Mary, We had absolutely no luck trying to get copies of records in a Pleasanton, CA church. I wrote ahead of time with our list, made a donation first, and was told that they NO longer give information out on relatives. Only parents can get copies of their children. I was told that the practice was changed by the Pope's order to prevent "baptizing of the dead". I was told that they would only make copies if I had my Bishop write to them. I sent the info to a priest of the diocese. Still no records have been sent. Ally Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro Miguel, Faial Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge
In a message dated 8/13/2011 1:11:01 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, m_k...@comcast.net writes: Thanks Karen, I'll check back with the Diocese office. I'm only looking for records before 1930. Mary On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Karen Hillman wrote: Mary, I had the same thing happen to me at a Catholic church in Visalia when I was doing a survey of Church Records for a class I was taking. I was allowed to only see my daughters (1977) record. However, when I asked the person helping me about other records, I was told that anything after 1930 was at the parish and restricted but older records were archived in the Diocese office and were available. You just had to request from them. You might check to see if that works where you are. I agree with Cheri, making a donation can never hurt. Karen Silva Hillman Researching Luiz, Silveira, Sousa on St. Jorge, Azores, Portugal -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
