Methodist Church in the United States
United States Church Records
Methodist Church Records
Contents
History in the United States[edit | edit source]
By 1850 approximately one-third of all American Protestants were Methodists. From about 1820 to 1920 Methodism was the largest Protestant denomination.
Methodist Church Records[edit | edit source]
Types of Church Records[edit | edit source]
- Baptisms (infant and adult)
- Marriages
- Burials
- Ministerial Records
Where they are Located[edit | edit source]
United Methodist Archives Center
Drew University Library
P.O. Box 127
Madison, NJ 07940
Telephone: 201-408-3189
Fax: 201-408-3909
Internet: www.gcah.org
The website for the General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) includes a guide for family history researchers: http://www.gcah.org/research/how-to-research-your-family
The GCAH has also teamed with other United Methodist-affiliated libraries, seminaries, and archives, and the Internet Archive to create the American Methodism Project, a "a digitized collection of interdisciplinary and historical materials related to American Methodism." It can be accessed here: https://archive.org/details/americanmethodism
Cyndi's List - Methodist
http://www.cyndislist.com/methodist/
Ministers[edit | edit source]
A list of Methodist ministers and the churches or circuits they served, extracted from the archives of the church minutes: https://www.ourfamtree.org/records/religion.php?denom=1615&
A list of transfers of Methodist ministers from one conference to another, extracted from the archives of the church minutes: https://www.ourfamtree.org/records/transfers.php
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