Denise, Marie, None of my German/ Polish ancestors were Catholic, so this issue does not affect me directly. I can see both points of view here, and both are equally valid. Is there any evidence that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has rebapitzed people's ancestors ( after death) without their descendents' knowledge or agreement? Or is the practice restricted to living members of the LDS Church? - That is, living members of the Church have agreed to their ancestors' rebaptism, so that they will meet again in the afterlife? I'm not especially religious, and know very little about the LDS Church, its doctrines and rules, but I cannot see it baptizing people's ancestors on an ad hoc basis, as it were. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJDallas" <rwlistsboards@comcast.net> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Vatican Orders Records Withheld from Mormons 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 ********************************* 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

Anne, It should not be done without the nearest living relative's consent. Sharon Anne Keen <akdl25466_2@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Denise, Marie, None of my German/ Polish ancestors were Catholic, so this issue does not affect me directly. I can see both points of view here, and both are equally valid. Is there any evidence that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has rebapitzed people's ancestors ( after death) without their descendents' knowledge or agreement? Or is the practice restricted to living members of the LDS Church? - That is, living members of the Church have agreed to their ancestors' rebaptism, so that they will meet again in the afterlife? I'm not especially religious, and know very little about the LDS Church, its doctrines and rules, but I cannot see it baptizing people's ancestors on an ad hoc basis, as it were. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJDallas" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Vatican Orders Records Withheld from Mormons 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 ********************************* 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 ********************************* 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

Anne and Sharon, But that is exactly how it is done in LDS. Debbie Sharon Baldwin wrote: > Anne, > It should not be done without the nearest living relative's consent. > Sharon > > Anne Keen <akdl25466_2@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > I'm not especially religious, and know very little about the LDS Church, its > doctrines and rules, but I cannot see it baptizing people's ancestors on an > ad hoc basis, as it were. > Anne