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From: "ginnyanne" <>
Subject: Re: St. Malachi's records
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:35:53 -0500
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I want to second the comments about good service using the Cleveland
Diocesan Archives. I have found them willing to go the extra mile to help
locate records. The archivist is knowledgeable, interested and helpful. It
has been a pleasure to deal with them. I am sorry , Margaret, that your
experience was not good. But I would encourage you to try again. I have
utilized their resources on more than one occasion with great results. Good
luck. Ginny McDermott
----- Original Message -----
From: magton <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: St. Malachi's records


> I had no problem with them at all. I sent them an SASE and a small
donation
> for postage & copies.....When St. Malachi's could not find my records,
they
> forwarded it to the Diocese which did a great job of extractions for me.
Try
> them again.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M. E. Potter" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: St. Malachi's records
>
>
> > And let me add to that--Good Luck. I have to say that the Cleveland
> > Diocesan Archives is one of the most unresponsive records depository
that
> I
> > have come across. Any Federal agency, including the Social Security
> > Administration, has them beat hands down, and that's saying a lot. In
my
> > view, if they are unable to respond in a timely manner, then they should
> > bite the bullet and let somebody come in and film the records so that
> > people can have access to them. What is particularly annoying is that
our
> > Cleveland ancestors, who could ill afford it I'm sure, paid for those
> > records as well as the building that they're sitting in, not to mention
> the
> > "salaries" of the priests, nuns, secretaries--and let's not even talk
> about
> > the churches, schools, and so forth.
> >
> > Margaret
> >
> >
> > At 07:21 AM 6/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hello All.
> > >
> > >This is in response to the comment about writing St. Malachi's for old
> > >records. You need to write the archives for the Clevelenad Diocese for
> the
> > >info from all Cleveland parishes. There is a research fee-- I had a
> batch
> > >of questions for them and the final charge was $10.00. They will check
> > >marriages, baptisms within the church. They did not begin retaining
> burial
> > >records until the end of the last century, unfortunately. Here is
their
> > >contact info:
> > >Diocese of Cleveland - Archives Office
> > >Chancery Building
> > >1027 Superior Ave.
> > >Cleveland OH
> > >44114-2503
> > > They will bill you for whatever time they used when they send the
> results.
> > >Do include a SASE.
> >
> >
>
>

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