This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DCB.2ACE/146.1.2 Message Board Post: Barbara, The individual records reside at the parishes for at least 100 years before the diocese calls the records in for archiving. This is for the convenience of the parishioners. Since most churches in Baton Rouge are less than 100 yrs old, you can write or call the church where your family was baptised for a copy of the records. If you know about where they lived, perhaps I can pin point which church they were baptised at if you don't know what church it is. CherrylM