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From: "Jan Griffiths" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NEW TIGS RESOURCE
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 18:04:17 -0400
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I couldn't open it either.
Jan Griffiths

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Donna K.
Vaughn
Sent: May 23, 2007 10:49 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NEW TIGS RESOURCE

Please advise if anyone else is having trouble opening this link. I
get a
message saying the file is damaged and cannot be repaired. But
others have
been able to open it fine. It may be something just with my
computer?

Donna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Cathy McGrath" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:15 AM
Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NEW TIGS RESOURCE


>
>
> NEW TIGS RESOURCE HAS BEEN ADDED TO WEBSITE
>
>
>
> TIGS is happy to announce a new resource for our list members. We
have
> compiled an "Irish Act of Kindness" page for our website. All of
the
> look-up participants are wonderful volunteers who have willingly
agreed to
> do look-ups from sources they own, subscribe to or have access to.
>
>
>
> Click on: "RESOURCES" and then click on: "Look-ups - TIGS "Irish
Act of
> Kindness" List." Then at the bottom of the introduction page,
click on:
> "Click Here for the Complete Volunteer look-ups Listing."
>
>
>
> The sources are varied and fortunately numerous. There are over 70

> resources available which have been broken them down into the
following
> categories:
>
>
>
> Church Records
>
> Cemetery Records
>
> Immigration Records
>
> City Directory's
>
> Irish Resources
>
> School Records
>
> Local History
>
> Miscellaneous
>
> Other
>
>
>
> We want to stress that this is a volunteer project and ask all list

> members to also be kind and not overwhelm our volunteers. Please
limit
> your requests where possible, be specific as to first name and
surname
> when you can, and try not to ask for more that two surnames in each

> e-mail. Please don't go on a fishing expedition and just throw out

> surnames. You should have some concrete rationale for thinking you
may
> find your ancestor in the source being requested.
>
>
>
> Remember that volunteers have their own research to work on in
addition to
> jobs and family to tend to, so have patience if you do not get a
quick
> response. Since we fully expect our TIGS list members to utilize
these
> volunteers, we are at this time only announcing this project on the
TIGS
> mailing list. We would like to gauge the amount of requests prior
to
> announcing the new service on any other lists. We don't want to
exhaust
> our volunteers and perhaps lose some of them.
>
>
>
> This list is not complete and we can add resources as list members
let us
> know about them. Please e-mail Kris Ayotte if you have a source
you think
> might be appropriate to add to what we hope will be a great success
and
> perhaps help knock down a few brick walls for our members.
>
>
>
> Finally on behalf of all TIGS members we want to sincerely thank
the
> volunteers for agreeing to partake in this project.
>
>
>
> And a special thanks goes to TIGS member Kris Cooney-Ayotte who
developed
> this project. Kris made all the arrangements with the volunteers
and did
> a wonderful job in arranging and formatting the records for this
new TIGS
> service. And of course, thanks to our webmaster Jeanne Keefe for
her
> expertise in adding this section to the TIGS website.
>
>
>
> Bill McGrath
>
> TIGS Project Coordinator
>
> Clifton Park, NY
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