--- Marilyn Tracey <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone ever pursued digitizing the record of Father Bakers > orphans. So > many of us had ancestors placed at Our Lady of Victory but > records seem to > be unavailable, even after 125 years. This has created a dead > end for me. Any suggestions?? I'd guess that the records are in the possession of the Diocesan archives and that you'd need their cooperation & consent to put them online. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)

Hi, I wrote to the Diocesan offices and was told that OLV has the records. Does anyone out there know if there is a way to research them? I have written to the new Monsignor but have not had a reply. Marilyn Jewett Tracey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Van Ness" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] digitizing records that do exist > > --- Marilyn Tracey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Has anyone ever pursued digitizing the record of Father Bakers >> orphans. So >> many of us had ancestors placed at Our Lady of Victory but >> records seem to >> be unavailable, even after 125 years. This has created a dead >> end for me. Any suggestions?? > > I'd guess that the records are in the possession of the Diocesan > archives and that you'd need their cooperation & consent to put > them online. > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* > Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com > http://www.BuffaloResearch.com > > "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City > living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It > is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred > compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that > a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: 3/16/2008 > 10:34 AM > >