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25/05/2004
Emigration database available through libraries in NE
Anyone interested in the history of Irish emigration during the 18th and 19th centuries can now do so by visiting their local library in North East.
The Irish Emigration Database is now available in all libraries across the area after a computerised collection of documents was made available for the general public.
The database contains a variety of original material including emigrant letters, newspaper articles, official government reports, shipping news, shipping advertisements, passenger lists, family papers, wills, births, deaths and marriages, diaries, contemporary accounts of historical events and extracts from books and periodicals.
Updated on a near daily basis, the Database has become a vital research resource for local historians, teachers, students, genealogists and casual users, with interests relating to Irish emigration to North America.
Up until now, the Irish Emigration Database has only been available at the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), at the Ulster-American Folk Park (outside Omagh), at the Public Record Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) and through the Local Studies Departments of public libraries.
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The Irish Emigration Database is now available in all libraries across the area after a computerised collection of documents was made available for the general public.
The database contains a variety of original material including emigrant letters, newspaper articles, official government reports, shipping news, shipping advertisements, passenger lists, family papers, wills, births, deaths and marriages, diaries, contemporary accounts of historical events and extracts from books and periodicals.
Updated on a near daily basis, the Database has become a vital research resource for local historians, teachers, students, genealogists and casual users, with interests relating to Irish emigration to North America.
Up until now, the Irish Emigration Database has only been available at the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), at the Ulster-American Folk Park (outside Omagh), at the Public Record Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) and through the Local Studies Departments of public libraries.
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