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From: "Pádraig Mór Ó Gealagáin" <>
Subject: Re: [LMK] Limerick Archives
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:53:53 -0500
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This is a lovely and succinct letter that ought to be
addressed to the general attention of the members of the
city and county councils - I hope you will do that.
Is Mise Phádraig
[ An t'Sean-Gabhar ;-) ]

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Subject: [LMK] Limerick Archives


>
>
>
>
> Many years ago I was fortunate to set foot upon the soil
of Ireland.
> Unfortunately, it was only as a plane stopped over in
Dublin airport.
> Since that memorable day when I flew over the beautiful
Irish countryside,
> I began working on my family geneaology with the hope to
return to Ireland
> for a vacation and to tour the region my family once
called home. To
> enable me to obtain the missing links of my family, I
contacted Limerick
> Ancestry. The information provided to me by their
personnel opened doors
> to further research and I have been thrilled to discover
my forefathers and
> my links to Limerick.
>
> Should you decide to close the doors of Limerick Ancestry
and Archives you
> will be closing the doors on thousands upon thousands of
individuals who
> long to discover their Irish roots and histories. Many
of those same
> individuals will, like my husband and I, be one day
traveling to Ireland to
> personally complete research and to view the areas where
grandparents and
> great-grandparents once lived. If the doors to research
are closed, the
> doors to tourist dollars will also be closed since
individuals will not be
> able to make that vital connecting link.
>
> PLEASE do not close this invaluable asset to me and to
the others who have
> not yet even begun the marvelous, wonderful, satisfying
search for our
> Irish family. It is the goodness, thoughtfulness, and
love of mankind
> which has endeared the Irish, as a whole, to people for
centuries.
>
> It is imperative that our hearts and souls remain open
to all, and that
> our goodness, thoughtfulness and love of mankind keep the
doors to Limerick
> Ancestry and Archives open.
>
> Thank you,
> Elizabeth M. Burkhart
> Pittsburgh, PA USA



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