Trinity College et al: All of Eneclann's releases [both now and in the future] have been available for years in hard bound format and are currently making the same old stuff available in a CD format. Its like taking what remained of the gutted Four Courts Library after the Republican induced shelling and fire of 1922 and have found a new tune for a very old song. Brings an old joke to a new level in a commercialized cottage industry. A major disappointment for all is the effort being put into the Journals of the Memorials to the Dead started in 1889 and finished in 1915. Eneclann is releasing this stuff in bits and pieces over the next 6+ years. Those records are available at most major Universities around the world and are nothing more than a compendium of an assortment of the larger headstones in major cemeteries from Cork to Derry covering about 1 in a hundred. The more interesting ones were ignored. The only major event to appear in Irish genealogy [after nearly 60 years] will occur this fall with the final wrap up by the Canadian Archive Division team now in Dublin who are digitizing the 1901 Irish Census and a small one for Dublin. The Irish assistance and this by National Archives of the Republic, was the provision of their copy which was in tatters. And it will be free as well except from Enelcann. Eric

Thank you very much to Eric, Rachel, John, Margo and Jack - if you hadn't seen my post on this List and responded with some excellent advice on the purchase of genealogical databases on cd, I might have wasted some hard earned cash. If anyone else is interested in this topic, email me off List and I will attempt to summarise their extremely valuable advice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Macklin" <emacklin@rogers.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:26 AM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] Dear Old Eneclann Inc > Trinity College et al: > > All of Eneclann's releases [both now and in the future] have been available for years in hard bound format and are currently making the same old stuff available in a CD format. Its like taking what remained of the gutted Four Courts Library after the Republican induced shelling and fire of 1922 and have found a new tune for a very old song. Brings an old joke to a new level in a commercialized cottage industry. SNIP