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> On Jun 12, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Joanne Mercier <musicmavene...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since I work with Catholic Church records on a daily basis as part of my day > job, let me just state that the sacramental records we keep are both public > and private. They are private because they were created to record sacramental > events and the personal information contained in them was entrusted to the > church by the families involved. However, they are also public because they > will stand up in civil law situations as valid proof of one’s identity. They > are the property of the parishes that store them and it in this country it > seems to vary from diocese to diocese (and parish to parish in dioceses with > no instructions) as to how genealogical research is or is not conducted. The > only edict that has come down from the "home office" in Rome is in regards to > the LDS Church no longer being permitting to microfilm the registers and that > was in 2008. Some dioceses have extended that to closing all their records to > everyone which is unfortunate. > > I’m totally encouraged that some dioceses are digitizing and allowing their > early, historical records to be published online. It is a painstaking process > and will take some time to complete but will be very valuable in the long > run. But I can understand the frustration of the parish secretaries who get > more requests for records than they can handle as they try to, in many cases, > run the day-to-day operations of a parish on an increasingly part-time basis. > Offering them “a little something for their troubles” really doesn’t help the > situation either - they want to help folks out but once you do it for one or > two the word gets out and they are overrun with inquiries. I applaud dioceses > who have created processes for genealogists to go through the central > archives to do the research, even if it costs a little up front. If anyone > wants to know if their diocese does that let me know and I’ll check my > sources for the information. > > And if I can help in any way with understanding these records just let me > know. I’m happy to help where I can. > > Joanne Grota Mercier > > >> On June 12, 2017 at 1:37:20 AM, robertjm (rober...@hockeyhockeyhockey.com) >> wrote: >> >> Years ago you used to be able to make an appointment and go to the San >> Francisco Arch Diocese's archives, in Menlo Park where you could pour >> through their microfilm to your heart's content. >> >> Unfortunately, they changed that rule. I'm hoping they change it once again. >> But, I'm not holding my breath till I see a notification. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
