Listers and Karen, After reading this post, I have a question about Philadelphia Catholic Cem. Office. Is one place that has a listing of most all Catholic deceased persons? I guess I just am not sure how to use that place. I have a number of deceased Catholic ancestors, three of whom I know death dates, but at least three others I cannot find any death dates. Is this a place that might be able to help? Thanks listers for being so informative and helpful. D. Blackwell Florida Elaine, I would suggest that you send one check for $15.00 asking for the burial locations of all three - I do it all the time and they give me more than one lot information for my ONE check! They are very quick. Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries Office 111 South 38th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3136 (215) 895-3450 Karen in PA -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Sharp <bellemarco@gmail.com> To: paphilad@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 12:10 pm Subject: [PAPhl] McBride - New Cathedral Cemetery As suggested, I called New Cathedral Cemetery today and they did give me the ot numbers (2 lots) for the Michael, Margaret McBride and daughter but he aid if I wanted any further information to send $15 per lot. Since this is he only way I will probably be able to get this information, here goes the enealogy budget again. Would also like a picture of the stone someday. Thanks, laine Sharp acramento CA ********* isit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ******** ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ********* 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

Many years ago, I attended a genealogical conference in Philadelphia at which I learned that the Catholic Church had a prohibition against releasing any church records of a deceased Catholic. Not being Catholic myself, I did not know if this was true but a Catholic attendee assured me that she had run into this brick wall. With a widespread and growing interest in family genealogy, I am sure these rules have been relaxed or eliminated but some records may still be hard to find. Natalie ndburrows@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <drbrabbit@aol.com> To: <paphilad@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Phildelphia Catholic Cemeteries Office > Listers and Karen, > After reading this post, I have a question about Philadelphia Catholic > Cem. Office. Is one place that has a listing of most all Catholic > deceased persons? I guess I just am not sure how to use that place. > I have a number of deceased Catholic ancestors, three of whom I know > death dates, but at least three others I cannot find any death dates. Is > this a place that might be able to help? > Thanks listers for being so informative and helpful. > D. Blackwell > Florida > > > > Elaine, > > I would suggest that you send one check for $15.00 asking for the burial > locations of all three - I do it all the time and they give me more than > one lot > information for my ONE check! They are very quick. > > Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries Office > 111 South 38th Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104-3136 > (215) 895-3450 > > Karen in PA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elaine Sharp <bellemarco@gmail.com> > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 12:10 pm > Subject: [PAPhl] McBride - New Cathedral Cemetery > > > As suggested, I called New Cathedral Cemetery today and they did give me > the > ot numbers (2 lots) for the Michael, Margaret McBride and daughter but he > aid if I wanted any further information to send $15 per lot. Since this > is > he only way I will probably be able to get this information, here goes the > enealogy budget again. Would also like a picture of the stone someday. > Thanks, > laine Sharp > acramento CA > ********* > isit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ******** > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > ********* > 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 > > > ********* > 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 >

You need to know the (diocesan) cemetery and date of death or burial; they do not have records for parish cemeteries or for Catholics buried in non-Catholic cemeteries. If you know the section, range, and lot number within the (diocesan) cemetery, the lot profile is free. If you don't know the S,R,and L, there's a $15 fee for a search in the relevant cemetery records. Sorry, I was going to give you the website link for the CCO, but the site isn't responding, so must be temporarily down. Just Google "Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries Office" and look for the links to the official site, on the Phila. Archdiocese website. I know the site used to have a request form on it, which would give you an idea of what other information is necessary. Claire K. On May 12, 2010, at 1:04 PM, drbrabbit@aol.com wrote: > ...I have a question about Philadelphia Catholic Cem. Office. Is one place that has a listing of most all Catholic deceased persons? ... > I have a number of deceased Catholic ancestors, three of whom I know death dates, but at least three others I cannot find any death dates. ...