Are you getting married? Are you registering your children for CCD? Sacramental records after 1950 for church use can be requested at any time. Due to staffing shortages and the overwhelming number of records, please allow us some time to fulfill your request. There is no fee for records related to church use. However, a free-will donation of $20 helps us to defray related costs and other parish expenses.

For additional information, please email us at: [email protected]

Are you looking for an ancestor who lived on the Lower East Side?

All Sacramental records dating back to 1801 for Catholic parishioners of: Transfiguration Church (29 Mott Street); St. Joachim Church (26 Roosevelt Street); St. Joseph's Church (5 Monroe St.) and St. James' Church (32 James Street) are preserved at Transfiguration Church.

Our parish greatly depends on the generosity of volunteers to help us comb through the vast number of records and to process each request. Sacramental records for current church use are prioritized over geneological research. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources and hands to answer every enquiry. 

Fees
- $75 fee per enquiry of an individual. If the individual's record is located, this fee includes a free copy of your record.
- $50 additional fee for a notarized copy.

All requests for Ancenstral or Geneaological record searches must be submitted in writing. Please e-mail us at: [email protected]