Hi Ginga, Yes, there are a number of bound volumes- I came across them in the SA library when I was browsing the shelves for Louisana..It surprised the heck out me! 'Specially the part about the Shelby's being Calvinist. A search of the I'net turned up a lot of interesting early data on early history of Natchez..It was a rather complicated time frame.. That time period, people were required to be married in the catholic church if they wanted their children to be legitimate. People got around it by simply submitting a copy of the marriage record to the church-at least they had the good grace to mention the couple's actual religion! I suspect the larger libraries has the series..each book is indexed and gives you the source for obtaining the actual record. I'm too far from SA to get there very often..but I would like to see them again at a slower pace. St. Joseph Cathedral: http://www.diobr.org/parishes/Baton_Rouge-SJC.htm I was also going to include the URL for the history of the church, but for some reason they have totally removed it. Judy At 09:08 PM 10/11/02 -0500, you wrote: >Judy- >Thanks for all the information. The Catholic Church Records sound like a >great source for research... but how do you get access to them. I am >interested in the area of Woodville and Natchez from 1800 to 1850. The >ones you found for the Baton Rouge Parish might just work for me. You >mentioned the San Antonio Library, are they published? > >Thanks - Ginga > > >==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== >How to Unsubscribe from the digest: >To: [email protected] >Subject: unsubscribe >Message: unsubcribe