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 Roman Catholic record keeping organization, when the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island was separated from the Episcopal 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 Episcopal Diocese of New York gave birth to the Episcopal 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. As I just wrote, the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island takes in all 4 counties (including the Hamlet of Fishers Island in the Town of Southold, which is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford, as in Connecticut). The Episcopal 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: Ms. Nancy Signiore Administrative Assistant to the Deputy for Finance & Administration EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF LONG ISLAND 36 Cathedral Drive Garden City, NY 11530 e-Mail: wkempton@dioceseny.org tel: 516/248-4800, X11 fax: 516/248-1616 Mr. Wayne Kempton Archivist EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK 1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 e-Mail: archives@dioceseny.org tel: 212/316-7419 fax: none For those trying to reach Mr. Wayne Kempton of the NY Diocesan Archives for the Episcopal Church, his new email address is archives@dioceseny.org Back To WORSHIP Main Back To BROOKLYN Main