Thursday, 10 December 2020

PRONI to re-open this Friday for digital access appointments

The second of the UK's national archives to have closed on two occasions during the coronavirus pandemic, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni), is to re-open once again tomorrow, Friday 11th December 2020. This follows the re-opening again of the National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) in England this week on Tuesday 8th.

As noted from the stakeholder meeting last Friday (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/12/pronis-decembers-stakeholder-forum.html), PRONI will re-open for digital access appointments only before Christmas:

Visitor research appointments previously cancelled due to Covid restrictions implemented in October will be rescheduled for dates in December 2020 and January 2021.  A number of digital access only appointments at PRONI will also be available from 11 December until the New Year. Registered visitors will be able to request a new research appointment at PRONI (to view original records/microfilms) when dates are released in early January 2021.

The PRONI enquiry service will continue to provide advice and quidance and offer a fee-paying search and copying service for open records.

For further details visit https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/getting-proni-and-opening-hours.


The National Records of Scotland has remained closed since March 16th 2020. Guidance on its future plans and current service provision is available at www.nrscotland.gov.uk/about-us/service-status.

Chris

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