In article <l03020906afb0a4e31bef@[199.224.69.221]>, Slavic Genealogy Discussion List <GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM> wrote: [SNIP] >Secondly, is there a Catholic perspective, here? I know why the Mormons >want to identify their relatives, but aren't there Catholic interests in >family, roots, heritage, tradition, etc.? What would Rome think about >genealogy research? That it is a frivilous effort that takes priests from >their work, or that this is an important part of that work. (By the way, I >enclose some money along with my requests, which I learned from the >suggestions of others.) This depends on the parish. I have written to the RC parishwhich my family was intrumental in starting here in COnnecticut and the preiest there categorically denied me access to any church records. Through he seceretary I was told no one sees the records and that they do give out any information to genealogists. The records are for sacremental purposes (more like denying people the sacrements) only. I hope others have better luck than I. Nicholas Trahan -- It is possible to find a middle word that between two views will signify both. But a middle view between two opposite views concerning the same thing is impossible....There is no room for compromise in matters of the Orthodox Faith. ---St. Mark of Ephesus