Many of the churches are still there; yes, they are now United Methodist Churches. You will need to determine which UB church, and then which UMC it became. You can then write to the church and ask about the records. If you don't know which name it became, or which church it merged with, you can contact the local district office. The United Bretheran conference and district records (few local church records) are in the UMC archives. See www.gcah.org for how to obtain clergy obituaries and who has the archives in a given area. Also, check at www.owu.edu ---- click on library, and then go to church archives. Ohio Wesleyan has many East Ohio and West Ohio conference records; they are NOT yet fully indexed however. I was able to obtain a 1944 obit for Minnie Agnes Worstell (m. George Hall, 2nd m. GK Harman) from the GCAH. She first joined a UB church in Emporia, KS; graduated from Otterbein College; was ordained and served at Custer, St.Mary's and Johnsville, Wallbridge & Mt. Zion, in Ohio & was "sent West" as a missionary to Laredo and Harlem, Montana. She died in Puenta, Calif. and is buried in the Feed Spring cemetary. J.R. Maxwell Seventh generation UMC, raising the eighth generation Date sent: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:50:39 -0600 From: "Wolff, Taj" <taj.wolff@vanderbilt.edu> To: OHHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHHARRIS] United Bretheren Church Does anyone know if there are any records for the United Brethren Church in Harrison Co. My understanding is United Brethren merged with United Methodist in 1968. I'm looking for records in the early 1800s. Thanks, - --------------------------------------------------------------- Taj Wolff ______________________________
Thank you VERY much for all the info. I really appreciate it!! Taj --On Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:51 PM -0500 jrmaxwel@owu.edu wrote: > Many of the churches are still there; yes, they are now United > Methodist Churches. You will need to determine which UB church, > and then which UMC it became. You can then write to the church > and ask about the records. If you don't know which name it > became, or which church it merged with, you can contact the > local district office. > The United Bretheran conference and district records (few local > church records) are in the UMC archives. See www.gcah.org for > how to obtain clergy obituaries and who has the archives in a > given area. > Also, check at www.owu.edu ---- click on library, and then go to > church archives. Ohio Wesleyan has many East Ohio and West Ohio > conference records; they are NOT yet fully indexed however. > I was able to obtain a 1944 obit for Minnie Agnes Worstell (m. > George Hall, 2nd m. GK Harman) from the GCAH. She first joined a > UB church in Emporia, KS; graduated from Otterbein College; was > ordained and served at Custer, St.Mary's and Johnsville, > Wallbridge & Mt. Zion, in Ohio & was "sent West" as a > missionary to Laredo and Harlem, Montana. She died in Puenta, > Calif. and is buried in the Feed Spring cemetary. > > J.R. Maxwell > Seventh generation UMC, raising the eighth generation > > > > > > Date sent: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:50:39 -0600 > From: "Wolff, Taj" <taj.wolff@vanderbilt.edu> > To: OHHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHHARRIS] United Bretheren Church > > Does anyone know if there are any records for the United Brethren > Church in Harrison Co. My understanding is United Brethren merged > with > United Methodist in 1968. I'm looking for records in the early > 1800s. > > Thanks, > > - --------------------------------------------------------------- > Taj Wolff > > ______________________________