The July 2008 issue of "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" the monthly
newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland is now uploaded to
the Society's website http://www.familyhistory.ie or you can access
the newsletter in pdf format by clicking on the link below.

http://www.familyhistory.ie/docs/genie/Ireland%27s%20Genealogical%20G...

Featured in this current issue:-

+ Public Ownership & Right of Access - A Fundamental Principle
+ New Irish Armiger Strikes Gold
+ Ireland in the Renaissance (review)
+ GSI Journal Published
+ New Ideas for the Gazette?
+ Limerick's Franciscans
+ Irish Army & UN Missions
+ GPO Easter 1916
+ Local History Courses
+ GSI Lecture Programme
+ Membership of the Genealogical Society
+ Diary Dates
+ Contents of the Newsletter (January - June 2008)
+ Teachtaí Dála say NÍL to Logoism  (MPs say NO to Logoism)

NEWS UPDATE

1926 Census Campaign

As reported in the June 2008 issue of "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette"
the Society's long-running campaign to have the 1926 Census of Ireland
released was based on the production of a Draft Bill. The Society is
pleased to announce that the Statistics (Heritage Amendment) Bill,
2008 will be published in the autumn by Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú
seeking to amend Section 35 of the Statistics Act, 1993 to remove the
1926 census from the scope of the Act and thereby permitting it to be
released to the public at the National Archives in Dublin.

Amending the current legislation is the only way to achieve the
release of the 1926 census before the expiry of the 100 year period of
closure as determined by the 1993 Act.

Kindest regards,

Michael Merrigan
General Secretary
Genealogical Society of Ireland
www.familyhistory.ie