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From: "Joy Foertsch" <>
Subject: Re: [NYC] Church look up
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:34:26 -0600
References: <001701c1932a$6bdc6540$d3cafa0c@attbi.com> <3C3323D0.67799728@csranet.com>


Okay, lets see what happens. I just called the church and got a lady with a
Spanish accent, but she spoke English clearly. She took down all my
information and said she would call me back. I'm not holding my breath, but
crossing my fingers. I'll keep you posted.

Joy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell K. Brown" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [NYC] Church look up


> > I need help with a Church look up. It is for Church of St. Paul 113
East 117th St New York, NY.
> >
>
> Joey:
>
> St. Paul's is not a very genealogy-friendly church. Mt father was
> baptized there in 1906. I have his copy of the baptismal certificate
> but I have given up, after 5 years, of trying to get them to do a search
> for my grandparents' marriage record.
>
> There is no FHC film of NYC Catholic church records. You can write the
> church at the address you gave; the zip is 10035. Call first to ask how
> much donation they want for a lookup fee. The number is (212)
> 534-4422. The women on the office staff speak English, at least one of
> the priests speaks Spanish only.
>
> Here's the record of my experience with St. Paul's:
>
> I wrote 2 letters with SASE in 1996, got no answer, called, the priest
> told me he'd do the lookup, never got an answer.
>
> In the summer of 1998 I visited there on a Sat. morning. The girl in
> the office was ready to do the lookup for me; the priest (a different
> one) told her not to do it outside normal office hours. They gave me
> the name of a different girl to call on a weekday.
>
> After I returned home, I called the parish, the girl answered, I asked
> for the lookup, she was away from the phone about 10 seconds and
> returned to tell me there was no record. I believe she did not perform
> the lookup.
>
> I never sent or gave them a donation, but I did tell them that if they
> would tell me how much they wanted, I would send a check. No response.
>
> If you are successful in your attempt at St. Paul's, please let me
> know. Maybe there's been a change of regime and I can try again.
>
> Russell
>
>
>
>
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