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From: "Bob Cunning" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Records for Catholic Churches
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 08:00:56 +1000
References: <uHxd3ZAOn9fCFw+9@varneys.demon.co.uk>


I wrote a total of 5 letters to one Anlican minister over the space of a
year. No reply to any of them and none were returned. I hope he treats his
parishoners better

Cheers, Bob in Melbourne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eve McLaughlin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Lon] Records for Catholic Churches


> In message <>, LeChet
> <> writes
> >Hi All
> >
> >I asked this question several weeks ago, and after writing to the parish
> >priest of the English Martyrs Church, I received a disappointing reply.
> >
> >He will not allow anyone access to the parish records for the following
> >reasons:
> >
> >1) Privacy of the individuals involved (over 100 years ago?)
> >2) The volume of requests he has received in recent times.
>
> >Church with regard to such records?
> There are rules about access to CofE registers, but none for Catholic
> ones. But pull rank and write a letter to his Bishop, more in sorrow
> than in anger.
> >
>
> --
> Eve McLaughlin
>
> Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
> Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society
>
>
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