I tried to go to the website and it took quite a while - when it said "done" all I had was a blank page and an acrobat reader box which also was blank. I tried it twice more and the same thing happened. Elaine in Oregon, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Lyons <jlyons1@iol.ie> To: <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:24 PM Subject: Fw: BRINGING IRISH CIVIL REGISTRATION INTO THE 21st CENTURY > Here in Ireland genealogy and family history is not looked on in the same > vein as it is by those of you who research your Irish Ancestry. Our older > graveyards are just left there to rot in the majority of counties, local > history societies are few and far between, people for the most part do not > have any interest in researching their ancestry. > > For the last few years the Government is supposed to have had a programme to > computerise our Birth, Marriage and Death records - but that is scorned by > our genealogists, it's been in dis-array or worked in a dis-organised > fashion and they doubt that it will ever finish. > > So, this particular document and consultation exercise will only be looked > at and commented on by a relative few here - that will be seen as the > 'amount of interest' in the subject and then little notice will be taken of > what the genealogists have to say about the matter more than likely because > there are statistically so few compared to the rest of the population. > > Therefore it is very important that those of you who do have an interest in > genealogy take the time to read this document and pass your comments on to > those who Stephen lists here. > > Jane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "steven smyrl" <smyrl@indigo.ie> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.ireland > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 10:09 AM > Subject: BRINGING IRISH CIVIL REGISTRATION INTO THE 21st CENTURY > > > > > > > > COUNCIL OF IRISH GENEALOGICAL ORGANISATIONS > > > > On Tuesday, 1 May, CIGO was invited to a press launch in Dublin. The > Ministers for Health & Children and Social, Community & Family Affairs, > Micheál Martin TD and Dermot Ahern TD, were launching the consultative stage > of the 'GRO PROJECT' in the form of a document entitled Bringing Civil > Registration into the 21st Century - A Consultation Document on the > Modernisation of the Civil Registration Service. This document can be found > on the web at: www.groireland.ie/images/consultation.pdf . The consultation > exercise is open to all, but unfortunately is quite short, it ends on the > 31 May. CIGO encourages all organisations and individuals involved in Irish > genealogical research to have their say. E-mail submissions may be sent to > grodoc@welfare.ie , however CIGO suggests that lengthy and/or detailed > submissions should be made in writing and sent to: > > > > Civil Registration Modernisation Programme > > Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs > > Goldsmith House > > Pearse Street > > Dublin 2 > > Republic of Ireland > > > > Appendix 6 of Bringing Civil Registration... lists a number of questions > designed to assist those who wish to submit their views. Of particular > interest is the section headed 'Public Access to Registration Records'. > This section needs to be addressed thoroughly or genealogists may find that > the new legislation (which is to be enacted later in the year) will, for the > first time since 1845, severely restrict their access to certain sections of > the Public Record ! Don't forget that this is also your opportunity to let > the two Departments know that it is high time that permission was given by > the Registrar General to allow genealogical groups to purchase copies of the > Irish civil registration films held by the LDS church. > > > > Given the number of times over the years that the problem of the Irish > General Register Office has raised its ugly head, some readers might 'think > why bother ?'. DON'T ! This is the opportunity that we have all waited so > long for. The next few months are crucial. We must all work hard to make > sure that the new legislation proposed by the Irish Government fairly > reflects the interests of Irish genealogists - both in Ireland and overseas. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Steven Smyrl > > Executive Liaison Officer > > > >

I just got to the page. You must have the Acrobat Reader software installed on your machine to access the document. Go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrdistribute.html It is free, but you must register.. Cheers, Ann > I tried to go to the website and it took quite a while - when it