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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
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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
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