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From: <>
Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:14:28 -0500
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Dear Humberto,

Hey, if a couple of college kids were able to create a searchable index of
websites called Yahoo.com and have raised billions of dollars from
advertisers, anything can be done!!!!!

Danay

----- Original Message -----
From: "humtrada.tx" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops


> Danay since you are in the information technology field, and we are doing
> cuban genealogy, do you think is possible to deliver a computer to every
> church in Cuba and train them to put their birth, marries, and death
records
> in the internet? and them we may pay a fee every time we access one of
those
> churches, and pay for every copy we get, this way records will never be
> lost, I think records and money could be funnel through Cubagenweb and a
> bank , or some other ways. Shall we talk to Bill Gates.?
> after that it may spread world wide
>
> Sincerely Humberto Estrada Dallas Tx.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops
>
>
> > Being in the Information Technology field and having created centralized
> > databases for several clients, I just don't understand how all of the
> > churches and parishes haven't had their documents scanned and digitized
> into
> > a searchable database.
> >
> > What gives? Is it just lack of funds? It's not so expensive, they just
> need
> > some good computers, scanners and a data entry person. The most they
will
> > spend is on the consultant(s) who will set everything up and train their
> > staff.
> >
> > Danay
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "DITA FORMELL" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops
> >
> >
> > > It's understandable that clerics from the Great Religions that were
> > founded
> > > 2,000 to 5,000 years ago don't want their deceased members prayed over
> by
> > a
> > > church that was invented in upstate New York in the early 19th
century.
> I
> > > certainly wouldn't want that for any of my ancestors. I always
wondered
> > why
> > > the Mormons had acquired all this genealogical material and now I
know.
> I
> > > think it's creepy. Dita.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Prieto, Lazara <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:29 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops
> > >
> > >
> > > I think you are right - I spoke to a Historian in Matanzas Cuba and he
> > told
> > > me that they had asked the Catholic Church a lot of times to let the
> > > Mormon's copy the records because they are at the point of decay and
the
> > > Catholic Church has not given the ok because of religious differences.
> > >
> > > It is a very sad thing. I also heard that the reason the Mormons have
> > done
> > > this great work is because they believe that in order for your
ancestor
> to
> > > make it to heaven you must pray for him so it was that they started to
> do
> > > the research for there family tree and in the process given us all
this
> > > wealth of records from all over the world. Correct me if I am wrong
on
> > this
> > > but I also understand that they baptize every name somehow, and that
> some
> > > other religions have also refused to let them copy the records, for
> > example
> > > the Jewish community. If this is correct then it is not only the
> Catholic
> > > Church but also other religions.
> > >
> > > Lazara
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:13 AM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Re: [CUBA-L] Petition to some Spanish Bishops
> > >
> > > Hola ~ Has anyone looked into religious differences? Money may be at
> the
> > > root of it but I was told the conservative Roman Catholic Spanish
> Bishops
> > > are
> > > not fond of the Mormon philosophy about Christ and do not wish to
> > > participate. If that is the reason, there may be the need for a
> different
> > > direction.
> > >
> > > Here, amongst the clergy who are not Mormon's, the view that what they
> > > believe they are doing is certainly not harmful to anyone. (They
> believe,
> > I
> > > am told, that for each name they find in the records, they can pray
that
> > > person's soul into heaven. And, they the prayer, are rewarded for a
> good
> > > work. If that is not correct, why else would they spent millions of
> > dollars
> > >
> > > and tons of time around the world, collecting all this information?)
> > Also,
> > > the phenomenal work they do is beneficial to millions.
> > >
> > > Knowing the real reason for the resistance would be useful in deciding
> how
> > > to
> > > approach the Bishops.
> > >
> > >
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