Talk:Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Diocese of Mainz, Catholic Church Records - Inventory

Hello,

I do a lot of research in German Catholic records, and noticed that most, possibly even all, of the parishes listed on this page are not in the diocese of Mainz, but are much further to the west in the Diocese of Muenster. It'd be helpful if a FS Staff member could review this so that FS users are not confused. --Av85647 (talk) 22:21, 15 December 2020 (MST)

That's one of the reasons this inventory page was created. SvareJM (talk) 08:27, 16 December 2020 (MST)

What I meant is that the collection should be renamed. "Germany, Dioceses of Mainz and Münster, Catholics Church Records" would be the best name in my opinion. Not many FS users will read this page, and so many users with ancestors from Muenster won't realise that these records exist. --Av85647 (talk) 13:16, 16 December 2020 (MST)

The records listed here are not in the Diocese of Mainz
What is the purpose of this page? The listed parishes are *not* in the Diocese of Mainz. How and who can change this?

Reply
That is correct, not all the parishes listed are in the Diocese of Mainz. However, they are published in this collection. Additional collections of German Catholic church records are being planned, and owing to the physical arrangement of the records on the original microfilm, some of those records will possibly be included in collections for dioceses they are not part of.

This purpose of this page is to provide users insight into what parishes are included in this collection so they can know what records they have searched, and thereby have a better idea of what other records and localities they need to search in order to make a reasonable exhaustive search. As far as making corrections to this collection, that information has been provided to the appropriate teams. When, and if, any action will be taken by them is not known. SvareJM (talk) 08:57, 26 May 2021 (MDT)