----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Jane Lyons" <sniliaghin@iol.ie> >I have received the following message from John Egan, Editor of the Irish > Genealogist, the annual publication of the Irish Genealogical Research > Society > > As everyone knows I am a 'fan' of the Irish Genealogical Research Society > and I am delighted that they have now managed to re-open their library. > The > library has been closed, but publication of the Societies Journal has > continued thanks to those people who transcribe material and publish it in > the hopes that it will someday help someone. The Society is a > non-profitable organisation, the transcriptions for publication, editing, > preparation of the journal are all carried out on a voluntary basis by > people who are to be admired for their hard work and dedication over many > years. > > The 'Irish Genealogist' is published once every year, during the year > members of the Society receive Newsletters. The Irish Genealogist has > always been and I hope will continue to be one of the best Irish > Genealogical Journals produced. I have learned much over the years that I > have been involved with genealogy through articles written by the creme de > la creme of Irish Genealogy in both the Irish Genealogist and The Irish > Ancestor. > > As usual, I would encourage any person who feels that they would have the > price of an annual subscription to the Irish Genealogical Research Society > to subscribe and by so doing encourage those who have access to records > that > you don't to continue transcribing and publishing for many more years to > come. The URL for the Irish Genealogical Research Society is given at the > end of this message I received from John. > > My apologies to those who receive this message more than once as I > amsending it to a few lists. Please feel free to forward this mail to any > other list that you are subbed to if you think that the List Administrator > would ahve no objection > > Jane > List Admin > > IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY RE-OPENS LONDON LIBRARY > > > The Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) is pleased to announce > that, > after a closurelasting three years, its library in London is open once > more, thanks to a > tenancy it has agreed with The Friends of City Churches. > > It is located in a room at the church of St Magnus the Martyr in Lower > Thames Street in the City of London. Entrance through door at far left of > the courtyard; > press bell. > > There is no access to the church itself. > > Opening times: Saturdays only, 2pm to 6pm. Closed on the Saturday nearest > to > Christmas Day and on Easter Saturday. Seating space is restricted, The day > visitor's fee > is £10. Members of the IGRS free. > > No correspondence should be sent to the library at St Magnus's nor phone > calls made to the church. > > The IGRS official postal address remains: 18 Stratford Avenue, Rainham, > Kent, ME8 OEP > > > The Library is of most use to those who have already researched their > family > back to 1850 or so. > > As the Society is run entirely by volunteers, no research can be offered > > The Library holds a good collection of: > * Printed, typescript or manuscript family histories, memoirs & pedigrees > * County and town directories > * County, town, diocesan and parochial histories > * Monumental inscriptions in Ireland and elsewhere for people of Irish > descent > * Transcripts or abstracts of Wills and administrations > * Journals of genealogical interest > * Reports of the Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland 1882-1936 > * Card indexes and microfiche collections to Irish births, marriages & > deaths taken from 18th and 18th Century provincial Irish newspapers. > . > For updates consult the society's website: www.igrsoc.org. > > E-mail address for enquiries is info@igrsoc.org > > GETTING THERE: The most convenient way, perhaps, is to take an Underground > train to Monument Station and then walk a few paces down Fish Street Hill > from the > station, cross Lower Thames Street into church courtyard. > >