After the closing of St. Josaphat Elementary and High Schools (1960), the records were transferred to the Archdiocese of Detroit. In addition, there are two journals in the parish archives that list the names of all students enrolled in grades 1-12, along with their father’s name and their street addresses. One journal was for the school years of 1942-43 through 1951-52 and a second one for the school years 1952-53 through 1959-60.

These records could prove to be invaluable to genealogists. If you are interested in your family's genealogy, you should first check out the records on microfilm as they will be your best resource. These older records have a great deal of information in them. Also, if you know your family members were parishioners at St. Josaphat, you might consider posting what information you have about them on the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan website. There is a message board there that is specifically for genealogy-related questions about Detroit Area Churches. That would be a good place to ask any questions you might have about the history of the parish or school or records pertaining to the parish or school.

If you think your family were members of St. Josaphat Church but you can't find them in any of the parish records, consider looking at records for Sweetest Heart of Mary Church or St. Albertus Church. These other two parishes were also ethnic Polish parishes and the churches are in easy walking distance of each other.