In preparation for a speech made not long ago, I found a most helpful way to find church archives on the web. I put the denomination I was seeking in www.google.com. If you use Netscape, put a question mark and Methodist archives and it will direct you to Google. In the "Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1985," the archives are listed in the back, and I found Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, NJ, and the Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church in Lake Jauluska, NC listed. A further search on the correct locations might help. They could also be researched in Google. Pat At 08:19 AM 5/10/01 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Several of my ancestors were preachers in VA during the 1800's.The Methodist once published annuals (?) with short bios of the conference members. Does anyone know where I might find these books? Has anyone even heard of them. I know they existed because I saw them when I was a kid. >Thanks, >L-B Rhodes >[log in to unmask] > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at >http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html