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== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
'''Mellon Centre for Migration Studies'''<br>2 Mellon Road<br>Omagh BT78 5QU<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8225 6315<br>
'''Irish and Local History'''<br>
Email: [mailto:mcms@librariesni.org.uk mcms@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
Cultural Heritage Collection, Tyrone<br>
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/ Website]
:The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies is a research library which collects material relating to the history of the peoples of Ireland worldwide. Visitors will have access to a reference collection of over 17,000 volumes, journals, maps, newspapers, computers, and the Centre's Irish Emigration Database, which is now available online.
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'''Irish and Local History'''
Cultural Heritage Collection, Tyrone  
'''Omagh Library'''<br>1 Spillars Place<br>Irishtown Road<br>Omagh BT78 1HL<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8244 0733<br>
'''Omagh Library'''<br>1 Spillars Place<br>Irishtown Road<br>Omagh BT78 1HL<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8244 0733<br>
Email: [mailto:omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk]<br>[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/media/kzabsssm/omagh-heritage-leaflet.pdf Website]
Email: [mailto:omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk]<br>[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/media/kzabsssm/omagh-heritage-leaflet.pdf Website]
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[https://www.nifhs.org/resources/miscellaneous-records/index_to_family_trees/ Family Trees and Books about Families]<br>
[https://www.nifhs.org/resources/miscellaneous-records/index_to_family_trees/ Family Trees and Books about Families]<br>
:Many Members contribute to our Transcribing and Indexing Projects.  Some compilations of records, as books or CDs, are available in our online Shop.  The Transcribed Records fall into the categories: Church Records, Graveyard Records and Newspaper Records.  Many of these are only available in the Library.   
:Many Members contribute to our Transcribing and Indexing Projects.  Some compilations of records, as books or CDs, are available in our online Shop.  The Transcribed Records fall into the categories: Church Records, Graveyard Records and Newspaper Records.  Many of these are only available in the Library.   
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'''Mellon Centre for Migration Studies'''<br>2 Mellon Road<br>Omagh BT78 5QU<br>Northern Ireland<br><br>Telephone: 028 8225 6315<br>
Email: [mailto:mcms@librariesni.org.uk mcms@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/ Website]
:The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies is a research library which collects material relating to the history of the peoples of Ireland worldwide. Visitors will have access to a reference collection of over 17,000 volumes, journals, maps, newspapers, computers, and the Centre's Irish Emigration Database, which is now available online.
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Local libraries may have collections relating to families--newspaper clippings, donated family histories, published local histories, not ubiquitous but worth checking. The largest library in a district might serve some archive functions.
Local libraries may have collections relating to families--newspaper clippings, donated family histories, published local histories, not ubiquitous but worth checking. The largest library in a district might serve some archive functions.
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