Hi Marla (Brent?) and other interested folks! I too had relatives that were members of the Methodist Episopal Church, so your post whetted my curiosity. Following Kelvin's good suggestion, I found this delightful little paragraph at: http://www.umc.org/abouttheumc/history/ "The United Methodist Church is the result of the 1939 merger of three Methodist bodies (Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South and Methodist Protestant churches), and a 1968 union of the Evangelical United Brethren and The Methodist churches." So there we have it then! If you do figure out how to access any past church records, please pass that information on to me either personally or through this list, or both! Thanks! Marsha Strong Gainesville, FL