Church Record Sunday: Catholic Resources

Researching a Catholic ancestor? The following are a sampling of websites and books that may assist in your research.

Websites

Catholic Dictionary at http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexncd.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico and Southern Colorado at http://www.nmgs.org/Churches.php?page=Churches.Intro

Catholic Record Society of the diocese of Columbus at http://catholicrecordsociety.org/research.html

Catholic Archives of Texas at http://www.catholicarchivesoftx.org/

Local Catholic Church and Family History at http://localcatholic.webs.com/

The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives at http://archives.lib.cua.edu/

Catholic, Cyndi’s List at http://www.cyndislist.com/catholic

The Official Catholic Directory at http://www.officialcatholicdirectory.com/

Books

Humling, V. (1995). U.S. Catholic sources: a diocesan research guide. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry.

Warner, M. D. L. W., Munnick, H. D., Beckham, S. D., & Munnick, A. R. (1972). Catholic Church records of the Pacific Northwest. St. Paul, Or: French Prairie Press.