History, Culture and General Discussion

On May 17, 2008, at 7:24 PM, JUANITA DELGADO wrote:

> This is for experts on DNA out there:
>
> I just had my mtDNA done. If my daughter had hers done, would the
> results be exactly the same?

Hola Compañeros del grupo de siscusion Genealogica.

Quisiera saber si alguien de ustedes tiene el dato de quienes
son los padres o ancestros de la pareja formada por Manuel
de la Helgera casado con Ana Fernandez de Palos, ellos casaron

Below is my email to the Diocese of Phoenix and a reply.

What should we try next?

Veronica

----- Original Message -----
From: Diskin, Rev. Michael
To: vrahorn@wydebeam.com
Sent: 12 May, 2008 10:39

As far as the Catholic Church records that many of us research, they are
records of religious Sacraments plain and simple (Baptism, Confirmation,
Marriage, Death--last rites) received by individuals, and were not

Hi Emily,

I'm addressing this to you because you were the most rational in
explaining the controversy.

What I don't understand is why the Pope is all upset about a religion
he does not recognize as legitimate taking a list of dead peoples

Hi

I thought that the copies were the ones in Mexico City at the Archivo de la
Nacion? At least that is what I heard a long time ago. I never heard that
each church was to get one. Also, do you mean $3.00...30.00?

http://www.asoftanswer.com/2008/05/02/vatican-blocks-mormon-access-to-records/

This is a link to a Mormon site about the controversy re re-baptisms of Catholics.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html

joseph

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Vatican letter directs bishops to keep parish records from Mormons

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802443.htm

I just learned of this and think that all of us who deeply care about genealogical research need to make our protests heard to the Catholic Church and the genealogical community as this can result in grave consequences for the preservation of valuable genealogical records: