General Information [link to document]

Mission Statement [link to document]

ARCHIVES & RECORDS CENTER

Archives History [link to document]

Archives Timeline [link to document]

Archives Archivists [link to document]

ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD

AOH Historical Overview [link to document]

AOH General History [link to document]

AOH History of the Bishops [link to document]

Access & Use Policy [link to document]

Rules of the Archives [link to document]

Guide to Handling Archival Records/ Materials [link to document]

Public/ Vital Records and Genealogy Research Assistance

• General Resource Guide [link to document]

Adoption/ Orphanage Records

• Please contact Catholic Charities for assistance or,

• Please contact the State of Connecticut, Department of Children & Families – Office of Foster Care & Adoption Services for assistance.

Catholic Transcript, The (newspapers)

• The Catholic Transcript (newspapers) from 1925 (AUG) – 1978 (DEC) are available online via The Catholic News Archive website.

Cemetery/ Burial Records

• Please contact the Catholic Cemeteries Association for assistance.

Personnel Records

• Priests & Deacons – please contact the AOH Chancellor’s Office for assistance.

• Religious – please contact the religious order’s main governing/ provincial house for assistance.

• AOH personnel – please contact AOH Human Resources for assistance.

• AOH school personnel:

• • If the school is open – please contact the school directly for assistance.

• • If the school is closed – please contact the AOH Education Department for assistance.

• Former employees and/or residents of AOH affiliated institutions and homes:

• • If the institution/ home is open – please contact the institution/ home directly for assistance.

• • If the institution/ home is closed – please contact AOH Human Resources for assistance.

Relics (Altar)

• Statement on Altar Relics [link to document]

Sacramental Records

• See SACRAMENTAL RECORDS section

School Records

• Transcripts/ student files:

• • If the school is open – directly contact the Registrar’s Office at the school.

• • If a grade school or high school has merged – directly contact the Registrar’s Office for the welcoming or newly created school.

• • If a grade school is closed – please contact the Parish Office associated with the school for assistance.

• • • If the parish is closed – please contact the AOH Department of Education for assistance.

• • If a high school is closed – please contact the AOH Department of Education for assistance.

• • If the school is/was run by a specific religious order – please contact the religious order’s main governing/ provincial house for assistance.

• • • Usually involves colleges/ universities and private high schools

• • Seminarians & Diaconate candidates – please contact the Chancellor’s Office for assistance.

Tribunal Records

• Please contact AOH Metropolitan Tribunal for assistance.

Sacramental Records Policy [link to document]

Sacramental Records Request Form (official requests only) [link to document]

Location Guide Instructions [link to document]

Location Guide: Parishes & Sacramental Records [link to document]

*Note on New Haven parishes & the location of Sacramental Records –

On July 01, 2023 all New Haven parishes were joined into one parish (Blessed Michael McGivney Parish) by official decree of the Archbishop.  As the new parish continues to transition, please continue to locate records at the following (all other former New Haven parishes – records are located as indicated on the Location Guide):

Our Lady of Guadalupe

• Our Lady of Guadalupe
• St. Donato
• St. Francis of Assisi

Ss. Aedan & Brendon

• Ss. Aedan & Brendon
• St. Aedan
• St. Brendon

St. Anthony

• St. Anthony
• Sacred Heart
• St. John the Evangelist
• St. Peter

St. Martin de Porres

• St. Martin de Porres

St. Mary

• St. Mary
• St. Joseph

St. Michael

• St. Michael
• St. Patrick

St. Stanislaus

• St. Stanislaus

Collection Policy [link to document]

Records Collection Guide [link to document]

Guide to Packing & Sending Records [link to document]

ARCHIVES & RECORDS CENTER INFORMATION

USCCB document on Archives (1974) [link to document]

COVID-19 INFORMATION

Quarantine Guidelines (2023) [link to document]

Survival Rates on Surfaces (2021) [link to document]

GENERAL ARCHDIOCESAN INFORMATION

AOH Bishops/Archbishops [link to document]

AOH Auxiliary Bishops [link to document]

AOH Chancellors [link to document]

AOH Cathedral Rectors [link to document]

PARISH INFORMATION

Parish Guide Instructions [link to document]

Parishes by city (2023) [link to document]

Parishes by name (2023) [link to document]

Parishes by establishment date (2023) [link to document]

Parishes by closure date (2023) [link to document]

Parishes by ethnic & religious rite (2023) [link to document]

REQUEST FORMS

Internal researchers/ users – please submit your request via internal email or office mail

Research Request Form (External researchers/ users) [link to document]

DEPOSIT FORMS – SENDING RECORDS TO THE ARCHVIES

Records Deposit Form (AOH central administrative offices) [link to document]

Records Deposit Form (AOH parishes) [link to document]

Records Deposit Form (AOH schools) [link to document]

External Donors – please contact the Archivist by phone or postal mail to discuss Donor Agreements