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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Armagh => Topic started by: RosemaryJoan on Thursday 10 August 06 14:43 BST (UK)
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Has anyone had trouble connecting to Lurgan Ancestry? I keep getting Page Unavailable. Have they changed their web address?
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Hiya Rosemary ..
It is possible the Lurgan Ancestry website may have closed due to lack of funding. I contacted the UHF and asked them if they could tell me anything but they were unable to assist. The young lady who spoke to me told me websites do come and go. I noticed another site Fermanagh Gold has closed but there are negotiations ongoing to reopen that site.
Best Wishes, Christopher
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If they have closed because of lack of funding this is a disaster. I can't tell you how useful this site has been to me. I would willingly give them a donation, and I am sure so would a lot of other people. This site was started by Martin McGoldrick, in memory of his father, I believe. I sent an email to Martin via another site with which he seemed to be connected , but had no reply. Come back Martin, all is forgiven! Rosemary
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Hiya Rosemary,
I googled Martin McGoldrick and found his other site. It is a genealogy research service.
Chris.
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Maybe you would try (in your official capacity) sending him an email. Rosemary
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Hi everyone,
Lurgan Ancestry has come offline. I do not know whether it is temporary or permanent. To my knowledge Martin McGoldrick dedicated the site to his son , Martin (junior) who was murdered during the "Drumcree stand-off". Since then Martin (senior) too has passed away while doing charity work abroad. He was a very sincere gentleman who will be sadly missed in all aspects of his work - I only ever had the pleasure of meeting him once.
Maybe some of his co-workers will maintain his site as it was very helpful to all who were researching their"tree" in the Portadown/Lurgan area.
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I am devastated by this news and my heart goes out to the McGoldrick family. I hope they knew how much we all appreciated their work. Rosemary
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Sad news, indeed. I will certainly miss the site, having used it for a few years now, as it helped me greatly (and so too has aljepeka - a public thanks to you too ;D) with research on some of my hubby's line. Thankfully I printed off some of the relevant finds, but unfortunately I think there were still some I hadn't done yet.
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The message board is still working.
http://pub13.bravenet.com/forum/1058353294/
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Was Martin McGoldrick's father not Michael McGoldrick, a peace activist who died in Moldova earlier this year?
I've had a look on the message board ...It appears to have started in April but it has been very quiet since the end of July although a couple of people have posted this month.
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If you click on 'Next' at the top or bottom it goes back to August 2004.
I guess nobody expects it to be there or knows about it because the main site is down.
Nice post you put in there Christopher.
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Thanks Sunnyhill. I'll put a link to it on a couple of sites and awaken the interest.
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I sent an email to the Editor of the Lurgan Times last week. He believes Michael's widow is hoping to continue with some of her late husband's charity work but he is not aware of the situation regarding the website. I gave him a link to this thread to let him see how people feel about the possible long term loss of such a wonderful resource and to indicate that people would probably be willing to help in some way if they could. He said he will let me know if he hears of any developments.
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Apologies for posting the wrong info. re Lurgan site.(However, my sentiments are the same).
Martin McGoldrick was the father and his son was named Michael.
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Just read a message on another board. This person has found Lurgan Ancestry in an Archive. Search engine isn't working and some photos missing, but all the online census etc. are there. Hooray!
http://www.web.archive.org/web/20050306051050/www.lurganancestry.net/index.html
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sorry, put in a www. at the beginning.
should be http://web.archive.org/web/20050306051050/www.lurganancestry.net/index.html
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A good find indeed! :)