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Therese Lynch, Diploma of Family History, UTAS
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Therese Lynch
- Jul 20, 2019
- 3 min
There's nothing like getting your hands dirty with original genealogical records
Generally speaking, genealogists love an opportunity to travel near and far for the pleasure of delving into dusty (and sometimes downright filthy) archival records. I'm talking here about records that have yet to be (and may never be) digitized and made accessible online. Can anything match that sense of anticipation every time the archivist brings out the next item on your order list - be it a tatty old box file or perhaps an ancient register book that is so large and so he
Therese Lynch
- Jul 20, 2019
- 1 min
2021 Irish Census : time capsule initiative
In a blog post last week, Irish Genealogy News reported that the 2021 Irish census will have an option for citizens to a create a "time capsule" i.e. a confidential or personal message on their census questionnaire. The time capsule will have no restrictions on what individuals might wish to convey to their descendants or future society. They will, however, remain sealed for 100 years. This is a wonderful initiative. I wish I had a time machine to jump forward to 2121 to see