Fire & Archives--Noooooooooooooooo
Two words you N.E.V.E.R want to hear together are:
fire and archives
or
flood and archives
or
mudslide and archives
So, my heart dropped when I saw the headline,
"National Library of Wales identifies fire-damaged archives"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo
Apparently, on 26 April a fire broke out when workers using a blowtorch started a fire. In addition to fire damage, there was some water damage. According to the BBC the fire and water damaged few records, but "few" is relative if they pertain to your ancestors!
According to the article there were no Flintshire records destroyed.
You can read the entire story here.
Source: BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-22770260
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