It would be really wonderful if the Parish Records could be indexed and, perhaps even more importantly, rescued and renovated before they have all faded into total illegibility. I was very disturbed when I saw the condition of much of the early records for south and west Cork on the microfilms at the National Library, and so I'm not hopeful that these recourses will survive into the future. It would be a massive undertaking - but something that other countries manage without too much difficulty. Ireland should now be proud, and not ashamed of it's historical documents. I will happily write to Mr O Donohue if it will help at all, Slan Mary McCarthy Simpson

There is nothing in the digitised world of electronics that can be done to make legible that which is not legible. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Simpson" <mary@msimpson.demon.co.uk> To: <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:51 PM Subject: West Cork Gen Centre > It would be really wonderful if the Parish Records could be indexed > and, perhaps even more importantly, rescued and renovated before they > have all faded into total illegibility. > > I was very disturbed when I saw the condition of much of the early > records for south and west Cork on the microfilms at the National > Library, and so I'm not hopeful that these recourses will survive into > the future. > > It would be a massive undertaking - but something that other > countries manage without too much difficulty. Ireland should now be > proud, and not ashamed of it's historical documents. > > I will happily write to Mr O Donohue if it will help at all, > > Slan > > Mary McCarthy Simpson >