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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: PRONI lookup please
« on: Thursday 22 September 11 00:11 BST (UK)  »
PRONI do a specific search service, just send them an email.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/research_and_records_held/can_someone_else_do_research_for_me.htm

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Antrim / Re: PRONI reopens
« on: Tuesday 05 April 11 21:37 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Elwyn Soutter on Tuesday 05 April 11 20:41 BST (UK)
I visited yesterday and found the staff all very helpful. Some were clearly new and not 100% familiar with the system but all went out of their way to tell me what they were doing to find the information I needed. I couldn’t fault them at all. There were numerous new visitors from GB, the US etc and the staff were excellent in helping them with their first enquiry, so that they could then carry on without assistance. I was impressed with that.

There were a couple of times when, briefly, all the microfilm readers were occupied but generally there were always a few to spare. There were always plenty of internet and general search computers spare.

Not sure about the café. It is pleasant and airy, and a nice place to eat but some of the hot food looked a bit tired. I had a pie with overcooked potatoes and very tired broccoli. Many people had their own sandwiches. That, combined with a coffee from the café, might be a wiser option unless the hot food improves.

I overheard a few conversations about where to park. Several people had found free parking nearby but there was speculation that it wouldn’t be free for too long. Hard to say. I went by train to Bridge End and felt that the signage from there could be better. Someone unfamiliar with the area might be confused as to where to go. It took me 9 minutes to walk from Bridge End to PRONI.


Quickest route from Bridge End is to walk to the end of the platform towards Belfast (do this on the platform that faces the Bangor road), and continue to follow the lane which brings you on to the main road. After which, go under the flyover and head towards Odyssey. That route takes about ten minutes which I'm guessing is the route you used.

The NIR signage is very poor, I wouldn't expect signs yet for PRONI but Odyssey has been there about a decade and still isn't properly signposted.

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Antrim Resources & Offers / Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 07:56 GMT (UK)  »
And now they've updated the Name Search database.

http://insideireland.ie/2011/03/11/ni-minister-launches-online-name-search-facility-11641/

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Antrim / Re: Parking facilities at new PRONI
« on: Monday 14 March 11 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
There is a bus stop right outside the PRONI TQ office:

http://www.translink.co.uk/Timetables/Metro-Timetables/All-Other-Metro-Timetables/Metro-Service-26-Outbound/

or

http://www.translink.co.uk/Timetables/Metro-Timetables/All-Other-Metro-Timetables/Metro-Service-26A-Outbound/

Also a number of buses stop outside the Albert Clock which is about ten minutes away from Odyssey.

If you want to go by train, then Bridge End is ten minutes from the Odyssey or 20 minutes from Central.

The nearest car park is the Odyssey though there is also parking opposite the Drawing Rooms.


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Antrim Resources & Offers / Re: PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland)
« on: Monday 29 November 10 20:00 GMT (UK)  »
The Will calendars have gone online at the PRONI site today.

http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/media-centre/news-departments/news-dcal/news-dcal-291110-minister-launches-new.htm

Minister launches new online genealogy resource

Approximately 100,000 images of probated wills have been made available online for the first time.
~ Monday, 29 November 2010

This is the culmination of a project by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) to index and digitise early wills from the three District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry between the years 1858 and 1900.

Speaking today about the Wills application, Culture Minister Nelson McCausland said: “One of PRONI’s key goals is to digitise key cultural resources and make them easily available to a worldwide audience. This free of charge application will therefore be of enormous assistance to anyone trying to trace their genealogical roots and will be of particular help to those wanting to begin their research from the comfort of their own home.

“In recent years there has been a huge increase in people researching their family history and trends have shown that a large number of these people are from outside the UK. I am sure this new application will be of particular interest to this international audience.”

Wills are one of the most used archival sources by both family historians and solicitors. The images have been linked to an existing searchable index which allows researchers to view details such as name, dates and the abstracts taken from the original entries.

Future digitisation plans include the addition of further pre-1858 will indexes to the PRONI Name Search facility. These indexes from Northern Ireland dioceses, will list the names of people who had wills probated as early as the seventeenth century – pushing the possibility of family and local history research further back in time.

Looking ahead to next year’s opening of the new PRONI headquarters, the Minister added: “I recently had the privilege to visit the stunning new PRONI headquarters at Titanic Quarter. This much needed £30million investment in our cultural infrastructure was provided by the Northern Ireland Executive. The new state-of-the-art facility will open to the public early next year and will protect Northern Ireland’s irreplaceable archives in a safe and secure environment.”

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm

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