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From: "J. Campbell" <>
Subject: Diocese info
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 07:30:24 -0700
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For the lister who asked,
the Cleveland Diocese address is as follows:

Diocese of Cleveland - Archives Office
Chancery Building
1027 Superior Ave.
Cleveland OH
44114-2503


I have written three times and been answered once. Feel free to send a
reminder as I did-- that prompted a pleasant response. As someone ppointed
out, answering genealogyg questions is NOT their primary business. I am
pleased to get any response. There is a fee for their research, depending
on how much time they must spend. They send the info & cost for you to pay.

I asked about several families. I asked for any information they had
regarding christenings, marriages, or burials for these folks. I included
names of spouse & children and ADDRESS. The address will help them find the
right parish to check. PArish boundaries kept moving with the building of
new churches, btw.

In response, they sent me all the baptisms for the last name I indicated in
the appopriaste parish for a long period. They were able to provide the
date of the event, names of parents (which included an heretofore unknown
maiden name!) and the nbames of sponsors or witnesses. Remember, these
records were for church purposes. Parish records in the UK often do not
contain this much!

One proviso-- I asked for burial records and they do not keep those until
about the turn of the 20th century, so that was a wash out. If you need
that, the Western Reserve Hist. SOciety on University Circle has possession
of the McGorray Funerl Home records up to the 1930's-- they buried many
Cleveland Catholics. You can call ahead & make arrangements to see them.
They are spotty but I found some gems there, too.

Good hunting!

Judith in OH

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