Methodists and Genealogy

The study of a family's lineage is known as genealogy. Individuals use genealogy to trace their family's tree or to simply to find out more about a single member of the family. Genealogy is interested solely in who may be in a family and who those people are related to. Genealogy is important to families to help keep their history alive so that future generations know who their ancestors were and what they achieved.

John Wesley was a Anglican clergyman and Methodism is the result of his work. Methodism is often referred to as Wesleyan Methodism. The United Methodist Church is the largest Christian denomination and it is the largest mainline church. The second largest mainline church is the protestant church. The third largest is the Christian church. In 2007, the worldwide membership was about 12 million members with 8 million members in the United States and 3.5 million members in Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Church records are very important in the reconstruction of your family tree. The Methodist church can put you in touch with family members you might have lost touch with. The Methodists keep excellent marriage records as well as birth and death certificates. The Methodist church also helps people in their community. They accept you for who you are. They offer an individual a place to belong to. They care and support each other. They respect other religions. The Methodist church believes in family unity. Therefore, they would be the perfect resource to reunite family members.