Re St. Mary's of Avon, The Diocese should have copy of these records. However, it would be important to determine in advance which Diocese the church was in for the years you seek. The Cleveland Diocese has a wetsite and full-time archivist, tho I understand the archivist is very slow to respond. Re records from St. Martin of Tours in formerly Liverpool, now Valley City, Medina County. St. Martin's parish covers some of Lorain county): Getting records is nearly a lost cause. I understand that the records are fragile and the office is understaffed. However, apparently the task is not insurmountable. I was lucky to find a member on the Medina list who was able to use his considerable charm to obtain several family recods Wondering if anyone online has had any luck with St. Martin's Also wondering what records others have found in the Catholic Church holdings. I was surprised to receive information from a St. Martin's parish census from the late 1800's. Are there other censuses? Sunday School Records, Members lists etc. Shirley in San Diego On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:40:17 -0700 (PDT) Nancy Meyers <[email protected]> writes: > Fellow researchers, > Below is a message, in part, from a fellow that > I helped a bit last year. He was just beginning > family history research for himself and his wife. > Curious to know if any of you had this local > problem & how YOU managed to deal with it? > ........ "Church records were a breeze to gain at > St Mary's in Elyria.....was made very welcome & > spent 7 hrs pouring over each volume. They > allowed me access to everything they had in the > safe. I was quite appreciative......I met the > complete opposite in my quest at St Mary's in > Avon. I have a portion obtained from the > Cleveland Public Library up through the late > 1800's but anything from that point on - nothing > could be had. The priest actually got on the > phone and told me that is "personal and private" > information period and told me to send back a > form. I am still awaiting a response to my > submission of this several months > ago"............ > Note: this is another message that had been sent > to the list on Aug. 13th. > > > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > OGS Life Member http://www.ogs.org/ > Genealogy Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN > > >