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The following entries provide information to better direct research. Most entries give repository contact information and a sources to assist the reader in finding and understanding records. The researcher is encouraged to consult the general references at the chapter’s end for a more comprehensive listing of titles.
Entries for a few denominations include brief commentary to identify complicated historical changes that need to be considered when undertaking research. Those entries with commentary may or may not include repository contact information and other sources.
Most denominations have undergone many changes over the years, and they continue to evolve. The church denominational name your ancestor knew may not exist today. It is recommended that the following references be consulted before research begins:
• The American Yearbook of Churches at <www.electronicchurch.org>
• The Billy Graham Research Center at <www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/nowatch.html>
These two sites provide current and more detailed infor-mation about denominations and give links to many archives.
Finally, study the history of the area. For example, in slave-holding states prior to the Civil War, records of the local area’s established churches should be consulted for entries that will include African Americans.
These notes are neither exhaustive nor inclusive but are presented merely to serve as information to better direct research in some denominations.
Adventist
Contact Information
Adventist Heritage Center
James White Library
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI 49104-1400
E-mail address: ahc@andrews.edu

Goddard Library
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
130 Essex Street
South Hamilton, MA 01982
Web address: www.gordonconwell.edu/library/hamilton/index.php

Seventh-Day Adventists General Conference Archives
1501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600
African American Religions
Sources
The Black Church in America. Indianapolis: Lilly Endowment, 1992.
Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity, edited by Wardell J. Payne. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1991.
Encyclopedia of African American Religions, edited by Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward. New York: Garland Publishers, 1993.
Raboteau, Albert J. A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History. Boston: Beach Hill Press, 1995.
Richardson, Harry V. Dark Salvation: The Story of Methodism as It Developed Among Blacks in America. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1976.
Sanders, Cheryl Jeanne. Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentacostal Experience in African-American Religion and Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
African Methodist Episcopal
Commentary
Organized in 1816, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is a United States Methodist Church not affiliated with the United Methodist Church governmentally. It developed from a congregation formed by some Philadelphia-area slaves and former slaves who built Bethel African Methodist Church in that city. In 1799, Richard Allen was ordained minister of the church by Bishop Francis Asbury of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1816, Allen was consecrated as bishop of the newly formed Methodist Episcopal Church. After the Civil War, the church grew rapidly in the South. It holds a general conference every four years and has about 1,200,000 members. The website for the Fifth Episcopal District Headquarters in Los Angeles <www.ame-church.org> has links to dozens of other AME church sites.
Baptists
Commentary
There are approximately 134 separate kinds of Baptists, including Southern, United, Regular, Seed Baptist (Indiana), Primitive, Freewill (sometimes Free Will), Seventh Day, Regular, Landmark, and Independent Fundamental. Try to determine the kind of Baptist your ancestor was and narrow your search to a state and county. Baptists have this basic organizational pattern: churches belong to associations (composed of churches from a particular area/county) and to a state convention. Records are usually maintained by the church, but the associational or state offices can be of assistance in locating a church, or information if the church is defunct. Today, many Baptist archives and repositories, regardless of their own particular affiliation, acquire materials from all types of Baptist denominations. Should the repository that is contacted not have the requested church records, it may still be able to assist in a search.
Contact Information
American Baptist
Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Library of the American Baptist Historical Society
1100 South Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14620-2532
Web address: http://67.98.94.4/abhs

American Baptist Historical Society
Archives Center
PO Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851

Andover Newton Theological School
(including the Backus Historical Society)
210 Herrick Road
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Web address: www.ants.edu/ftlibrary/index.htm
Freewill Baptist
The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collection Library
Bates College
70 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240
Missionary Baptist (Southern)
Southern Baptist Library and Archives
The Southern Baptist Convention Building
901 Commerce Street
Nashville, TN 37203-3630
Web address: www.sbhla.org

Woman’s Missionary Union
Hunt Library and Archives
Highway 280 East
100 Missionary Ridge
Birmingham, AL 35242-5235
E-mail address: library@wmu.org

Special Collection Baptist Historical Collection
Furman University Library
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613
Web address: http://library.furman.edu
Georgia Baptist History Depository
Jack Tarver Library
Mercer University
1300 Edgewood Drive
Macon, GA 31207
Web address: http://mainlib.mercer.edu

North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
PO Box 7777
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7777
Web address: www.wfu.edu/zsr

Special Collections
Riley-Hickingbotham Library
Ouachita Baptist University
Box 3729
Arkadelphia, AR 71998
Web address: www.obu.edu/library

Baptist Center History Library
Baptist Convention of Maryland-Delaware
10255 Old Columbia Road
Columbia, MD 21046-1716

Mississippi Baptist Historical Collection
Leland Speed Library
101 West College Street
PO Box 127
Clinton, MS 39060
E-mail address: library@mc.edu

Virginia Baptist Historical Society Library
PO Box 34
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Special Collection
Samford University Library
800 Lakeshore Dr.
Birmingham, AL 35229
Web address: http://library.samford.edu/about/
special.html

James Boyce Centennial Library
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
2825 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40280
E-mail address: archives@lib.sbts.edu

The Texas Baptist Historical Collection
4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 110
Dallas, Texas 75204
E-mail address: tbhc@bgct.org

The Roberts Library
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
PO Box 22000
Fort Worth, TX 76122
Web address: www.swbts.edu/libraries/roberts.cfm
Primitive Baptist
The Primitive Baptist Library
416 Main Street
Carthage, IL 62321
E-mail address: bwebb9@juno.com
Web address: www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html
Swedish Baptist
Bethel Theological Seminary Library
3949 Bethel Dr.
St. Paul, MN 55112

Swenson Swedish Research Center
Box 175
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201-2296
E-mail address: sag@augustana.edu
Seventh Day Baptist
Seventh Day Baptist Library
Seventh Day Baptist Building
Plainfield, NJ 07060

Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Library
PO Box 1678
Janesville, WI 53547-1678
E-mail address: sdhist@inwave.com
Sources
Brackney, William Henry, ed. Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 3 vols. Nashville: Broadman, [1958]–.
Helmbold, F. Wilbur. “Baptist Records for Genealogy and History.” National Genealogical Quarterly 61 (September 1973): 168–78.

Lasher, George W. The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist Churches in the United States of America. Oxford, Ohio: Ministerial Directory Co., [1899].
Leonard, Bill. Dictionary of Baptists in America. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 1994.
McBeth, Leon. The Baptist Heritage. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman Press, 1987.
McLaughlin, William G. New England Dissent, 1630–1833: The Baptists and Separation of Church and State. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1971.
Menkus, Belden. “The Baptist Sunday School Board and Its Records.” American Archivist 24, no. 4 (October 1961): 441–44.
Piepkorn, Arthur Carl. “The Primitive Baptists of North America.” Baptist History and Heritage 7 (January 1972): 33–51.
Starr, Edward Caryl. A Baptist Bibliography, Being a Register of Printed Material By and About Baptists. 25 vols. Rochester, N.Y.: American Baptist Historical Society, 1947–76.
Brethren in Christ Church
Contact Information
Brethren in Christ Church Historical Library and Archives
Messiah College
PO Box 3002, 1 College Avenue
Grantham, PA 17027-9795
E-mail address: dsteckbe@messiah.edu
Church of the Brethren
Contact Information
Ashland Theological Library
Roger E. Darling Memorial Library
910 Center Street
Ashland, OH 44805
Web address: www.ashland.edu/seminary/academics-library.html

Brethren Historical Library and Archives
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
E-mail address: kshaffer_gb@brethren.org

Beeghly Library
Juniata College
1815 Moore Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
E-mail address: library@juniata.edu

German-American Pietist-Anabaptist background
Bethany Theological Seminary
Butterfield and Meyers Rds.
Oak Brook, IL 60521
Church of Christ, Scientist
Contact Information
Archives and Library of the Mother Church
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Plaza
International Headquarters
175 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Longyear Museum
Daycroft Library
1125 Boylston Street (Route 9)
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
E-mail address: letters@longyear.org
Church of God
Sources
For all bodies under this name, see the current Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches <www.electronicchurch.org>
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (Mormons; Latter-day Saint Church; LDS)
Commentary
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, was organized by Joseph Smith Jr., in Fayette, New York, on 6 April 1830. As membership grew, so did persecution, causing members to move from New York to Ohio, then to Missouri and Illinois. By the late 1840s, the Mormons were again migrating, this time to what would become Utah. A more detailed history is at <www.mormon.org>. In addition to the expected record-keeping of vital events, the Church took a census every four years from 1914 to 1950 (except for 1945 during World War II). Not all members were included, but for many who were, the entire family is listed along with places and dates of birth. In addition, more than in any other denomination, Latter-day Saints are encouraged to keep journals and personal records. Church members have contributed more than eight million family group records for searching by all who are interested in their family’s heritage. Indexes to many of these records will be found online at <www.familysearch.org>. Similar records can also be found on <www.ancestry.com>, including an LDS Member Name Index, 1830–45, and the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.

Contact Information
Family History Library
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400
E-mail address: fhl@ldschurch.org

LDS Church Historical Department
Archives/Library
50 East North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84150

Brigham Young University
Center for Church History
Provo, UT 84602
Sources
Jensen, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Draper, Utah: Gregg Koffard Books, 2003. Also online at <www.ancestry.com>.
Ludlow, Daniel H., ed. Encyclopedia of Mormonism. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Churches of Christ
Contact Information
Harding Graduate School of Religion Library
1000 Cherry Rd.
Memphis, TN 38117
Congregational
Commentary
As a result of mergers, schisms, and other historical developments, at least three denominations contain Congregational Churches or former Congregational Churches: Congregational Christian Churches (National Association), Unitarian Universalist Association, and the United Church of Christ. Many early Congregational Church records will be found in compilations such as Jay Mack Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Institute, 1983) series published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society and in other New England town vital record books.
Contact Information
Congregational Library and Archive
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Sources
Taylor, Richard H. Southern Congregational Churches. Benton Harbor, Mich.: R. H. Taylor, 1994.
Youngs, J. William T. The Congregationalists. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Disciples of Christ
Contact Information
Christian Theological Seminary
1000 W. 42nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Web address: www.cts.edu

Carl Johann Memorial Library
Culver-Stockton College
#1 College Hill
Canton, MO 63435

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society
1101 Nineteenth Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Web address: www.dishistsoc.org

Lexington Theological Seminary
631 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
Web address: www.lextheo.edu/library.html

Mary Couts Burnett Library
Texas Christian University
PO Box 198400
Fort Worth, TX 76219
Sources
Garrison, W. E., and A. T. DeGroot. The Disciples of Christ, a History. St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1948.
Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. Quest for a Christian American 1800–1865: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ. Vol 1. in the series, Religon and American Culture. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003.
———. Sources of Division in the Disciples of Christ, 1865–1900. Vol 2. in the series, Religon and American Culture. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003.
Episcopal Church U.S.A.—see also Protestant Episcopal
Contact Information
The Archives of the Episcopal Church U.S.A.
Records Administration Office: Episcopal Church Center
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017-4594
E-mail address: Research@episcopalarchives.org

Historical Society of the Episcopal Church
PO Box 2098
Manchaca, Texas 78652-2098
Evangelical Congregational Church
Contact Information
Evangelical Congregational Historical Society
Evangelical School of Theology
121 S. College Street
Meyerstown, PA 17067
E-mail address: theisey@evangelical.edu
Evangelical Covenant Church of America
Contact Information
Evangelical Covenant Church of America
Archives and Special Collections of North Park University
3225 West Foster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4895
E-mail address: archives@northpark.edu
Evangelical Free Church of America
Contact Information
Evangelical Free Church of America
901 East 78th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55420
E-mail address: adminfin@efca.org
Evangelical United Brethren Church—see also Methodist
Sources
Leedy, Roy B. The Evangelical Church in Ohio Being a History of the Ohio Conference and Merged Conferences of the Evangelical Church in Ohio, Now the Evangelical United Brethren Church, 1816–1951. Cleveland: Evangelical Press, 1959.
Greek Orthodox
Contact Information
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America
Department of Archives
8 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
E-mail address: archives@goarch.org

For other Eastern Orthodox Church archives, see the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches <www.electronicchurch.org>.
Huguenot (French Protestants of the Reformed Church)
Contact Information
The Huguenot Historical Society
18 Broadhead Avenue
New Paltz, NY 12561
E-mail address: library@hhs-newpaltz.org
The Huguenot Society of America
122 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022
Web address: www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org

The National Huguenot Society
9033 Lyndale Avenue S. #108
Bloomington, MN 55420-3535
Web address: www.huguenot.netnation.com
Sources
Allen, Cameron. “Records of the Huguenots in the United States, Canada, and the West Indies with Some Mention of Dutch and German Sources.” A paper delivered at the World Conference on Records and Genealogical Seminar, 5–8 August 1969, Area F-10, Salt Lake City, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FHL microfiche 6039362. Much of this material also appears in “Huguenot Migrations” in the American Society of Genealogists, Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources, 256–90. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Genealogists, 1971.
Baird, Charles W. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. 2 vols. reprinted as one. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998.
Butler, Jon. Huguenots in America: A Refugee People in New World Society (Harvard Historical Mongraphs). Harvard University Press, 1984.
Jewish
Contact Information
American Jewish Archives
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Web address: www.americanjewisharchives.org/intro.html

American Jewish Historical Society
10 Thornton Dr.
Waltham, MA 02154
Web address: www.ajhs.org

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
555 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Sources
Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. 1985–. PO Box 900, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
Kurzweil, Arthur, and Elie Wiesel. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History. New York: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. 1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998. Especially note chapter 6, “Jewish Sources in America.”
Stern, Malcolm H. First American Jewish Families: 600 Genealogies, 1654–1977. 1978; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991.
Lutheran
Commentary
Lutheran church records rank among the best available in terms of research content and preservation. They are invaluable for tracing German or Scandinavian ancestors, even though the numerous synods may appear baffling. Frederick S. Weiser, an authority on German records, has translated, transcribed, and published volumes of primarily Lutheran church records and documents of Lutheran pastors. His publications, both monographs and periodical articles, focus on the Lutheran church records from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York.
As a result of a merger in 1988, the majority of American Lutherans now belong to a unified body called the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
The American Church, formed in 1960, was composed largely of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Norwegian American), the United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Danish American), and American Lutheran Church (Midwestern German American). The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was formed in 1962 by the consolidation of the Augustana Evangelical Church (Swedish American), Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Finnish American), American Evangelical Lutheran Church (Danish American), and the United Lutheran Church in America (German American) churches of the eastern and midwestern United States.
Contact Information
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
321 Bonnie Lane
Elk Grove, IL 60007
E-mail address: archives@elca.org

The creation of the ELCA also began an archival system featuring regional repositories

ELCA Region 1 Archives (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
Mortvedt Library
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA 98447-0013
Web address: www.plu.edu

ELCA Region 2 Archives (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
2770 Marin Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708-1597
Web address: www.plts.edu

ELCA Region 3 Archives (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
2481 Como Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55108-1445

ELCA Region 4 Archives (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)

For Arkansas and Oklahoma:
Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod
4803 S. Lewis Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74105-5199

For Kansas and Missouri:
Bethany College
Wallerstedt Learning Center
421 N. First Street
Lindsborg, Kansas 67456-1897
Web address: www.bethanylb.edu

For Texas and Louisiana:
The Rev. Arnold Moede
205 Coventry
Seguin, TX 78155

For Nebraska:
Ms. Vivian Peterson
1325 N. Platte Ave.
Fremont, NE 68025

ELCA Region 5 Archives (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, upper Michigan)
333 Wartburg Place
Dubuque, IA 52003-7797

ELCA Region 6 Archives (Indiana, Kentucky, lower Michigan, Ohio)
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
2199 E. Main Street
Columbus, OH 43209
Web address: www.trinitylutheranseminary.edu/Library-EducationalResources/HammaLibrary.asp

ELCA Region 7 Archives (New York [except Metropolitan New York City], New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, New England, and the non-geographic Slovak-Zion Synod)
Lutheran Archives Center
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
E-mail address: mtairyarchives@ltsp.edu

For Metropolitan New York Synod:
Lutheran Church Archives
Hormann Library
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY 10301

ELCA Region 8 Archives (Delaware, Maryland, central and western Pennsylvania, northern Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.)

For western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and western Maryland:
Archives
Thiel College
75 College Avenue
Greenville, PA 16125

For central Pennsylvania, Delaware, eastern Maryland, and Washington, D.C.:
A. R. Wentz Library
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg, PA 17325

ELCA Region 9 Archives (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Caribbean Synod)

For North Carolina:
ELCA North Carolina Synod
1988 Lutheran Synod Drive
Salisbury, NC 28144

For South Carolina:
ELCA South Carolina Synod
PO Box 43
Columbia, SC 29202-0043

For Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Caribbean Synod:
ELCA Region 9 Archives
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
4201 N. Main Street
Columbia, SC 29203
Web address: www.ltss.edu
For Virginia:
ELCA Virginia Synod
PO Drawer 70
Salem, VA 24153
Sources
Bodensieck, Julius, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church. 3 vols. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1965.
Luecker, Erwin L., ed. Lutheran Cyclopedia. St. Louis: Concordia, 1975.
Nelson, E. Clifford, ed. The Lutherans in North America. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2003.
Roebel, A. G. Palatines, Liberty, and Property: German Lutherans in Colonial British America. Reprint, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Wittman, Elisabeth. “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Archives.” Illinois Libraries 74 (November 1992): 467–69.
Lutheran—Finnish American Churches
Contact Information
Finnish American Historical Archives
Finlandia University
601 Quincy Street
Hancock, MI 49930
Lutheran—Missouri Synod
Commentary
The second largest Lutheran denomination is the Missouri Synod. This church is much more theologically conservative than those that merged to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Largely Midwestern and German in background, it also contains some Slovak and Finnish Lutheran congregations.
Contact Information
Concordia Historical Institute
Department of Archives and History of the Missouri Synod (LCMS)
801 De Mun Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
E-mail address: webmaster@chi.lcms.org
Lutheran—Swedish American Churches
Contact Information
The Swenson Center
Box 175
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201-2296
E-mail address: sag@augustana.edu
Lutheran—Wisconsin Synod (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod)
Commentary
This denomination is ultra-conservative in its doctrine. It is German American in background, and the congregations are concentrated in the upper Midwest with a scattering elsewhere.
Contact Information
WELS Archives
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
1831 N. Seminary Drive, 65W
Mequon, WI 53092
E-mail address: archives@wls.wels.net
Mennonites
Commentary
Founded in Switzerland in the 1500s after secession from the Zurich state church, the followers of Jacob Ammann broke from the other Mennonites in Switzerland and Alsace in 1693. Most Amish Mennonites immigrated to Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century when others rejoined the main Mennonite group. Mennonites place the Bible as the sole rule of faith and shun worldly ways and modern innovation (education and technology). The sacraments are adult baptism and communion.
Contact Information
Contact Information for Selected Mennonite Historical Libraries and Archives
Web address: www.bethelks.edu/services/mla/guide/guide.html

Mennonite Historical Library
1700 S. Main
Goshen, IN 46526
E-mail address: mhl@goshen.edu
Web address: www.goshen.edu/mhl

Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
1717 South Chestnut Avenue
Fresno, CA 93702
Web address: http://fresno.edu/dept/library/cmbs

Mennonite Historical Library
Musselman Library
Bluffton College
280 West College Avenue, Ste.1
Bluffton, OH 45817-1196

Mennonite Library and Archives
Bethel College
300 East 27th Street
North Newton, KS 67117-0531
Web address: www.bethelks.edu

Menno Simons Historical Library Hartzler Library
Eastern Mennonite University
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462
Web address: www.emu.edu/library

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
2215 Millstream Rd.
Lancaster, PA 17602
Web address: www.lmhs.org
Sources
The Mennonite Encyclopedia. 5 vols. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1990.
Methodist
Commentary
Today’s Methodist Church is the descendent of several predecessors. They are (briefly) the following: Methodist Episcopal Church (1784–1939), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1845–1939), Methodist Protestant Church (1828–1939), Methodist Church (1939–1968), United Brethren in Christ (1800–1946), Evangelical Association (1803–1922), United Evangelical Church (1894–1922), Evangelical Church (1922–1946), Evangelical United Brethren (1946–1968), and United Methodist Church (1968–present). For further details, consult the time line at <www.gcah.org/UMC_timeline.htm>. In addition to church and conference records, the Methodists published state conference newspapers, such as the nineteenth-century Southern Christian Advocate. An index to obituaries in the Southern Christian Advocate (1837–1948, South Carolina Methodist Advocate (1948–1968) and South Carolina United Methodist Advocate (1968– ) is at Wofford College Library Archives (Spartenburg, S.C.) at <www.wofford.edu/sandorTeszlerLibrary/archives/archivesObituarySearchForm.asp>.
The Evangelical United Brethren published some English and some foreign-language newspapers; an index to the obituaries in several of these UB denominational papers is at <www.huntington.edu/ubhc/ubhcobit.html>. An index to the following denominational newspapers may be searched at <www.huntington.edu/ubhc/ubhcobit.html>: Christian Conservator (1885–1954) The United Brethren (1954–1994); The UB (1994–2003); The Religious Telescope (1834–1849); Der Christliche Apologete, 1888–January 1889; Der Christliche Botschafter, selections from 1836–1865, Die Deutsche Telescope (The German Telescope), April 1847–April 1850; Evangelical Messenger, 1848–1866; Die Evangelische Zeitschrift (The Evangelical Journal), January–November 1894; Der Frohliche Botschafter (The Joyful Messenger), December 1851–April 1866; and Die Geschaeftige Martha (The Busy Martha), July 1841–December 1851.
Contact Information
Archives and Special Collections
Roy O. West Library
DePauw University
Greencastle, IN 46153
Web address: www.archives@depauw.edu

Center for Evangelical United Brethren Studies
United Theological Seminary
1810 Harvard Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45406
Web address: www.utscom@united.edu

Center for Methodist Studies at Bridwell Library
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75222
Web address: www.smu.edu/bridwell/html/studies.html

Historical Society of The United Methodist Church
Web address: http://historicalsocietyunitedmethodistchurch.org/genealogy.htm

Interdenominational Theological Center Library
671 Beckwith Street S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
Web address: www.itc.edu

Manuscript Department
Duke University Library
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706
Web address: www.lib.duke.edu

Marston Memorial Historical Center and Archives
Free Methodist Church
PO Box 535002
Indianapolis, IN 46253-5002
E-mail address: History@fmcna.org

New England Methodist Historical Society Library
Boston University
School of Theology
745 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Pitts Theology Library
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Web address: www.pitts.emory.edu

The Swenson Swedish Center
Box 175
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL 61201

The United Library
2121 Sheridan
Evanston, IL 60201
E-mail address: k-kordesh@garrett.edu

United Methodist Archives Center
General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church
PO Box 127
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07940
Web address: http://depts.drew.edu/lib/methodist/index.html
Sources
Batsel, John, and Lyda Batsel. Union List of United Methodist Serials 1773–1973. General Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church with the United Methodist Librarians Fellowship, and Garrett Theological Seminar, 1974.
General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church. The Directory. Madison, N.J.: United Methodist Church, 1981.
Harmon, Nolan B., ed. The Encyclopedia of World Methodism. 2 vols. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974. Prepared and edited under the supervision of the World Methodist Council and the Commission on Archives and History.
Minutes of the Methodist Conferences Annually Held in America; From 1773 to 1813 Inclusive Volume The First. New York: 1813; reprint, Swainsboro, Ga.: Magnolia Press, 1983.
Richey, Russell E., and Kenneth Rowe, eds. The Methodist Experience in American: A Sourcebook. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.
Moravian
Contact Information
Moravian Archives
41 West Locust Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
E-mail address: morarchbeth@enter.net
Moravian Archives
Box L
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
E-mail address: nblum@mcsp.org

Moravian Historical Society
214 East Center Street
Nazareth, PA 18064
Web address: www.moravianhistoricalsociety.org
Sources
Fries, Adelaide, et al. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, 1752–1866. 11 vols. out of print. Vol. 12, 1856–66, edited by C. Daniel Crews and Lisa D. Bailey. Raleigh: North Carolina Archives, 2002.
Hamilton, J. Taylor, and Kenneth G. Hamilton. History of the Moravian Church: The renewed Unitas Fratum, 1722–1957. Bethlehem, Pa.: Interprovincial Board of Christian Education, 1967.
Hamilton, Kenneth G. “The Resources of the Moravian Church Archives.” Pennsylvania History 27 (1960): 263–72.
Reichel, Levin T. The Moravians in North Carolina. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2002; reprint of 1857 editon.
Native American Religions
Sources
Carmody, Denise Lardner, and John Tully Carmondy. Native American Religions. New York: Paulist Press, 1993.
Collins, John James. Native American Religions: A Geographical Survey. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
McCoy, Isaac. History of Baptist Indian Missions. 1840; reprint, Springfield, Mo.: Particular Baptist Press, 2003.
Shea, John Gilmary. History of the Catholic Missions among the Indian Tribes of the United States. New York: Arno Press, 1969.
Nazarene
Contact Information
Nazarene Archives/Church of the Nazarene
6401 The Paseo
Kansas City, MO 64131
E-mail address: archives@nazarene.org
Pentecostal
Contact Information
Holy Spirit Research Center
Oral Roberts University
7777 South Lewis Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74171
E-mail address: hsrc@oru.edu
Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
Assemblies of God Archives
1445 Boonville Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802
E-mail address: Archives@ag.org

Hal Bernard Dixon, Jr. Pentecostal Research Center
Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.)
260 11th Street, N.E.
Cleveland, TN 37311
E-mail address: Dixon_research@leeuniversity.edu

International Pentecostal Church Archives and Research Center
PO Box 12609
Oklahoma City, OK 73157
E-mail address: archives@iphc.org
Presbyterian
Commentary
The father of America Presbyterianism was Francis Makemie (1658–1708), of Scotch-Irish descent, who came to the eastern shore of Maryland in 1683 where he began preaching. In 1716 the Synod of Philadelphia was formed. The colonial revival caused a temporary division (1745–58) into Old Side and New Side bodies. Presbyterianism grew rapidly and by the beginning of the Revolution ranked second to Congregationalism as the most numerous religious body in the colonies. The Plan of Union of 1801 provided for cooperation between Presbyterians and Congregationlists on the frontier, and a large number of Congregational churches became Presbyterian. Resulting controversy divided the main body of American Presbyterians into Old School and New School bodies in 1837–38. Division over the Civil War caused the southern bodies to form the Presbyterian Church in the United States; the northern wings merged in 1869–70 as the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The United Presbyterian church was formed in 1858 by the union of two covenanter groups, the Associate Reformed and the Associate. In 1958 the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. merged with the United Presbyterian Church as the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The sacraments are infant baptism and communion. The church is organized as a system of courts in which clergy and lay members participate at local, regional, and national levels. Services are simple with emphasis on the sermon.
Contact Information
Presbyterian Historical Society
Montreat Office
PO Box 849
Montreat, NC 28757
Web address: www.history.pcusa.org
Philadelphia Office
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
Web address: www.history.pcusa.org

Presbyterian Historical Center
12330 Conway Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
Telephone: (314) 469-9077
Web address: www.pcanet.org/history/collections.html

McCormick Theological Seminary
McGaw Library
5555 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Princeton Theological Seminary
Speer Library
Mercer Street and Library Place
PO Box 111
Princeton, NJ 08540
Sources
Beecher, Willis Judson. Index of Presbyterian ministers containing names of all ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [1883].
Hall, William K. The Shane Manuscript Collection: A Genealogical Guide to the Kentucky and Ohio Papers. Galveston, Tex.: Frontier Press, 1990.
Hart, D. G., ed. Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999.
Miller, William B. “Church Records of the United States: Presbyterian.” A paper delivered at the World Conference on Records and Genealogical Seminar, 5–8 August 1969, Salt Lake City, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Spence, Thomas H., Jr. The Historical Foundation and Its Treasures. Montreat, N.C.: Historical Foundation, 1960.
Union Catalog of Presbyterian Manuscripts. Presbyterian Library Association, 1964.
Witherspoon, E. D., comp. Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church, U.S., 1861–1967. Doraville, Ga.: Foote and Davis, 1967.
Protestant Episcopal—Episcopal Church, USA
Commentary
The Episcopal Church does not maintain central membership lists. The local church maintains its records, unless it becomes defunct, then the records are transferred to the diocesan archives. To determine whether a particular church is active, contact the archives or use an Episcopal Web resource, such as <http://anglicansonline.org/usa>, which lists by state all ECUSA churches and provides information about the denomination.
For information regarding records of the colonial Church of England in what is now the United States, consult the collection at Lambeth’s Palace in London and those of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Society kept extensive records of the colonists requesting parish priests and complaining about the “dissenters” and reports and letters of more than three hundred missionaries. These records have been microfilmed and are available at many archival and academic repositories.
Contact Information
Archives of the Episcopal Church
606 Rathervue Place
PO Box 2247
Austin, TX 78768
E-mail address: Research@episcopalarchives.org
Sources
O’Connor, Daniel. Three Centuries of Mission: The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 1701–2000. New York: Continuum, 2000.
Painter, Bordon W. The Anglican Vestry in Colonial America. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1965.
Reformed Church in America or Dutch Reformed
Commentary
This denomination was established in North America in New Amsterdam. The first services were held on Manhattan Island in 1628, and a church was built as early as 1633. Until becoming the Reformed Church in America (RCA) in 1867, this denomination was known as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. It was the only Christian denomination permitted to hold public worship in New Amsterdam until the English takeover of 1664. The Dutch minister married nearly every couple and baptized nearly every child in the city prior
to that time, conducting these sacraments for all nationalities and races. Manhattan’s collegiate Dutch Reformed churches form a corporation within the RCA that owns the original records of the collegiate churches from 1639 (only copies exist
of the earliest registers) through 1806, when some churches began to keep their own registers. Transcripts have been published by The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) in various forms, such as Harry Macy Jr., “Dutch Reformed Records of New York City in the NYG&B Library,” NYG&B Newsletter (Spring 1994). It may also be found online at online at The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, <www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org>. The NYG&B Society has also published Hugh Hastings, Ecclesiastical Records State of New York, 1901–16 (Albany: J. B. Lyons, state printer, 1901–1916), which features selected transcripts of the church administrative records and correspondence. See also The Holland Society of New York for lists of members, 1649–1829, and other holdings.
Contact Information
General
Holland Society of New York
Manuscript Collection
122 East 58th
New York, NY 10022
E-mail address: hollsc@aol.com

Archives of the Reformed Church in America.
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
21 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
E-mail address: rgasero@rca.org
Dutch
Christian Reformed

Heritage Hall
The Archives of Calvin College and Theological Seminary
3201 Burton Street, SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
German—see United Church of Christ

For other Reformed churches, see the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches <www.electronicchurch.org>
Sources
De Jong, Gerald Francis. The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1978.
A Guide to Local Church Records in the Archives of the Reformed Church in America. New Brunswick, N.J.: Reformed Church in America Archives. A regularly updated guide; ordering instructions at <www.rca.org>.
The Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628–2000. Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America, no. 37. Edited by Russell Gasero. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2001.
Roman Catholic
Commentary
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian church in the world. Traditionally Catholic records have been kept at the parish level, so the vast majority of sacramental records (baptism, marriage, communion, confirmation, burial, and other original records) will be found at the church in which the event took place. However, older records and those of closed parishes have often been moved to diocesan archives or occasionally to historical societies or university archives. Locating records of older churches can be challenging. Begin looking for the church at the parish level and then consult local diocesan sources, which can at least provide information on where those records can be found. Links to many helpful sites dealing with historical and record-keeping information can be found at the World Wide Catholic Web Directory at <www.catholic.net/RCC/Indices>. This site also has links to various dioceses and parishes, religious orders, schools, colleges, and universities.
Contact Information
Special Collections Division
Joseph Mark Lauinger Library
Georgetown University
3700 O Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20057-1006
Web address: www.library.georgetown.edu

University of Notre Dame Archives
607 Hesburgh Library
Nortre Dame, IN 46556
E-mail address: Archives.1@nd.edu

American Catholic History Research Center & University
101 Life Cycle Institute
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
Sources
Baton Rouge Diocese. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records. 21 vols., 1707–1898. Baton Rouge: Diocese of Baton Rouge Department of the Archives, 1978–.
Curran, Francis X., S. J. Catholics in Colonial Law. Chicago, 1965; reprint, Clark, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 2003.
Ellis, John Tracy. Catholics in Colonial America. Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1963.
Findlen, George L. “The 1917 Code of Canon Law: A Resource for Understanding Catholic Church Registers.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 93 (June 2005): 126–47.
Hebert, Donald J Southwest Louisiana Records, to 1897, and Southern Louisiana Records, to 1895. 40 vols. Eunice, La.: Hebert Publications. Translates and transcribes several Louisiana parishes.
Humling, Virginia. U.S. Catholic Sources: A Diocesan Research Guide. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1995.
Linck, Joseph C. Fully Instructed and Vehemently Influenced: Catholic Preaching in Anglo-Colonial America. Philadelphia: St. Josephs University Press, 2002.
McAvoy, Thomas T. “Catholic Archives and Manuscript Collections.” American Archivist 24 (1961): 409–14.
The Official Catholic Directory. National Register Publishing, 2001.
O’Toole, James M. “Catholic Records: A Genealogical and Historical Resource.” Register (October 1989): 251–63.
Salvationists—The Salvation Army
Contact Information
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
Archives Center
615 Slaters Lane
PO Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313
Schwenkfelder
Contact Information
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
150 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
E-mail address: info@schwenkfelder.com
Shakers—The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
Contact Information
Shaker Library
707 Shaker Road
New Gloucester, ME 04260
E-mail address: brooksl@shaker.lib.me.us

Williams College
Archives and Special Collections
55 Sawyer Library Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
Web address: www.Williams.edu/library/archives

Western Reserve Historical Society
History Library
10825 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Society of Friends (Quaker)
Commentary
The Society of Friends was an important religious group from the seventeenth century onward in North America. They spread throughout New England and into New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. The Quakers are organized into meetings designated for worship (First Day Meetings), congregational business (Monthly Meetings), meetings that combine a group of congregations from a specific area that come together for worship and business (Quarterly Meetings), and meetings that have jurisdiction over a wide geographical area (Yearly Meetings). Quakers usually chose not to register marriages in civil records prior to the close of the nineteenth century, and most Quakers did not use tombstones until the mid-nineteenth century. These omissions add importance to the consistent and thorough record-keeping found in Quaker meeting records, which record a family’s births, deaths, and marriages. Certificates of removal were issued when a Quaker moved from one meeting to another and also appear in the monthly meeting minutes of both the transferring and receiving congregations.
Contact Information
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1905
Web address: www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends

The Quaker Collection @ Magill Historical Library
Haverford College Library
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
E-mail address: genealog@Haverford.edu

The Quaker Collection @ The Hege Library
Guilford College Library
5800 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410
Web address: www.guilford.edu/library/fhc

Archives New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906

QuakerMeetings.com
A website with information about all the Quaker congregations (Meetings) that have ever existed in the United States.
Sources
Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part One through Six (1962–1975) with Index. By Willard Heiss. Indiana Historical Society, 1972. Covers Indiana Meetings. Reissued as volume 7 of Hinshaw’s Encyclopedia series. The Indiana Historical Society did not release the Heiss work for inclusion in the CD.
Berry, Ellen, and David Berry. Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002; reprint of 1987 edition.
Comfort, William W. “Quaker Marriage Certificates.” Friends Historical Bulletin 40 (1951): 67–80.
Elliot, Errol T. Quakers in the American Frontier: History of the Westward Migrations, Settlements, and Developments of Friends on the American Continent. Richmond, Ind.: Friends United Press, 1969.
Heiss, Willard. Abstracts of Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana. Volume 7 of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by Hinshaw (see following). Vol 7 published Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1977. Revised by Ruth Dorell and Thomas Hamm in 1986.
Hinshaw, William Wade, ed. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–96. Available on CD-ROM from Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore. Also available on Ancestry.com.
Index to Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. CD-ROM. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999.
Jacobsen, Phebe R. Quaker Records in Maryland. Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records, 1966.
Jones, Rufus M. The Quakers in the American Colonies. 1911; reprint, New York: Russell and Russell, 1962.
Unitarian and Universalist
Contact Information
Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

Curator, Manuscripts and Archives
Harvard University Divinity School
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138-1994

Meadville Theological School of Lombard College
Wiggin Memorial Library
5701 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
E-mail address: rsuszek@meadville.edu
Congregational
Congregational Christian Historical Society
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02420
Web address: www.14beacon.org

Divinity Library and University Library
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520

Hartford Theological Seminary Library
Hartford, CT 06105

Harvard Divinity School Library
Cambridge, MA 02140
Evangelical and Reformed
Evangelical Synod Archives
Eden Theological Seminary
475 East Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
Web address: www.eden.edu/Archives/edenarch.html

Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society
Philip Schaff Library
Lancaster Theological Seminary
555 West James Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
E-mail address: erhs@lts.org
The United Church of Christ
Commentary
The heritage and history of the United Church of Christ incorporates several antecedent traditions. The United Church of Christ was founded in 1957, when the Evangelical and Reformed Church united with the Congregational Christian Churches. The Evangelical and Reformed Church was formed in 1934 by the merger of the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) and the Evangelical Synod of America. The Congregational Christian Church was formed in the 1800s. The United Church of Christ is organized by congregations, which are represented at a general synod that sets policy.
Contact Information
Archives of the United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
E-mail address: kellyb@ucc.org
Sources
Clark, Elmer T. The Small Sects in America. Rev. ed. New York: DIANE Publishing Co., 1981; revision of 1937 edition.
Hinke, William J. “German Reformed Church Records in Pennsylvania.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 37, 2 (June 1949): 33–38.
Rosenberger, Francis C. “German Church Records of the Shenandoah Valley as a Genealogical Source.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 66 (April 1958): 195–200.

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	The following entries provide information to better direct research. Most entries give repository contact information and a sources to assist the reader in finding and understanding records. The researcher is encouraged to consult the general references at the chapter’s end for a more comprehensive listing of titles.		The following entries provide information to better direct research. Most entries give repository contact information and a sources to assist the reader in finding and understanding records. The researcher is encouraged to consult the general references at the chapter’s end for a more comprehensive listing of titles.