Fred ...try re-reading the e-mail and hit the right link ... that might help somewhat Subject: Re: [NIR-TYRONE] Roots Web Conference On-Line > >> Good morning list: >> >> For those of you who can pull this up, there is a series of >> interesting >> interviews from the Roots Web Conference last month. >> Included in the list of interviews is one with Feargal O'Donnell of the >> Irish Family History Foundation on Roots Television and >> with Dick Eastman who conducted all of the nine interviews. >> I hope you find this series of interviews helpful and as a guide to >> future research in Ireland. Most of now will drop the IFHF >> connect and replace it with the now ubiquitous site of >> www.rootsireland.ie >> site. This site is now supported by ALL of the church >> bodies in Ireland including the Anglican Bishop of Armagh and the >> Catholic >> Bishop of Armagh at their respective St Patrick's >> Cathedral. Finally those originally in charge way back when are now fully >> supportive of this venture. And its 'bi-partisan" in its >> focus. Feragal O'Donnell is the Manager of the Roots Web center in >> Armagh. >> The one thing to remember here is that ALL church records will be >> placed >> on their site with no exception. As a result there will >> be records here that are not available at LDS and there will be records >> that >> are currently held in "local custody" that will now be >> made available to the public. And of course this is a fee based >> operation. >> I would recommend that those of you who are interested that you view >> this interviews for as long as they are available and take >> notes. The oldest records [ of which there are a few] date from the >> 1590's. >> Maybe it will give a bit of background for those who >> are new to the topic. In a few years RootsIreland.ie will have over 40 >> million records. This will be an added benefit as 40% of the Anglican >> records for Armagh were lost and 38% of the Anglican records forTyrone >> were lost. >> Enjoy and good luck. At the moment I am currently landing in Munich for >> Oktoberfest and this comes to you from my laptop >> and my plug-in in front of me with Lufthansa. Just lovin this new >> technology. So get yourself a coffe then click on the link below and >> enjoy. >> >> http://rootstelevision.com/players/player_conferences.php?bctid=1792947734 >> >> Eric >> As in all genealogical endeavours, >> The further back you look, >> The further back you see, >> The longer you work for something, >> The longer you wait for something. >> >> >> Please post messages in plain text only >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-TYRONE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Please post messages in plain text only > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-TYRONE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >