Local Church Finding Aids
All internal links to finding aids held at one or more of the Michigan Conference Archives location are in PDF form (APC = Archives Processing Center; DC = Adrian College). Links to finding aids at other archives (Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan = BHL; Clarke Historical Library of Central Michigan University = CMU; Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper County Historical Collections = MTU; Southern Methodist Archives = SMU; and United Methodist Church Archives - General Commission on Archives and History = GCAH) are in the format chosen by those institutions.
Materials at the APC are largely unprocessed. Unprocessed collections appear in bold.
- Adrian First [DC] - Pew rental book, 1862-1868; Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society reports, 1929-1933; in addition, the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan has one volume of Women's Home Missionary Society minutes and financial statements, 1887-1897
- Adrian Plymouth MP [DC] - Church meeting minutes, 1873-1885; tribute book of letters for Dr. T.F. Rinehart, organist
- Akron [CC]
- Albion First [WMC]
- Algansee MC [WMC]
- Alger [DC] - Administrative Council minutes, 1992-1995; treasurer's reports, 1974-1977 and 1980-1999; charge conference, 2002
- Algonquin [DC]
- Allen Park Trinity [DC]
- Almira MEC [WMC]
- Almont MEC [DC]
- Alto [CC]
- Ann Arbor First [BHL]
- Ann Arbor Glacier Way [DC]
- Ann Arbor West Side [BHL]
- Argentine [DC]
- Armada [DC]
- Ashley [ARP]
- Atlantic Mine MEC [DC, MTU]
- Avoca [DC] - Scrapbook covering church activities, 1976-1999
- Azalia [DC]
- Bainbridge Newhope [WMC]
- Barry Circuit [ARP]
- Barry County Woodland [WMC]
- Battle Creek First [ARP]
- Battle Creek Maple Street [ARP]
- Bay City Christ [DC]
- Bay City First [DC]
- Bay City Fremont Avenue [DC]
- Bay City Madison Avenue [DC]
- Bay City Salem [DC]
- Bay City Thoburn [DC]
- Bay City Zion EV (see Bay City Salem) [DC]
- Bendon MC [WMC]
- Bennington [DC]
- Bentley [DC]
- Benton Harbor Grace [ARP]
- Benton Harbor Peace Temple [ARP]
- Berrien Springs EUB [DC]
- Berrien Springs UB [WMC]
- Bethany EUB (see Saint Louis Circuit) [DC]
- Bethel EUB [ARP]
- Boston MEC [DC] - Church record book (pastors, members, marriages, baptisms), 1898-1917
- Breedsville [WMC]
- Brethren Epworth [ARP]
- Bridgeport [DC]
- Brooklyn Circuit MEC [DC] - Minutes of quarterly conferences of this circuit in Jackson and Hillsdale counties, 1841-1847 and the Rome Circuit, 1847-1855
- Burlington MEC [WMC]
- Burr Oak [WMC]
- Burton Emmanuel [DC]
- Bush Creek EUB (see Saint Louis Circuit) [DC]
- Calumet Swedish MEC - Church record book (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1900-1924 [DC]
- Cambria [WMC]
- Carleton [DC]
- Caro [DC]
- Carson City [WMC]
- Charlevoix [CC]
- Chippewa EV (see Saint Louis Circuit) [DC]
- Chippewa Lake [WMC]
- Colfax [WMC]
- Columbiaville [DC]
- Comstock [ARP]
- Conway MP [DC] - Trustees minutes, 1888-1904
- Cooper MEC [WMC]
- Cooperative Ministries of Northwest Flint [DC]
- Copemish MC [WMC]
- Coral [WMC]
- Davis [DC]
- Dearborn Heights Stephens [DC]
- Dearborn Heights Warren Valley [DC]
- Decker [DC]
- Deerfield Center MC [ARP]
- Detroit Asbury [DC]
- Detroit Atkinson Avenue MEC (see Detroit Boulevard Temple) [DC]
- Detroit Bethany [DC]
- Detroit Bethany EUB (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Bethel (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Boulevard Temple [DC]
- Detroit Calumet Avenue MEC [DC] - Church record book (baptisms, marriages, deaths, membership), 1912-1925
- Detroit Campbell Avenue [DC]
- Detroit Centenary MEC [DC] - Church record book (baptims, marriages, membership), 1907-1924
- Detroit Central [DC] - Some records are at the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library
- Detroit Christ [DC]
- Detroit East Grand Boulevard [DC] - Church record book (births, marriages, deaths, membership), 1943-1968; photograh album of rebuilding of church, 1936
- Detroit First EV (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit First German MEC (see Detroit Christ) [DC]
- Detroit First MP [DC] - Bulletins, 1920-1922
- Detroit Fisher Memorial MEC [DC] - Church record book (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1910-1918
- Detroit Ford Memorial [DC]
- Detroit Fort Street MEC (see Detroit Waterman Preston) [DC]
- Detroit German Missionary MC (see Detroit Christ) [DC]
- Detroit Grace (see Detroit Whitefield-Grace) [DC]
- Detroit Grace EUB (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Hargar Memorial MC [DC] - Membership roll (includes a few baptisms and marriages, 1947-1948)
- Detroit Harper Avenue Evangelical Mission [DC] - Photograph album, 1918
- Detroit Harper Avenue MC [DC] - Transcript and index to church record book (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1917-1957
- Detroit Henderson Memorial [DC]
- Detroit Hereford Avenue EUB (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Immanuel [DC]
- Detroit Immanuel MEC (see Detroit Christ) [DC]
- Detroit Kercheval EUB (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Lee's Chapel (see Detroit Bethany) [DC]
- Detroit Leesville (see Detroit Bethany) [DC]
- Detroit Mack Avenue EUB (see Detroit Zion) [DC]
- Detroit Magnolia EUB (see Southfield Magnolia) [DC]
- Detroit Mary Palmer MEC [DC] - Church record books (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1882-1921
- Detroit North Detroit [DC]
- Detroit Preston (see Detroit Waterman Preston) [DC]
- Detroit Redford [DC]
- Detroit St. James (see Detroit Christ) [DC]
- Detroit St. Luke's [DC]
- Detroit St. Mark's [DC]
- Detroit St. Matthew's (see Detroit Redford) [DC]
- Detroit Simpson [DC]
- Detroit Third German MEC [DC] - Church record book (births, marriages, deaths, membership), 1895-1927
- Detroit Thoburn [DC]
- Detroit Tracy (see Detroit Simpson) [DC]
- Detroit Trinity EUB [DC]
- Detroit Twenty-Fourth Street [DC]
- Detroit Waterman (see Detroit Waterman Preston) [DC]
- Detroit Waterman Preston [DC]
- Detroit Wesley MEC [DC] - Church record book (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1938-1948
- Detroit Whitefield (see Detroit Whitefield-Grace) [DC]
- Detroit Whitefield-Grace [DC]
- Detroit Zion [DC]
- Dimondale [CC]
- Dover Circuit MEC (see Medina Circuit) [DC]
- Duffield [DC]
- Dundee Circuit MEC [DC]- Class book, 1836-1859 (includes quarterly meetings, 1837-1838); the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan also has one record book of this circuit.
- Duplain [WMC]
- Eagle [ARP]
- East Caledonia MC [ARP]
- East Gilead Zion EUB [ARP]
- East Goodland (see Imlay City) [DC]
- East Lansing Aldersgate [WMC]
- East Lansing Chapel Hill [ARP]
- Eastern Thumb Cooperative Parish [DC]
- Edwards Corners MC [WMC]
- Edwardsburg Circuit [ARP]
- Ellis Corners [CC]
- Elsie [WMC]
- Epworth MEC [WMC]
- Fairfield Circuit MEC [DC] - Membership records and baptisms, 1866-1878 (covering Fairfield, Seneca, Ridge, Town Line, Lake, and Bakers Corners)
- Fargo [DC]
- Ferndale Campbell Memorial [DC]
- Ferndale St. Paul's [DC] - Church records (baptisms, marriages, membership, and deaths), 1930-1972
- Flint Bethlehem [DC] - Quarterly conference reports to the Central German Conference, 1921-1930
- Flint Central [DC]
- Flint Dimond [DC]
- Flint East Grand Boulevard [DC] - Church records, 1952-1955
- Flint Faith [DC]
- Flint First MP [DC]
- Flint Garland Street (see Flint Central) [DC]
- Flint Grace [DC] - Church records (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1956-1976
- Flint Kearsley Park EUB (see Burton Emmanuel) [DC]
- Flint Kearsley Street [DC]
- Flint Lakeview [DC]
- Flint Oak Park [DC]
- Flint Trinity [DC]
- Flowerfield MC [WMC]
- Forester [CC]
- Fowlerville Circuit MP [DC] - Quarterly conference record, 1891-1893; also West Conway Circuit, 1893-1902; Nicholson and Fleming Circuit, 1903; West Howell Circuit, 1904
- Frankfort [ARP]
- Freeland [DC]
- Freeport [CC]
- Fulton [WMC]
- Galesburg [WMC]
- Ganges [WMC]
- Gilford [DC]
- Gladwin Circuit EUB (Bethel, Emmanuel, & Riley) [DC]
- Glendale MC [WMC]
- Grand Rapids Burton Heights [WMC]
- Grand Rapids Epworth [ARP]
- Grand Rapids Genesis [CC]
- Grand Rapids Griggs Street [WMC]
- Grand Rapids Mosaic [CC]
- Grand Rapids Oakdale [ARP]
- Grand Rapids Olivet [ARP]
- Grand Rapids PaWaTing MaGedWin [CC]
- Grand Rapids Plainfield Avenue [WMC]
- Greenbush [CC]
- Griffith [ARP]
- Griggs [ARP]
- Grovenburg [CC]
- Harrietta [WMC]
- Herricksville MEC [ARP]
- Hersey [WMC]
- Highland Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1867-1888
- Highland Park Emmanuel MC [DC] - Church records (baptisms and membership), 1924-1959
- Holton MC [ARP]
- Homer [WMC]
- Houghton Grace [MTU]
- Hudson Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1847-1881
- Hudsonville [WMC]
- Hurontown [DC]
- Imlay City [DC]
- Indian River [DC] - Class book, 1880-1893
- Inland MC [WMC]
- Inkster Christ [DC]
- Iron River Wesley [DC]
- Irvington MEC [WMC]
- Ishpeming Salisbury [DC]
- Ithaca Sowers Memorial [ARP]
- Jackson Cooper Street MC [ARP]
- Jasper [DC]
- Jennings MEC [ARP]
- Jones [ARP]
- Kalamazoo First [ARP]
- Kalamazoo Lane Boulevard [ARP]
- Kalamazoo Stockbridge Avenue [ARP]
- Kalamazoo Wilson Memorial MC [ARP]
- Kenton [DC] - Charge conference reports, 1958-1971; church closure correspondence; church records (baptisms, marriages, membership)
- Kent City Chapel Hill [CC]
- Kessington EUB [DC]
- Lake City [ARP]
- Lake Odessa EUB [ARP]
- Lake Odessa Lakewood [WMC]
- Lake Orion [DC]
- Lakeport Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1868-1891
- Lakeville [DC]
- Lansing Christ [CC]
- Lansing Faith [WMC]
- Lansing First [CC]
- Lansing Potter Park [ARP]
- Lansing Trinity [WMC]
- Laurium [DC]
- Lenox Evangelical Mission [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1914-1927 and membership and vital records, 1872-1929; in addition to Lenox, this mission served Romeo, Almont, Buhl or Buel, Ridgeway, and Greenwood
- Leonard [DC]
- Leroy Circuit [ARP]
- Lickleys Corners [WMC]
- Lincoln [DC]
- Lincoln Park Dix [DC]
- Lincoln Park First [DC]
- Litchfield [ARP]
- Local Church Newsletters [DC]
- Lyon Lake [WMC]
- Manistique [DC]
- Mapleton [DC]
- Marine City [DC]
- Market Street [ARP]
- Marquette Grace [DC]
- Mattawan MEC [WMC]
- Mayville [DC] - Quarterly Conference minutes, 1870-1893
- Medina Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conference minutes, 1858-1868 (known in early years as Dover Circuit)
- Mendon [ARP]
- Mesick [WMC]
- Middlebury [DC]
- Middleton [CC]
- Middleton-Sethton [WMC]
- Milan Marble Memorial [DC]
- Millbrook MEC [ARP]
- Monroe Calvary [DC]
- Monroe St. Paul's [DC] - Monroe County Library System has microfilm of some church records, 1841-1900
- Monroe County Evangelical/EUB Fall Rallies [DC] - Minutes, 1930-1968
- Mooreville MC [DC] - Vital records, membership transfers, and sale of property
- Morenci - The Bentley Historical Library of the University of the Michigan has one volume of Women's Home Missionary Society minutes, 1910-1925
- Mount Clemens Korean [DC]
- Mount Pleasant Circuit EV (see Saint Louis Circuit) [DC]
- Mount Pleasant Community MC [WMC]
- Mount Pleasant First [CMU]
- Mulliken [CC]
- Munith [WMC]
- Muskegon Unity [CC]
- New Boston Circuit (see Romulus Circuit) [DC]
- New Haven-Meade Faith [DC] - Official Board minutes for New Haven First MEC, 1892-1899
- Newark [WMC]
- Newaygo [WMC]
- Newberg MC [WMC]
- Newhope [ARP]
- Niles Wesley [WMC]
- North Evart [CC]
- North Star [WMC]
- North Wayne MC [WMC]
- Oak Grove EUB [DC] - Vital records
- Oakfield MC [WMC]
- Oakley [DC] - Baptisms, 1961-1963 and Sunday School records, 1937-1962
- Oakville Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conference minutes, 1859-1866 and 1873-1896 (after 1877, it was known as Carleton and Scofield charge)
- Ogden [DC]
- Olivet MEC [WMC]
- Ontonagon County Larger Parish [DC] - Parish Council by-laws and minutes, 1970-1980
- Orleans [ARP]
- Osseo [CC, ARP]
- Ovid United [ARP]
- Owosso Asbury (see Owosso Trinity) [DC]
- Owosso Burton [DC]
- Owosso Central [DC]
- Owosso Corunna Avenue MC (see Owosso Trinity) [DC]
- Owosso New Haven [DC]
- Owosso Trinity [DC]
- Oxford Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conferences of the Oxford Circuit and later Clarkston, Goveland, and Holly, 1849-1870 (many other locations in the area are mentioned)
- Painesdale Albert Paine Memorial [MTU]
- Palmer [DC]
- Palmyra Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1838-1851
- Parma [ARP]
- Parshallville MC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1874-1888
- Peck [CC]
- Perrinton [CC]
- Petersburg [DC] - Monroe County Library System has microfilm of some MEC records, 1883-1900
- Petoskey Trinity EUB [DC] - Local conferences, 1956-1968
- Pewabic MC (see Hurontown) [DC]
- Pewamo [WMC]
- Pipestone MEC [WMC]
- Pleasant Lake [CC]
- Pomona Mission EV [DC] - Quarterly conference minutes, 1919-1931 and 1935-1936; church records (baptisms, marriages, membership)
- Pontiac First [DC]
- Port Sanilac [DC] - Ladies Aid Society secretary's book, 1876-1890
- Rathbone [WMC]
- Redford New Beginnings [DC]
- Richland MEC [WMC]
- River Rouge Epworth [DC]
- River Rouge John Wesley [DC]
- Riverdale [WMC]
- Riverview [DC]
- Rome Circuit MEC (see Brooklyn Circuit) [DC]
- Romulus Circuit MEC [DC] - Quarterly conference minutes, 1863-1901 (also known as the New Boston Circuit)
- Ruby [DC]
- Saganing Indian Mission - [Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways] (Press Release)
- Saginaw Asbury (see Saginaw Jefferson Avenue) [DC]
- Saginaw Epworth [DC]
- Saginaw First MP (see Saginaw State Street) [DC]
- Saginaw Hess Street MEC [DC] - Church records (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1865-1880 including records of the Salina Circuit
- Saginaw Jefferson Avenue [DC]
- Saginaw Lawndale [DC]
- Saginaw Sheridan Avenue [DC]
- Saginaw State Street [DC]
- Saginaw Stephens Street MP (see Saginaw State Street) [DC]
- Saginaw Warren Avenue MC (see Saginaw Jefferson Avenue) [DC]
- St. Johns Salem [CC, ARP]
- St. Louis Circuit EV [DC] - Quarterly conference records, 1940-1954
- Salem [DC]
- Salem Grove [DC]
- Salina Circuit (see Saginaw Hess Street) [DC]
- Sault Sainte Marie Central [DC]
- Scottville Grace EUB [DC]
- Sears [WMC]
- Shabbona [DC]
- Shabbona Circuit [DC] - Record books of membership for the Shabbona Circuit (including a few vital records), 1897-1918
- Sherman MC [WMC]
- Sherwood MC [ARP]
- Silverwood [DC] - Administrative Board minutes, 1957-1982; United Methodist Women minutes, 1973-1978; annual conferences, 1980-1991; trustees minutes, 1887-1899; miscellaneous documents
- Snow [CC]
- Sonoma [ARP]
- South Whiteford EUB [DC] - Church records (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1945-1975
- Southfield Magnolia [DC]
- Sowers MC [WMC]
- Spring Brook MEC [ARP]
- Stanton [MTU]
- Stephenson [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1952-1957; newsletters, 1948-1950
- Sterling [DC] - Charge conferences, 1974-1977 and 1992-2004 (often joint meetings with Alger, Bentley, or Garfield)
- Stockbridge [WMC]
- Sylvan [ARP]
- Taylor West Mound [DC]
- Tecumseh [DC]
- Three Rivers First [ARP]
- Trimountain Saint James [MTU]
- Troy Fellowship [DC]
- Troy First [DC] - Church conference reports, 1990-2011
- Turk Lake [CC]
- Twining Trinity [DC]
- Ubly [DC]
- Unionville [DC]
- Utica [DC] - Ladies Society minutes, 1862-1867 (copy)
- Vantown [WMC]
- Vulcan MC [DC] - Quarterly conferences, 1958-1964
- Walkerville [WMC]
- Wallace Swedish MC [DC] - Quarterly conference minutes, 1907-1918 and 1924; baptisms, 1923-1927
- Wayne [DC]
- Wellsville [DC]
- West Casco MC [ARP]
- West Goodland [CC, DC]
- West Leroy MC [WMC]
- Westland St. James [DC]
- Wheatfield [CC]
- Wheeler [ARP]
- Wolverine MC [DC] - Church records (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1892-1915
- Woodland EUB [ARP]
- Wyandotte Glenwood [DC]
- Ypsilanti First [BHL]
- Yuma MC [ARP]