This is a popular 70s phrase, to those of us who studied in Catholic colleges: "ecumenism", rhymes with humanism. It has to do with various religions working together with mutual respect and priorities. Simple? megan@cfl.rr.com writes: > I do volunteer for the Italian Gen website and as a matter of fact, am > typing in a batch of naturalization information now. But unfortunately none > > of my NYC Irish Catholic ancestors who married in the second half of the > 19th century can be found on their website. None. Zip. Nada. As for the > Mormons, God bless them! They are very kind and generous with their > genealogy resources. So what if they have an ulterior motive? If we > believe in our theology, then anything they do can have no impact on the > souls of our Catholic ancestors. Besides, wouldn't they already be at risk > from the census records that are readily available? Do the Bishops think > they are hiding these ancestors from the Mormon Church? Couldn't they just > be baptized from a City Directory? All kidding aside, let's just keep > asking those in charge to find a way to get this historical information not > only accessible but protected. I fear the loss of these records from fire > or other dangers more than I do that my ancestors will suddenly switch > faiths in the after life! > > Melanie ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)