Great idea! On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Kris6851 <[email protected]> wrote: > Discussions at the last few TIGS meetings make it obvious that this > valuable resource needs to be updated. TIGS has a great deal of folks > who personally either own or have access to information that others are > looking for. The "Irish Acts of Kindness List" consists of volunteers > who have agreed to do look-ups from sources they own, subscribe to or > have access to. The current list of over 70 resources is available to > anyone who avails themselves to our website. The resources include but > are not limited to the following categories: > > Church Records > Cemetery Records > Immigration Records > City Directories > Irish Resources > School Records > Local History > Miscellaneous > Other > > I know I have been contacted by several list members to correct an > email address, update their resources, etc. > Here is a sample of the layout and information this is displayed: > > Irish Passenger Lists, Brian Mitchell 1847-1871 > Kristin Cooney-Ayotte [email protected] > > To view the current list go to the TIGS website > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs, choose the RESOURCES link at > the top of the page, scroll down to "Look Ups....". > > I am hoping on a lucky shamrock that many of the volunteers listed are > still on the TIGS list. BUT I am also asking for ANYONE who has these > resources to step up and volunteer to keep this valuable resource > available. Rather than go back and make corrections to the original > list, would everyone (including those already on the list) send me the > name of your resource, the category it would fit into, dates the > resource applies to and your current e-mail address, etc. PLEASE email > me OFF LIST, in the subject line type "Irish Acts of Kindness". Since > some list members are not on line as frequently as some of us, we will > give it a month, with reminders. Then a new list will be compiled and > our wonderful Webmaster, Jeanne, will be asked to remove the current > and replace with the new as time permits. > Looking forward to a barrage of e-mails. > Thanks > Kris Cooney-Ayotte > > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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