Some Items of NewsAuthor(s): Mary HughesSource: North Irish Roots, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993), p. 2Published by: North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27696893 .

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SOWIE ITEMS OF NEWS

Compiled by Mary Hughes

The Ulster Historical Foundation has opened a shop, Familia, in College Square East in Belfast. In addition to books on both local and family history, the shop carries a wide range of local history magazines, including our own North Irish Roots. The shop also stocks local crafts and videos relating to Ireland, so will be of particular interest to overseas visitors.

The Ulster Historical Foundation is also involved in collecting information on Counties Antrim and Down for the Irish Genealogical Project. This information, held on database, includes Hearth Money Rolls, Griffith's Valuation and parish registers. Information should be accessible some time next year; fees for access to information have yet to be decided.

The Federation for Ulster Local Studies will be holding a Heritage Weekend on 11-12th September. Each member Society organizes its own event -

perhaps a lecture or an exhibition in a library or

museum, a visit to a historical building or a tour of local archaeological sites. An official programme of all events will be available later.

A new magazine, History Ireland, will be available from the end of March. It deals with history, both

contemporary and earlier, archaeology, local studies, women's studies and the history curriculum in schools. Further details are available from Hiram Morgan, Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast or

Tommy Graham, Modern History, Trinity College, Dublin.

The 1901 Census is now available for consultation at the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland (PRONI), who have also set aside a microfilm reading room for genealogists to search church records (those held on microfilm only). When using them you need to know the location of your relatives. PRONI only has those records dealing with Northern Ireland.

Finally, congratulations to Rosemary Sibbett and Jeanne Jordan, Council members, who recently attended a weekend on Computers for Family History Societies. The ladies were able to assure us of the excellence of the work already being done, especially by Arthur McKeown and Sam Burrows; and

they suggested some ways in which we might be able to expand, as well as pointing out some potential problems. They also represented the Society at the very useful training course for office bearers organized by the Federation of Local Studies. And on 1 May, at the invitation of the Irish Family History Society, eight members of Council travelled to the Grand Hotel, Malahide, for a meeting to discuss a wide range of matters of common interest.

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