Chancellor's Statement On Genealogical Research
  1. The Archives of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is not a library or public genealogy room. The records preserved there are the private administrative records of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The sacramental records, in many cases, contain confidential information that is not open to the public (e.g. information on adoptions). For those reasons, genealogical research in the sacramental records will be done only by the Archives staff. The sacramental records are not open to public research.

  2. The genealogical researcher has the right to ask the Archives for information which is public in nature and pertains to the researcher or his/her ancestors. One of the responsibilities of the Archives staff is to assist, as time permits, persons involved in genealogical research. But this is not their primary responsibility.

  3. We believe this policy provides a balance between the researcher’s needs and the needs for personal privacy and institutional confidentiality.

 

Issued this seventh day of August, 1996.

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Reverend Christopher R. Armstrong
Chancellor

With the approval of the Archbishop.

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Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk
Archbishop of Cincinnati