This was sent to me and I thought the info was worth passing on to the list. Wanda > This came from another list, so you may have seen it before: > > This may help someone find an ANCESTOR that you may have completely given > up on. Many denominations have collected their records into central > repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where > their records are > located. > > BAPTIST > > Virginia Baptist Historical Society > Boatwright Memorial Library > P.O. Box 34 > University of Richmond > Richmond, Virginia 23173 > > EPISCOPAL > > Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the > Episcopal Church. Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many > records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, > parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not > survived when vestry books have. > > Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Those still > existing are available at the Library of Virginia and the Family History > Library. > Many of them have been published. > > The Church of England (called the Anglican and then the Protestant > Episcopal Church) was the established church in Virginia from 1624 to 1786. > You > may need to study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor > attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps written > by Charles Francis Cocke that can help you identify parish boundaries. > These are listed in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library > Catalog under the author's name. > > METHODIST and METHODIST EPISCOPAL > The Library of Virginia has some Methodist church records in manuscript > form and some on microfilm. > > PRESBYTERIAN > {Presbyterian Church Archives > Union Theological Seminary in Virginia > 3401 Brook Road > Richmond, VA 23227 > Telephone: 804-355-0671 > FAX: 804-355-3919 > -------------------------------------- > > Transcription of obits and other announcements from the Alabama > Christian Advocate have begun, thanks to volunteers from the Methodist-L > list and the Methodist Genealogical Society. If you would like to help, > too, drop me an e-mail. This will be an ongoing project for some time. > > I will be posting some of the obits as I receive them. Eventually, > these will be posted to a web site for access to all. > > Alabama's Christian Advocate is the first publication we are > undertaking. Once finished, we will be transcribing other states and > regions. > > If you have a Methodist ancestor and have not yet had the pleasure of > reading an article in one of the Christian Advocates on your ancestor, > you are in for a delight. They are usually much more detailed than what > you might find in other newspapers of the 19th century. > > Stay tuned... > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > List maintainer, Methodist-L@Rootsweb.com > President, Methodist Genealogical Society > > > > > > > --part1_35.147b9d8.25d750b6_boundary-- > > > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ==== > In addition, see Jeri Helms Fultz' Izard Co. AR webpage at: http://idt.net/~jfultz19/izardco1.htm >