Thank you for your response, I think it was heart-felt and eloquent and much needed in the rampage of slurs that have been sent to. I feel bad for responding earlier, but like you my faith is important to me and so is my family the ones alive and the ones who have passed on. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "MiPolonia" <cjensen@mipolonia.net> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:14 PM Subject: [POLAND] Catholic Records- Detroit > Colleagues, > > I would suggest that the Catholic Church can - and has- funded > microfilming of their own records for preservation. Any archive can buy > and operate a microfilm camera and create the correct environment for > preservation <g>. > > In Detroit, the Archdiocese has placed church parish records at the > Detroit Public Library/ Burton Collection. Each researcher signs a paper > when they request a microfilm- stating the surnames and parishes they are > interested in. In the past, it was at the discretion of the individual > bishop to allow microfilming- by any group. > > The records are sacramental. They are not public records. They were > created for religious reasons. In many Catholic European countries the > priest was also the civil scribe. So duplicate copies are found at the > civil archives. > > Perhaps a system of housing microfilms at Catholic university libraries > might be a solution. BTW, the Catholic faith also honors ancestors- on All > Souls Day and All Saints Day. > http://www.americancatholic.org/e-News/FriarJack/fj102202.asp > > As I have often said during my lectures, I appreciate the GSU efforts in > preserving Catholic records. I have been able to trace my ancestors in > Poland back to the late 1600s via FHL. I volunteer each week at the local > FHC- but I do not help patrons create their Temple Ready files. > > And, I know, deep in my heart, if a Mormon descendant offers my > grandmother Cecilia Marianna Wojtkowiak Przytulska - raised and educated > by the Felician Sisters- baptism, she will make the sign of the cross, > say a novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and gracefully decline. > > Ceil Wendt Jensen, MA, CG > http://mipolonia.net > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >