Account Disabled Irish Family History Foundation

[GAJM]

I have spent at least 400 to 500 euro on the IFHF and from suggestions to friends family and other researchers they can probably count my contributions as at least a 1000 euro.

I have sent them a strong letter of complaint as suggested.

And i do respect rootschat policy on this. Just think it does not make common sense to disabled my account with my account history.

Ger

[netgrrl79]

To be honest guys I can't see where your grounds for complaint are, as pointed out in the post by Copyright-Editor... but hey that's just my humble opinion...

[aniph]

I understand what you are saying but if all the searches are for personal use and say 10% are purchased, is that not ok?

I'd like to know what they consider "excessive"

I totally respect the terms and conditions but maybe they need to spell out what is excessive!

Annie

[Gortinanima]

I agree that they have a right to register their own terms and conditions but the question is what does 'excessive searching' mean?

I have used the database a lot and purchased quite a lot on the site, several hundred Euros.

Anyone with an interest in genealogy uses the indexes to determine whether to purchase or not as downloading the wrong details is expensive - 5 Euros per go! I have purchased several BMD's that were useless to me. Can I have my money back??

I will be e-mailing the IFHF also to ask what their definition of excessive is.

The IFHF people know how to shoot themselves in the FOOT as I will think twice about purchasing again.

Hopefully soon there will be a bit of competition when the G.R.O goes online with the all-Ireland BMD's.

[RichardK]

Hopefully soon there will be a bit of competition when the G.R.O goes online with the all-Ireland BMD's.

Does anyone have any information about this?  The GRO website http://www.groireland.ie/ doesn't appear to have been updated since about 2003 and doesn't appear to have any indication that such a project is underway.
Thanks
Richard.

[shanew147]

Hopefully soon there will be a bit of competition when the G.R.O goes online with the all-Ireland BMD's.

Does anyone have any information about this?  The GRO website http://www.groireland.ie/ doesn't appear to have been updated since about 2003 and doesn't appear to have any indication that such a project is underway.
Thanks
Richard.

I've heard nothing more about this - there were plans to carry this out, and I understand at least some registers were digitized, but I believe that the project was put on hold.


Shane

[Gortinanima]

I visited the GRONI a few years ago and they had plans to put the information on line in a 'few years' time and the material was being databased etc.

There appears to be no official word or line but I would be extremely surprised if this does not go online like Scotlands People within the next year or two.

[GAJM]

From talking to the local registrars office over last few months i believe they are still working on digitizing records nationwide for their own office use. Possibly eventually they may place this on-line but when talking to them they gave no indication it would be in near future more like 5 years to have it done for themselve and eventually might start thinking about doing an on-line system.

Ger

[CBGenealogy]

The GRO in the Republic appears to be years behind the NI one.  
I'd be amazed if they even had a plan to put records online.

Their website is desperate, no online ordering system (if Revenue can be online, why can't they?!), the forms are designed for getting your own vital records not historical ones.  They do have email but it's hard to find.

However, I did hear mutterings that the LDS are going to put them online for free - they have microfilm copies of the registers, as well as the already published indexes, up to 1958 for the Republic and up to 1922 for NI.