With all the changes that have been made to the closing of many of the churches and the name merging I wouldn't know where to begin. There is a lot of frustration in trying to get information. Even cemetery cards are hard to see from St. Agnes. A few years back there was never a problem, now it is not easy. Even 5 years ago when my mother died I was not able to check out other family records!!!!!!!! St. John's church was demolished when the City put in the South Mall....took down rows of houses.
Try checking out the City Directories to see where the families lived. Or write to St. Agnes cemetery to get a plot number and those who are buried in that plot. It will give a little info. Our Lady Help of Christian's records have been transferred to St. Agnes. I'm not certain what has happened to the Old St. John's cemetery
I attended grammar school at St. James and graduated from V.I. in 1958. My parents were married at St. James, and so was I. Of my classmates are very upset by what has happened with the churches and the diffulty in trying to obtain records. Very difficult for anyone doing genealogy.
Marriage records were not required in the city before 1880 - The Albany Hall of Records has some early records of those who registered. The earlies records are faded. Most of the records are indexed - and if you do your own research it's 50 cents to print the page. The records give the parents names, age of those getting married and occupation, address etc.
With a little luck you might find some information about your family from a FREE web page called "Old Fulton NY Postcards". They have newspaper articles from a vast area of New York State, including Albany.
Good luck,
Joan A.