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RichfromDC
Kafka was an optimist, genealogy is difficult for reasons you don't expect
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland的点评
点评：I've had surprisingly uneven experiences with archives in doing family history. The historical society in my hometown was helpful and well organized, while a major city public library where my ancestors once lived seemed to discourage genealogy in its genealogy section. I mention this because I probably should have had more realistic expectation of PRONI.
The organization of things is entirely what you might not expect--the reading room is not for reading readily available documents. One needs to check-in to the facility daily but no one mentions this---your ID key opens the various doors. The main room for self research isn't intuitive in its layout (e.g., the different functions of the the computers are not spelled out) and the two staff on duty were a study in contrasts--one wasn't particularly helpful while the other had a very specific approach to research and wouldn't hear of anything else.
I recommend reading something like "Researching Your Irish Ancestors" by John Grenham and having a clear idea of what you want to research that isn't readily available on line. Even with this and documentation of what you have already, you still may find yourself dealing with characters who impeded rather than facilitate and the organization of things doesn't seem immediately helpful. Because of when my ancestors emigrated ad the state of records at that time, I didn't expect to find a lot (and didn't) but did hope the process would be a little more pleasant. Hopefully, your experience will be better.
The organization of things is entirely what you might not expect--the reading room is not for reading readily available documents. One needs to check-in to the facility daily but no one mentions this---your ID key opens the various doors. The main room for self research isn't intuitive in its layout (e.g., the different functions of the the computers are not spelled out) and the two staff on duty were a study in contrasts--one wasn't particularly helpful while the other had a very specific approach to research and wouldn't hear of anything else.
I recommend reading something like "Researching Your Irish Ancestors" by John Grenham and having a clear idea of what you want to research that isn't readily available on line. Even with this and documentation of what you have already, you still may find yourself dealing with characters who impeded rather than facilitate and the organization of things doesn't seem immediately helpful. Because of when my ancestors emigrated ad the state of records at that time, I didn't expect to find a lot (and didn't) but did hope the process would be a little more pleasant. Hopefully, your experience will be better.
翻译：在研究家族史时，我在档案方面的经历令人惊讶地参差不齐。我家乡的历史协会很有帮助并且组织得很好，而我祖先曾经居住过的一个主要城市公共图书馆似乎不鼓励家谱部分的家谱。我提到这一点是因为我可能应该对 PRONI 有更现实的期望。
事情的组织完全是你意想不到的——阅览室不是用来阅读现成的文件的。人们每天都需要登记入住，但没有人提到这一点——你的 ID 钥匙可以打开各个门。用于自我研究的主房间的布局并不直观（例如，没有说明计算机的不同功能），并且两名值班人员是一个对比研究——一个不是特别有帮助，而另一个则不是特别有帮助。有一种非常具体的研究方法，不会听到其他任何东西。
我建议阅读约翰·格雷纳姆（John Grenham）撰写的《研究你的爱尔兰祖先》之类的内容，并清楚地了解你想要研究哪些在网上不容易找到的内容。即使有了这些以及您已经拥有的文档，您仍然可能会发现自己正在处理阻碍而不是促进的角色，并且事物的组织似乎并不能立即有所帮助。由于我的祖先移民当时的记录状态，我没想到会发现很多（也没有），但确实希望这个过程会更愉快一点。希望您的体验会更好。
事情的组织完全是你意想不到的——阅览室不是用来阅读现成的文件的。人们每天都需要登记入住，但没有人提到这一点——你的 ID 钥匙可以打开各个门。用于自我研究的主房间的布局并不直观（例如，没有说明计算机的不同功能），并且两名值班人员是一个对比研究——一个不是特别有帮助，而另一个则不是特别有帮助。有一种非常具体的研究方法，不会听到其他任何东西。
我建议阅读约翰·格雷纳姆（John Grenham）撰写的《研究你的爱尔兰祖先》之类的内容，并清楚地了解你想要研究哪些在网上不容易找到的内容。即使有了这些以及您已经拥有的文档，您仍然可能会发现自己正在处理阻碍而不是促进的角色，并且事物的组织似乎并不能立即有所帮助。由于我的祖先移民当时的记录状态，我没想到会发现很多（也没有），但确实希望这个过程会更愉快一点。希望您的体验会更好。
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