Not sure about access to all of these and details on what they contain. Seeing lots of academics names on the list, I venture to guess that these people aren't genealogists and though their project is praiseworthy, they need some coaching on what we would like to see. Ray Marshall in Minneapolis, where it is snowing. So there. You thought it was Spring already. http://www.dippam.ac.uk/ http://www.dippam.ac.uk/contact/ About the Project DIPPAM is an online virtual archive of documents and sources relating to the history of Ireland and its migration experience from the 18th to late 20th centures. When complete in Spring 2011, DIPPAM will be a free-to-view resource available to all users with an interest in Irish histry: family, local, national and diasporic. Project Development Team a.. Prof. Peter Gray (Queen's University Belfast) b.. Dr Ricky Rankin (Queen's University Belfast) c.. Gavin Mitchell (Queen's University Belfast) d.. Conail Stewart (Queen's University Belfast) e.. Cormac O.Donnell (Queen's University Belfast) f.. Mark McCalmont (Queen's University Belfast) g.. Dr Johanne Devlin Trew (University of Ulster) h.. Dr Brian Lambkin (Centre for Migration Studies) i.. Dr Paddy Fitzgerald (Centre for Migration Studies) j.. Joe Mullan (Libraries Northern Ireland) k.. Deirdre Nugent (Libraries Northern Ireland) Presentations Click a title to download a PowerPoint presentation. a.. Mapping Belfast migration, Brian Lambkin b.. Belfast and its Rural Migration Hinterland, Paddy Fitzgerald EPPI: Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland EPPI is a large database of 15,000 official publications relating to all aspects of Irish affairs during the period of the Union, including bills, reports, commisions of inquiry, and the published census reports. It is a rich source for the social history of Ireland, as well as for statistics relating to population, emigration and other subjects. DIPPAM will offer an enhanced and comprehensive version of the resource previously hosted by the University of Southampthon. IED: Irish Emigration Database The IED is a virtual library of emigration-related primary sources, principally letters to and from emigrants, compiled by the Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh. This extensive collection of more than 33,000 records is drawn from a number of collections, including the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and many private donors, and is capable of expansion as new records become available. It covers a wide time period, but with a concentration on the period between c.1780 and c.1920. VMR: Voices of Migration and Return VMR comprises over 90 life-narrative interviews conducted with returned and non-returned migrants from Ulster (9-counties) gathered during the course of two studies on contemporary migration (2004-2008). The study participants represent a range of geographic origins within Ulster, class backgrounds and religious denominations.