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Subject: [NYKINGS] Episcopalian churches within the 5 bouroughs?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:39:50 EST

Similar, but not identical to the geography of the Roman Catholic Diocese,
the Epsicopalians have placed New York City into two Dioceses: New York and
Long Island.


For those searching their Anglican/Episcopal roots, please be aware that
information about their ancestors who may have been:

born in,
baptized in,
in an orphanage run by,
educated in,
married in,
or buried within

a facility under the auspices of the Anglican or Episcopal Church is not so
easy to obtain. Unfortunately, your search is a bit more complicated and not
as direct as is the search of those with Roman Catholic roots.

Anglican or, since the Revolution (the first Civil War, as some have referred
to the war with Britain), the Episcopal Church records are kept by the
individual church. Only those churches that have been dissolved and not
absorbed into another church may have had their records forwarded to the
Diocese. Also unlike Catholic record keeping organization, when the
Episcopalian Diocese of Long Island was separated from the Episcopalian
Diocese of New York, the records (what ever they were) went with the new
diocese, they did not stay with the previous diocese.

With that said ...

The Diocese of New York gave birth to the Diocese of Long Island (at least
Episcopalians are very good geographers as they have defined Long Island as
all 4 counties: Kings, Queens, Nassau & Suffolk) in 1868.


The Diocese of New York has a similar geography to the Catholic Archdiocese of
New York as both cover the remaining 3 boroughs of New York City (Staten
Island, Manhattan and the Bronx, also known as Richmond, New York and Bronx
Counties) as well as Westchester, Rockland and additional upstate counties.

The respective archival sources are:

Mr. Wayne Kempton
Archivist
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025

tel: 212/316-7419
fax: ?????

e-Mail: ?????

http://www.dioceseny.org/index.htm

Ms. Nancy Signiore
Administrative Assistant to the
Deputy for Finance & Administration
DIOCESE OF LONG ISLAND
36 Cathedral Drive
Garden City, NY 11530

tel: 516/248-4800, X11
fax: 516/248-1616

e-Mail: ??????

http://????????


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan

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