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From: "O, Nameless One" <>
Subject: Re: County heritage centres & registration fees
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:16:56 -0400


For a comprehensive background to the sad state of heritage
centres in Ireland, see : http://tiara.ie/results.htm and
for a report on a satisfaction survey see:
http://tiara.ie/ratings.htm

The results speak for themselves
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> "Phil Garland" <> wrote in message
> news:u9vM8.2888$...
> > I have noticed that some of the centres that are part of
> the Irish
> > Genealogical Project (IGP) are starting to charge a
> registration fee. For
> > example, meath ( http://www.iol.ie/~meathhc/ ) and
> wexford (
> > http://homepage.eircom.net/~yolawexford/ ).
> >
> > I even popped into the Wexford centre whilst on holiday.
> Until I paid a fee
> > of 10 euro and gave them my name and address they
wouldn't
> talk to me! I
> > only asked what records they had access to!!!
> >
> > Has anyone else had this type of experience. Are all
these
> centres operating
> > the same way and putting more blocks in the way of
> genealogical research?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
>
>


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