Student Records at the Chicago Archdiocese

Did you know you can request records from the Chicago Archdiocese?  Rita Moore Lofersky (Class of 1959) requested her records and sent this message:

Here is a list of teachers that I had during my eight year career at STA from 1952 to 1959:

1952 - Sister Immaculata
1953 - Sister Gilbert
1954 - Mrs. Lane
1955 - Sister Pearce
1956 - Sister Beatrice
1957 and 1958 - Sister Eva
1959 - Sister Constance

I have this information from my school records.  Anyone can get theirs.  Go to the Archdiocese of  Chicago website.  Go to school records and a form will come up.  Follow the steps and mail it in (along with the fee, of course).  I received a record for each year along with an overview of the entire eight years and even a picture of me from 1st grade.  I'm into genealogy hence the reason I sent away for the records.

Rita Moore Lofersky


Just go to their website at: 

http://www.archchicago.org/

Click on "About the Archdiocese" at the left of the homepage

Then click on "Archives and Records" in the drop down window

A new page will open, and on the left hand side click on "Student Records Request"
And, up pops the form you need to fill out to request your records.


Information from the Chicago Archdiocese Website:

School Records

The records for approximately 250 closed Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago are located at the Archives. Access to these records is restricted. Researchers are not entitled to the complete school record. Under provisions of federal law and Archdiocesan policy, they are only allowed "Directory Information". This includes: name and address, telephone number, birthday, birthplace, major field of study, participation in school activities, weigh and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, awards received, previous schools attended, the student’s photograph, and the parish in which the student resides. This information is taken from the student’s record at the time the student attended the school. Current information is not available from the Archives under any circumstances. There is a $10.00 fee per name for this service.  

THE NON-REFUNDABLE FEE OF $10.00 PER RECORD AND A COPY OF A PHOTO IDENTIFICATION MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FORM.  CASH, CASHIER'S CHECKS, OR MONEY ORDERS ARE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT.  UNFORTUNATELY, NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED.  MAKE CASHIER'S CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO. MAIL TO 711 W. MONROE ST., CHICAGO IL 60661.

 

This is a great way to locate some fascinating bits of data about yourself or even your parents if they attended a Catholic school in Chicago.

Thanks to Rita Moore Lofersky (Class of 1959) for alerting us to this resource and thanks also for reminding us of our wonderful teachers we had at STA.