Hello, Can someone please tell me which Catholic churches were near 3648 North Camac St., in 1928? I am trying to obtain my mother's baptismal record. Thanks, -Dave

Baptismal records are kept by the archdiocese, not the parish churches.   ----- Original Message ---- From: David Stroebel <davidstroebel@yahoo.com> To: paphilad@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 4:08:19 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Catholic Church near North Camac St. 1928? Hello, Can someone please tell me which Catholic churches were near 3648 North Camac St., in 1928?  I am trying to obtain my mother's baptismal record. Thanks, -Dave       ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stroebel" <davidstroebel@yahoo.com> To: <paphilad@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:08 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Catholic Church near North Camac St. 1928? > Hello, > > Can someone please tell me which Catholic churches were near 3648 North > Camac St., in 1928? I am trying to obtain my mother's baptismal record. > > Thanks, > > -Dave > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good evening Dave, I think that address was either Holy Child or St. Stephen. The sacramental records of both parishes are held at Our Lady of Hope, 5200 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19141-1628. Our Lady of Hope was founded in 1993, a consolidation of surrounding parishes, your among them. Phone-215-329-8100 or 215-329-8164. I noticed a response stating that baptismal records are kept by the archdiocese. MICROFILMS of the sacramental records of every parish are held at Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC). Check out their great website http://www.pahrc.net . The ORIGINAL sacramental records, Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony are, with very few exceptions, held by the individual parishes, not by the archdiocese. In the case of consolidations and church closings(Alas! So many!) the original sacramental records are kept in either the merged, new parish (Our Lady of Hope) or at a neighboring parish after a parish is closed (ex. Gesu's records are held at St. Malachy). A parish will usually direct you to PAHRC when you are searching up to 1920 and Chris Friend, the archivist who does the searches is very good at what she does! In your case you are looking for your mother's Baptismal certifcate from 1928. I would call and confirm that the records are held where I think they are. Be sure they understand you want your mother's certificate. PAHRC would probably help you, but you wouldn't get a baptismal certificate. That has to come from a parish. It won't be the original, but it's still a very nice item to have. I wish you joyous success in your search for your mother's record! Regards, Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stroebel" <davidstroebel@yahoo.com> To: <paphilad@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 4:08 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Catholic Church near North Camac St. 1928? > Hello, > > Can someone please tell me which Catholic churches were near 3648 North > Camac St., in 1928? I am trying to obtain my mother's baptismal record. > > Thanks, > > -Dave > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >