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From: "Marie" <>
Subject: Re: [LMK] IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY RE-OPENS LONDON LIBRARY
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:47:11 -0600
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Knowing that I can never go to England to use the library, is membership a
waste of my money? I would join if there is something I can get via the
internet.
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Jane Lyons" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:14 AM
Subject: [LMK] IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY RE-OPENS LONDON LIBRARY


> I have received the following message from John Egan, Editor of the Irish
> Genealogist, the annual publication of the Irish Genealogical Research
> Society
>
> As everyone knows I am a 'fan' of the Irish Genealogical Research Society
> and I am delighted that they have now managed to re-open their library.
The
> library has been closed, but publication of the Societies Journal has
> continued thanks to those people who transcribe material and publish it in
> the hopes that it will someday help someone. The Society is a
> non-profitable organisation, the transcriptions for publication, editing,
> preparation of the journal are all carried out on a voluntary basis by
> people who are to be admired for their hard work and dedication over many
> years.
>
> The 'Irish Genealogist' is published once every year, during the year
> members of the Society receive Newsletters. The Irish Genealogist has
> always been and I hope will continue to be one of the best Irish
> Genealogical Journals produced. I have learned much over the years that I
> have been involved with genealogy through articles written by the creme de
> la creme of Irish Genealogy in both the Irish Genealogist and The Irish
> Ancestor.
>
> As usual, I would encourage any person who feels that they would have the
> price of an annual subscription to the Irish Genealogical Research Society
> to subscribe and by so doing encourage those who have access to records
that
> you don't to continue transcribing and publishing for many more years to
> come. The URL for the Irish Genealogical Research Society is given at the
> end of this message I received from John.
>
> My apologies to those who receive this message more than once as I
amsending
> it to a few lists. Please feel free to forward this mail to any other
list
> that you are subbed to if you think that the List Administrator would ahve
> no objection
>
> Jane
> List Admin
>
> IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY RE-OPENS LONDON LIBRARY
>
>
> The Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) is pleased to announce
that,
> after a closurelasting three years, its library in London is open once
more,
> thanks to a
> tenancy it has agreed with The Friends of City Churches.
>
> It is located in a room at the church of St Magnus the Martyr in Lower
> Thames Street in the City of London. Entrance through door at far left of
> the courtyard;
> press bell.
>
> There is no access to the church itself.
>
> Opening times: Saturdays only, 2pm to 6pm. Closed on the Saturday nearest
to
> Christmas Day and on Easter Saturday. Seating space is restricted, The day
> visitor's fee
> is £10. Members of the IGRS free.
>
> No correspondence should be sent to the library at St Magnus's nor phone
> calls made to the church.
>
> The IGRS official postal address remains: 18 Stratford Avenue, Rainham,
> Kent, ME8 OEP
>
>
> The Library is of most use to those who have already researched their
family
> back to 1850 or so.
>
> As the Society is run entirely by volunteers, no research can be offered
>
> The Library holds a good collection of:
> * Printed, typescript or manuscript family histories, memoirs & pedigrees
> * County and town directories
> * County, town, diocesan and parochial histories
> * Monumental inscriptions in Ireland and elsewhere for people of Irish
> descent
> * Transcripts or abstracts of Wills and administrations
> * Journals of genealogical interest
> * Reports of the Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland 1882-1936
> * Card indexes and microfiche collections to Irish births, marriages &
> deaths taken from 18th and 18th Century provincial Irish newspapers.
> .
> For updates consult the society's website: www.igrsoc.org.
>
> E-mail address for enquiries is
>
> GETTING THERE: The most convenient way, perhaps, is to take an Underground
> train to Monument Station and then walk a few paces down Fish Street Hill
> from the
> station, cross Lower Thames Street into church courtyard.
>
>
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>
>
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