Thanks Terri, I have gotten several things from this library and been very happy with them but forgot about them until you posted this message. Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:29 PM Subject: [NJ] What could be a very promising source......... > > I sub to a newsletter from the Fort Wayne Library, Allen County, Indiana > ---- "Genealogy Gems" --- and would like to share what looks like a > really good source for anyone with Irish searches going on. > > It's # 42, Aug. 31 and here's a small bit of what it says ----- > > "The Genealogy Center recently acquired microfilmed copies of the 1798 > Rebellion Papers from the National Archives of Ireland. The bulk of this > important series of papers date from 1796-1805 and consist of > correspondence to Dublin Castle from a variety of informants keeping > authorities abreast of developments in counties "disturbed" by the > seditious activities of the United Irishmen. This secret society hoped > to wrest control of the country from the English by building a > republican coalition of Catholics, Presbyterians and other Protestants." > > Much more info in the newsletter, but another intriguing point is that > the "rebellion is strategically placed just one generation before most > Catholic or Presbyterian Church registers." > > The address for this newsletter is www.FriendsOfAllenCounty.org > and for any of you who've missed prior conversations about it, this > Indiana library has a surprising amount of New Jersey genealogy info, > along with just plain lots of genealogy goodies. > > Hoping this helps --- Terri in WA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >