Nicholas Trahan wrote: > > This depends on the parish. I have written to the RC parish which my > family was intrumental in starting here in COnnecticut and the preiest > there categorically denied me access to any church records. Perhaps I've been lucky so far; I requested information from one parish in the Philadelphia area (via mail) and was cheerfully and promptly sent what I requested. Before reading this thread, I assumed that my experience was common. I subsequently mailed another request to another parish about other family members. It has been too soon to expect any response to my second request. I sure hope I don't get a disagreeable response like some others have mentioned... Now I've become worried :( -- Thomas J. Danicki danickit@concentric.net, Rochester Hills, Mich. 48306 U.S.A. "...you've got that stunned Brian-Wilson-is-a-god look on your face!" - Bruce Johnston, per _Endless Summer Quarterly_