Swiss watch museum
Transcription
Swiss watch museum
archives.gov.uk) HAVE DIGITIZED CENSUS RECORDS AND SOME OLD PARISH RECORDS 4HE WEBSITE http://scotsfamily.com/ parish.htm LISTS RECORDS FOR 3COTLAND AS DOES THAT OF 4HE .ATIONAL !RCHIVES OF 3COTLAND (www.nas.gov.uk). /NE OF THE BEST FREE WEBSITES IS THAT OF THE 0UBLIC 2ECORD /FlCE OF .ORTHERN )RELAND (www.proni.gov.uk) BUT VERY FEW PARISH RECORDS REMAIN AND YOU NEED TO KNOW BOTH COUNTY AND PARISH TO LOCATE THEM -OST OFFICIAL )RISH RECORDS WERE DESTROYED IN THE (1922) REBELLION 4HERE ARE SEVERAL FORPAY WEBSITES WITH RECORDS INCLUDING www.origins. net AND www.ancestryireland.co.uk 'RIFFITHS 6ALUATION (a private survey completed in 1868; visit www. askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation) HAS A NUMBER OF )RISH RECORDS 9OU CAN SEARCH FOR RECORDS BY CHURCH AFFILIATION +EEP IN MIND THAT IN SOME PLACES AND DURING SOME TIME PERIODS *EWS WERE REQUIRED TO REGISTER BIRTHS WITH THE NEAREST OFlCIAL CHURCH SO DO NOT BE SURPRISED TO lND THEM IN #ATHOLIC OR 0ROTESTANT CHURCHES s !S FOR RESEARCH TOOLS ALWAYS CARRY PENCILS A SHARPENER PAPER CLIPS CARBON PAPER SO YOU CAN KEEP A RECORD OF THE ORDER SLIPS YOU SUBMIT SINCE MOST %UROPEAN RESEARCH SITES DO NOT HAVE OPEN STACKS OF BOOKS COINS AND PAPER MONEY A GOOD MAP OF THE AREA AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER STREET ADDRESS AND OPEN HOURS OF THE LIBRARY PLUS A COPY OF THE REPLY TO YOUR APPOINTMENT REQUEST (AVE YOUR HOTEL CALL TO VERIFY THE APPOINTMENT THE DAY BEFORE 9OU CANNOT EXPECT THE FRONTDESK PERSONNEL AT YOUR HOTEL TO DO ANY KIND OF DOCUMENT TRANSLATION BUT CALLING TO CONlRM AN APPOINTMENT RESERVATION OR TOUR IS ONE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS !ND IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE APPOINTMENT THEY CAN TRANSLATE FOR YOU 7ITH THE COPY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT LETTER IN HAND THE AGENCY CANNOT EASILY DENY YOU THE APPOINTMENT (AVING THE HOTEL CALL ALSO MAKES YOU MORE RESPECTABLE AND COURTEOUS IN THE AGENCYS EYES "E RESPECTFUL WHEN DOING RESEARCH IN CEMETERIES 3OME ARE PRIVATE AND Call 800/486-4968 to subscribe MANY FROWN UPON VISITORS DOING RUBBINGS OF GRAVE MARKERS OR USING SHAVING CREAM CHALK OR OTHER THINGS TO BRING OUT FADED OR WORN INSCRIPTIONS AS IT MIGHT CAUSE DAMAGE )NSTEAD TRY RECORDING GRAVE MARKERS WITH A CAMERA /N A SUNNY AFTERNOON SHARP SHADOWS WILL ADD CONTRAST AND BRING OUT FAINT IMAGES +EEP SEPARATE LOGS OF PHOTOS AND RESEARCH PLACES STARTING WITH LOCATION DATE AND TIME ,IST EVERYTHING YOU CHECK EVEN IF YOU HAD NO RESULTS .OTE EVERY PHOTOCOPY YOU REQUEST SINCE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT lLE OR BOOK IT CAME FROM ) GUARANTEE THAT THE ONE TIME YOU DO NOT RECORD THE SOURCE CITATION YOU WILL REALLY NEED IT /NE LAST CAUTION AT HOME OR ABROAD NOT EVERYBODY IS AS INTERESTED IN YOUR ANCESTORS AS YOU ARE ESPECIALLY SOME OF YOUR RELATIVES ,IBRARIES AND ARCHIVES HATE WHEN PEOPLE WRITE RAMBLING VOLUMES ABOUT h'REATGRANDMA -ARIA WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN BORN IN )TALYv WITHOUT EVER MENTIONING HER LAST NAME BIRTH DATE OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT DEMANDING h4ELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT HERv 3OME BUREAUCRATS HATE GENEALOGISTS ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES BUT MOST WILL HELP IF YOU ARE ORGANIZED SUCCINCT AND LIMIT YOUR QUERY TO ONE OR TWO SPECIlC QUESTIONS WITH FULL NAMES APPROXIMATE DATES AND PLACES 7HEN YOU CALCULATE THE COST PER HOUR OF YOUR TRIP AS OPPOSED TO HIRING A RESEARCHER TRAVELING IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE BUT ITS ALSO A LOT MORE FUN !ND WHETHER YOU ARE WALKING ACROSS YOUR ANCESTORS LAND IN 3COTLAND OR .EBRASKA IT IS STILL A THRILL 4HE MUSEUM AN HOURS DRIVE OR A MINUTE TRAIN RIDE FROM 'ENEVA SHOWCASES TIMEPIECES FROM THE TH TO TH CENTURIES AND RANGING FROM TABLE AND TRAVEL CLOCKS TO 'OTHIC AND PLANETARY CLOCKS )NTERACTIVE EXHIBITS SHOW THE SKILLS INVOLVED IN WATCHMAKING 4HE MUSEUM IS OPEN AM PM 4UESDAY TO 3UNDAY -AY TO /CTOBER AND PM OTHER MONTHS 4HE ADMISSION FEE IS #(& NEAR ,JU4UFXBSU4FRVJN8" )N 3WITZERLAND Swiss THE %SPACE (ORLOGer watch 6ALL£E DE *OUX OR museum *OUX 6ALLEy -USEUM OF 7ATCHMAKING (Grand-Rue 2, 1347 Le Sentier, Switzerland; phone +41 21 845 75 45, www.espacehorloger.ch) REOPENED IN -AY AFTER AN MONTH RENOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS, February 2013 45