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> On Jun 12, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Joanne Mercier <[email protected]> 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 ([email protected]) >> 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 [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
