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	<title>The ProGenealogists® Genealogy Blog &#187; Kyle Betit</title>
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	<description>Regular posts from each member of our corporate office in Salt Lake City. We hope you’ll notice just how passionate we are about research and about the extensive services we provide to our clients.</description>
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		<title>Catholic Genealogy Q &amp; A: Godparents</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/03/catholic-genealogy-q-a-godparents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/03/catholic-genealogy-q-a-godparents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is a godparent the same thing as a baptismal sponsor? Who can be a godparent?
Yes, generally the term godparent is equivalent to baptismal sponsor. Who, then, can serve as a baptismal sponsor at a Catholic baptism? Technically, canon law (church law) requires only one sponsor for baptism, but there can be two sponsors, one male [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Genealogy Q &amp; A: Conditional Baptism</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/02/catholic-genealogy-q-a-conditional-baptism/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2011/02/catholic-genealogy-q-a-conditional-baptism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditional baptism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is a “conditional baptism”?
Consider the language of the following baptismal record from 1913 in Quebec Province, Canada:
“We, the undersigned parish priest, have received the abjuration from heresy of _____, Protestant, adult: also her profession of the Roman Catholic Faith. We have given conditional baptism and absolution.”
This individual was a Protestant being received into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certificate of Irish Heritage</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/12/certificate-of-irish-heritage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/12/certificate-of-irish-heritage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certificate of Irish Heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish ancestry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June 2010, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Micheál Martin, announced its intention to make available a Certificate of Irish Heritage for the millions of people worldwide with Irish ancestry who don&#8217;t quality for Irish citizenship by descent. Usually one has to have a grandparent born in Ireland to quality for Irish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Ireland Research While PRONI Is Closed</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/12/northern-ireland-research-while-proni-is-closed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/12/northern-ireland-research-while-proni-is-closed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probate Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armagh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeholders Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indexes online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linen Hall Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRONI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Record Office of Northern Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titanic Quarter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ulster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valuation revision books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the main repository of genealogically relevant records for the six counties of Northern Ireland, and it also holds records pertinent to the whole historical province of Ulster (nine counties). The PRONI facility on Balmoral Avenue, Belfast, closed in September and is scheduled to reopen on 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas Fraternal Order Death Notices</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/11/kansas-fraternal-order-death-notices/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/11/kansas-fraternal-order-death-notices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraternal Orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraternal Societies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas Fraternal Orders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The records of fraternal orders and other societies are a relatively untapped source for genealogy, with great promise. I was delighted to see that the Kansas Historical Society is hosting a database of Fraternal Order Death Notices from several orders. Over 50,000 individuals are included in the time period 1873-1970. Both men and women (in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Distinguishes ProGenealogists?</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/07/what-distinguishes-progenealogists/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/07/what-distinguishes-progenealogists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProGenealogists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Genealogy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues and I at ProGenealogists share some core values that make working together a particularly rewarding experience for us and our clients. I think it comes down to two aspects mainly – our work is very scholarly, and our genealogists communicate directly and often with our clients.
We are expert problem-solvers and family tree-builders who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeholder Records</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/05/freeholder-records/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/05/freeholder-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 23:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freeholder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freeholder records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lease]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freeholder records are a record source that likely seems pretty obscure to most researchers. Many people probably have never heard of a freeholder. However, we have made an inventory of freeholders, freemen, and voting records for Ireland available on our web site. I compiled this inventory because there wasn&#8217;t a good overall inventory of where freeholder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Records Indexing by FamilySearch Announced at NGS</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/04/european-records-indexing-by-familysearch-announced-at-ngs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/04/european-records-indexing-by-familysearch-announced-at-ngs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family History Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FamilySearch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=1001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week at the National Genealogical Society conference here in Salt Lake City, I was thrilled to see the progress being made by FamilySearch in publishing/indexing European records. Many new European records are available on FamilySearch&#8217;s Record Search site including from Austria, France, Ireland, Russia, and Ukraine, among other countries. These are some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Citizenship by Descent</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/03/irish-citizenship-by-descent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2010/03/irish-citizenship-by-descent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish citizenship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.progenealogists.com/?p=906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people ask us at ProGenealogists about obtaining Irish citizenship through their ancestors. Ireland&#8217;s laws on this subject are more liberal than most other European countries. If one of your grandparents was born on the island of Ireland (including in present-day Northern Ireland), you can obtain citizenship in the Republic of Ireland by documenting your grandparent and your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Church Records: 1907 &amp; 1918 Reporting Requirements</title>
		<link>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/catholic-church-records-1907-1918-reporting-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.progenealogists.com/2009/12/catholic-church-records-1907-1918-reporting-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Betit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confirmation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious profession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 1907, the Roman Catholic Church worldwide required that a Catholic person&#8217;s marriage be reported to his or her place of baptism. The 1907 decree Ne Temere required that marriages be noted on one&#8217;s baptismal record. They are usually noted on the side of the baptism record. Compliance with this decree varied, especially in [...]]]></description>
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