Cool! Thanks, Lou! Hi, Jan! The Methodists were/are compulsive record keepers. That must be where The Salvation Army got its even more compulsive roll-keeping. We even go over and clean up those rolls every year at review and revision. But then, the Founder, William Booth came from the Methodist New Connexion. Funny thing, when we were Sally officers I found people on my roll books that were 115 and more years old because no one knew to check the US Social Security Death Index to see if they had been "promoted to Glory." Great genealogy records! I would recommend that you contact the Methodist church nearest where your people lived. If they don't have the records there, they will likely know where they are archived or if they still exist. I would also look at the Non-Conformist records at Family Search and I've found a few at Ancestry. They bring more of them on-line all the time. Who are you looking for? I may be able to help. ​Kind Regards, Susan​

Hi Susan Thanks for your offer of help. I have several Methodist ancestors in Lincs. and, at present, am not doing any extending of my search. Your advice re contacting the church nearest to them is good and I'll try that when I get back into it more. Thanks again Jan Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 00:11:20 -0500 Subject: Re: May Theme: Methodist Records From: s3js9938@gmail.com To: oziepoms@live.com.au; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Cool! Thanks, Lou! Hi, Jan! The Methodists were/are compulsive record keepers. That must be where The Salvation Army got its even more compulsive roll-keeping. We even go over and clean up those rolls every year at review and revision. But then, the Founder, William Booth came from the Methodist New Connexion. Funny thing, when we were Sally officers I found people on my roll books that were 115 and more years old because no one knew to check the US Social Security Death Index to see if they had been "promoted to Glory." Great genealogy records! I would recommend that you contact the Methodist church nearest where your people lived. If they don't have the records there, they will likely know where they are archived or if they still exist. I would also look at the Non-Conformist records at Family Search and I've found a few at Ancestry. They bring more of them on-line all the time. Who are you looking for? I may be able to help. ​Kind Regards, Susan​