Sounds good to me. Will u need transcribers???? Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus > Sharon Carberry <sm8carberry@comcast.net> wrote: > > Here is an ambitious suggestion: someone could contact Rosemary > ffolliott (or her estate's representative, if she is deceased) to gain > permission to extract the Clare newspaper items in her series which > is on microform, held in so few places (Dublin/Genealogical Office, > Ennis/Clare Library, Chicago/Newberry Library are the ones I know of): > > Index to biographical notices in newspapers of Limerick, Ennis, Clonmel > and Waterford, 1758-1821 > > I should note that this series itself is an extraction, as Dennis Ahearn > (TIARA) has shown me the difference between the original articles and > the > details preserved in the ffolliott series. However, all the good details > are > extracted. I have these for two of my surnames (it's arranged by > surname, not by county), and I can attest that, while many articles > concern the landed gentry, there are also many instances of the "common > folk" getting in trouble or doing newsworthy things. > > While I am more in need of details for the 1830s/1840s than I am yet for > the first two decades of the 1800s, if permission could be secured, then > the material could be obtained from the Clare Library, as I assume they > would love to have the chance to put this on their website. Also, the > author may be more inclined to cooperate when an Irish institution is > involved. > > Sharon Carberry > USA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message