Hello Jan, When you say that West Cork should have a Heritage centre...... do you mean one that is similar to Mallow? We all know the "employees" in Mallow can search an entry within seconds and in turn charge 75 euro for that search. The amount of work put in by enthusiasts and monies from govt. grants it would be excellent if they put the records on line.We all know this isn't going to happen. We have a rip off culture here in Ireland. If anyone is prepared to pay 75 euro I'll gladly go to Dublin for each person at 25 euro and do it myself.It's quite simple..... just put the records on line...... I'm sure this would encourage more tourism from USA , OZ, NZ etc. Regards, Kevin, Co Cork,Ireland. > > At the recent national genealogical conference held in Boston, Michael Egan, > who was one of the founders of the Irish Family History Society in 1984, > that there are thousands of records all on index cards, ready to be > computerized. The reason the records have not been computerized and > available to people has to do with politics. Michael said that we should > write to the following person to ask if the records that are on index cards > could be computerized and made available to those of us who are doing family > research in the West Cork area. He said writing directly to Mr. O'Donoghue > is the only way to change the situation. > > For those of us who have to put up with the "black hole" (lack of > records/heritage center available in West Cork), maybe we can make a > difference by writing. > > Mr. John O'Donoghue > Minister of Arts, Sport and Tourism > c/o Dail Eireann > Kildare Street > Dublin 2 > > Jan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > www.ancestralservices.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts