News Digest: May 2017.

Rescue Old Data before it’s too late!

To model the future, we need to be able to examine the past. Few forms of ‘heritage data’ — whether stored on glass plates, paper, old tapes or floppy disks — are easily available for today’s research, so the information on them is effectively lost.

https://www.nature.com/news/rescue-old-data-before-it-s-too-late-1.21993?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170518&spMailingID=54084575&spUserID=MjA1NzUzNzI0MQS2&spJobID=1162852950&spReportId=MTE2Mjg1Mjk1MAS2

 

I must belong somewhere? A family memoir of migration.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/17/i-must-belong-somewhere-review-an-admirable-family-memoir-of-migration

 

Meet the Donnellys: the Irish family named the oldest in the world by the Guinness Book of Records

https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/meet-the-donnellys-the-irish-family-named-the-oldest-in-the-world-by-guinness-world-records-35700930.html

 

The most popular boys and girs names on the island of Ireland.

https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/these-were-the-most-popular-baby-names-in-northern-ireland-in-2016-35715526.html

Prince Charles and Camilla Visit Ireland.

http://www.theirishworld.com/prince-charles-camilla-ireland/

Joe Biden reflects on coming home to Ireland and life lessons learned

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/joe-biden-reflects-on-coming-home-to-ireland-and-life-lessons-learned

New talks added to PRONI YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_iuOJRo97o

 

Eneclann and Ancestor Network awarded tender to support the genealogy advisory service with the National Library of Ireland in 2017.

http://britishgenes.blogspot.ie/2017/05/national-library-of-ireland-genealogy.html?spref=tw

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