anne Anne Shier Klintworth Check out my genealogy blog at http://genealogygirl.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message