Hi, Trish-- That's a new one...most parishes are pretty good about releasing the information from their records, particularly when it's something as old as that. I'm not sure that the parishes, or even Mt. Olivet Cemetery, for that matter, made a record of a person's parents--even DC death certificates did not include this information until about 1921 or so. Technically, a funeral/burial was not a sacrament, so records were not as detailed as those involving baptism & marriage. A couple of thoughts: #1) If you have a date of death, check the Evening Star for an obituary notice. #2) Check the cemetery to see who else is buried in the grave...may give some clue, or at least give you some new names, dates & obits to research in the Star. #3) See if there is any reference to parents on the cemetery monument. #4) Depending on the undertaker, (Geiers, Tultavull & some others) may have old records on file with the Historical Society on P Street near Dupont Circle...may be some clues in those records. Reaching back to that previous generation is always a tough one...We succeeded on some of ours, simply because an elderly cousin died in 1921, and there were her parents' names on the DC death certificate...names known to everyone in the family back then, but recorded NOWHERE else! Good luck! Frank -----Original Message----- From: Rider397@aol.com <Rider397@aol.com> To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] DC birth records >Frank, > >Perhaps you can answer a question for me. I have the information regarding >the burial of an individual from a Roman Catholic Church. Knowing that the >Church was particular about who they buried, ie., they had to be Catholic. >One would think that they would have the information as to their parents >etc., > >Now I know which church She was buried from. But they tell me that the >information will not be provided unless I can produce her parents names'. >Unfortunately, I don't know her parents names and will never know them unless >they release the information. Now, she has been dead for 100 years and I am >a bit frustrated. > >The death certificates in DC do not provide parents names only the location >of birth. > >Do you have any advice as to who to phrase the question. > >Trish > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >