Each parish keeps its own records of baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and funerals as long as it is open – so to obtain a record, you generally need to contact the parish at which the sacrament was conferred. (Exceptions are noted in the final paragraph of this section.)  If you do not know which parish performed the sacrament, you can write to the Vicar General's Office at the archdiocese. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request to: Vicar General's Office 1011 First Avenue New York, NY 10022 Please note that the archdiocese does not have a centralized, searchable database of all sacraments. However, if you are looking for a baptismal or marriage record from before 1919, you now have another option. In 2018, the archdiocese began working with Find My Past, a family history company, to digitize and make searchable all baptismal and marriage records that are 100 or more years old. These documents are available through the Catholic Heritage Archive. For detailed instructions on searching the archdiocese’s records, please watch this video.