tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post4041118844744426263..comments2024-03-19T11:37:07.200+00:00Comments on The GENES Blog: GRO Dublin search room to moveChris Patonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-22803918548453489122013-07-18T09:13:17.616+01:002013-07-18T09:13:17.616+01:00I made no comment on the current premises - I'...I made no comment on the current premises - I've never been. Similarly, I've never returned to the GRO premises in Belfast, after a similar experience ten years back, when you weren't even allowed to see the registers, someone had to read out the entries to you like you were a child. The point is if governments don't bother to get these things right, people just may not bother to return, there are other ways. Chris Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-28264924356132196102013-07-18T01:02:30.736+01:002013-07-18T01:02:30.736+01:00I remember the old Pearse St search room as being ...I remember the old Pearse St search room as being rather like you describe it, but you are a bit unfair to the current search room in Abbey St Lower, which is friendly, comfortable, conveniently located and most of all FAST in its service of giving out photocopies of certificates. The staff are clued up to what family historians need (the refusal of GROIRE to move with the times is not their fault). If what Clare Santry, who broke the story, says is true about the new location then we are headed back to the dark days of how it used to be. Until GROIRE moves to put its already computerised records online as in Scotland and Northern Ireland, then providing an environment for visiting researchers that is both comfortable and welcoming is a must.<br />John<br />John Clearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803468564675547291noreply@blogger.com