There’s an online books link buried in the Methodist Heritage website that’s of interest if you have a person of family history interest involved with the various flavours of Methodism in the UK. In the periodicals, you’ll find multiple annual compilations that include biographies of men and women who were active as preachers and in other leadership roles.
Volumes from Wesleyan, Primitive, New Connexion, Bible Christian and other Methodist denominations are available from 1780 to the 1880s. The pdfs I reviewed, Primitive and New Connexion, were image scans, not searchable, although each had an index with the names of those included. Downloads can be slow.
The bios are heavy on the religious side of life, with no mention of how they earned a living. Birth date and place, and sometimes parents are named, many before the introduction of civil registration in England and Wales.



Today is Trafalgar Day, the celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, at the Carleton University Fieldhouse,
Find out how maps can help you with your family or local history research, an introductory talk and question and answer session from the National Library of Scotland.
Printed in black and white, as explained by the NLS “Many sheets therefore show landscape detail which reflects much earlier revision in ca. 1900-25, juxtaposed with some building developments and roads which were very recent in 1939.”
Michael O’Leary, The Regimental Rogue, updated this guide in September, likely to account for changes at Library and Archives Canada’s website.
These 242,744 free index records were recently added to build the MyHeritage British collection.