Methodist Records for Barnsley

[BlueSavannah]

Hi, would anyone know if there are any methodist records online at all for Barnsley for the late 1800s - early 1900s? A brother of my great x 2 grandfather looks to have converted to Methodist when he married his second wife which would explain why I didnt find any baptisms of their children when I looked through the parish records for their parish at the archives.

Many thanks in advance.

[kiterunner]

Have you tried on http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ , Claire?

[BlueSavannah]

I hadnt heard of that site Kite so many thanks. My lot are not on there but I have saved the site for future reference :)

[kiterunner]

You could contact Barnsley Archives and ask whether they hold the records, but apparently they are closed until early summer next year :(. I can't work out how to find out from their website whether they have Methodist records.

http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/leisure-and-culture/records-and-archives/archives-and-local-studies/

[BlueSavannah]

I will try and contact them when they decide to re-open. I got lucky with the baptisms of the children to the first marriage that were CofE as they were in a church that the Sheffield Archives happened to have copies of :)

[Janet]

Looks like they've been working on it.

Barnsley Archives and Local Studies

Review of 2008
http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/Libraries/Archives%20and%20Local%20Studies/Review%20of%20the%20year%202008.pdf
"Archive collections catalogued and made available during 2008:
[...]
Cudworth Ebenezer Methodist Church, 20th cent. (N/27)
Cudworth Wesleyan Methodist Church, 19th–21st cents. (N/28)
Cudworth John Smith Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 20th cent. (N/29)
Cudworth White Cross Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, 20th cent. (N/32)
Barugh Green Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 20th cent. (N/77)
Barugh Bourne Primitive Methodist Church, 19th–20th cents. (N/78)
Brierley Methodist Church, 20th–21st cents. (N/83)"

Review of 2009
http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/Libraries/Archives%20and%20Local%20Studies/Review%20of%20the%20year%202009.pdf
"Volunteers spent time transcribing both Methodist and Church of England
records, including 19th century settlement and removal orders."

Review of 2010
http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/Libraries/Archives%20and%20Local%20Studies/Review%20of%20the%20year%202010.pdf
"The following new records have been made available:
[...]
Barugh Bourne Primitive Methodist Church, 19th–20th cents. (N/78)
Brierley Methodist Church, 20th–21st cents. (N/83)"

Review of 2011
http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/Libraries/Archives%20and%20Local%20Studies/Review%20of%20the%20year%202011.pdf
"The following records have been catalogued and made available in 2011:
[...]
Clifford Hall papers mainly re. Methodism in Barnsley, 20th cent. (A/2002/Z)"

Births, Deaths and Marriages - Search Facility
http://applications.barnsley.gov.uk/service/registrars/

[BlueSavannah]

Many thanks Janet. I think the ones I am looking for are at a Methodist church in Nether Hoyland so hopefully they will be working on that one soon :)

[Uncle John]

It's possible that the records have been deposited with the Records Office but not yet catalogued or indexed.