We may never see the parrish records on line Denise Dogs are not our whole life, But they make our lives whole. Vatican Orders Records Withheld from Mormons The Catholic News Service has published an article about new Vatican orders to not cooperate with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the microfilming of records. The Vatican wishes to block posthumous rebaptisms by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a practice that Catholics, Jews, and some others find objectionable. Catholic dioceses throughout the world have been directed by the Vatican not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons' Genealogical Society of Utah. An April 5 letter from the Vatican Congregation for Clergy, obtained by Catholic News Service in late April, asks episcopal conferences to direct all bishops to keep the Latter-day Saints from microfilming and digitizing information contained in those registers. The order came in light of "grave reservations" expressed in a January 29 letter from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the clergy congregation's letter said. You can read more at http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802443.htm.

Denise Patterson wrote: > We may never see the parrish records on line Annoying as it may be, we do have to remember that sacramental records were not created for genealogical purposes. And if the RC Church doesn't want to allow them to be digitized by the LDS church, well, that's their right. However, another thing to keep in mind is that priests were the "official" record keepers in occupied Poland, so the copies of their records that they turned over to the local civil government can be a decent stand-in for parish records. Where my ancestors were from (Jasienica parish near Ostrów Maz.), the civil copies of birth records contain the date of baptism as well as the names of the godparents. -Marie

Sarcastically: RC church records must be held in Pennsylvania. Both are iron curtain-like in their ideas toward sharing information. Who does it hurt? What is wrong with wanting to know about your deceased relatives? I agree that the One True Church Unto God should not worry about members being baptized by 'outsiders' since it doesn't count in the in the Church's eyes. It's a control issue more than anything else.