Father Dennis Hughes, a Roman Catholic priest, recently wrote a long response to an email sent to him by Patti Smith. Realizing its value, she sought and received permission to post his response to the Rensselaer Co., NY mailing list. I also realized its value and asked what she would think of my making it into a webpage for other people to view. She thought it was a fine idea and contacted Father Dennis who, by the way, is quite interested in genealogy. He revised what he had written and sent it to me. It is now on my website. Father Dennis describes what information you can expect to find in the following kinds of records: Baptisms, Confirmations, First Communions, Marriages and Deaths. In his own clear style, he also gives a great deal of additional valuable information. If you are searching for any Catholic relatives, you should read the whole webpage. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Ch/CH-CathParishRec.htm Cliff