The Rootstech conference is currently underway in Utah, and I've been following the tweets of the National Archives' Audrey Collins today at a talk given by Brian Donovan of Eneclann. Audrey writes a blog called The Family Recorder at http://thefamilyrecorder.blogspot.com/ and tweets at @audreycollins23. She's been reporting all sorts of developments, one or two I'm familiar with, and what seems like dozens which I am not!
Here are some of Audrey's tweets:
* Irish GRO are re-keying their indexes, but progress is slow. But FamilySearch have indexes online up to 1958 :)
* The future: Tithe Applotment books begin digitised by NationalArchives.ie
* National Library has Catholic registers, will be digitised, may go online
* Irish Registry of Deeds set up 1707, 600k registered up to 1830, 1.5 million 1830-1929, digitisation may start late 2011
* Landed Estates Court records, from mid-C19th now indexed, online in 2-3 months. Sale catalogues of estates being broken up
* Irish prison records c4-6 million prisoners C19th, online this summer with Eneclann, details of families & victims too
* Irish Petty Sessions, from 1821, full record keeping from 1851, 15 million cases to 1910, phased release online from mid-2011
* Irish Revolutionary period 1912-23. Some already on Eneclann CDs, more online soon, including TNA (Kew) records :)
* 35K Army search and raid reports, court martial records, intelligence files to come
Audrey is also blogging about her time at the conference (she is also giving a talk there), so keep up with her developments at The Family Recorder or sign up to her account at Twitter!
(With a huge thanks to Audrey!)
UPDATE: One other detail from Marie Dougan (@dougangene):
* Looking forward to lots more Irish records online from Eneclann #rootstech. New website to be launched St Patrick's day!
(Thanks also to Marie)
Chris
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Thanks for this great tip, Chris.
ReplyDeleteNo probs, though credit should go to Audrey, Brian and Marie really! :)
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