• Genealogy
    • Researching Your United Methodist Ancestors: A Brief Guide
    • If you believe your ancestor was a fully-ordained minister or a missionary in the United Methodist tradition and want some genealogical information then please feel free to fill out our Genealogical Research Information form. What we may be able to provide is a copy of the official obituary taken from the person's Annual Conference Journal.

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  • Search the Archives

    We will be upgrading to a new version of our catalog over the next week.  The system may be up and down during that time.  We will try to let you know from this page when the system will be down.  Thank you for your patience.

     

    From here you can access  the finding aid catalog, the memoirs database, the general library collection and information about the past 4 General Conferences and other specialized topics.

      

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  • Featured Bio
    • Anna Oliver, 1849-1892
    • Anna Oliver brought the first test case on the ordination of women before the 1880 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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  • Contribute
    • Assist our Ministry of Memory
    • Ensure the future commitment of the United Methodist Church to preserving the past today for disciple-making in the future.
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  • Events
    • Upcoming Methodist History Events
    • Consider joining the General Secretary as he plans to attend many of these important historical gatherings in 2012. 

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  • Of Interest - Noteworthy
    • Heritage Sunday 2012
    • Heritage Sunday is May 20th.  Click here for more information...

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The purpose of GCAH is to promote and care for the historical interest of The United Methodist Church

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The General Commission on Archives and History has a variety of publications for use in the local church or at the annual conference level.  Some may be downloaded from this site, and others are for purchase

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