This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: clifflamere33 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.albany/7692.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following link will take you to a current list of Catholic Parishes in Albany County, NY. For each, it tells the year it was founded. http://www.rcda.org/parishes_albany.html A few months ago, however, it was announced that in 2009-2010 33 parish churches would be closed in the Albany Diocese which encompasses an area of about 10-12 counties. It includes 9 churches in Albany Co. To do research, it is helpful to know where the records went when the church was closed. I wrote a webpage last month which tries to answer that question. http://www.genealogy.clifflamere.com/Aid/Ch/CH-Catholic-ClosedParishes-Records.htm Cliff Lamere Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.