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Historical Register Project Welcome to the Louisiana Conference Historical Register Project. The Project, which is collecting historical information on every UM Church in the Conference will appear in print and online. |
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The book will be printed in April. Please don't wait till the last minute. |
| BACKGROUND
Although the idea first surfaced in the 1970's, it was put aside to allow for the production of the history book on the Louisiana Conference. The idea was taken up again in the 1990's by Tim Hebert, who accumulated material on the Acadiana District while working on Methodism Along the Bayou ... a history of Methodism in the Houma-Terrebonne area. After putting together a basic historical register for the Acadiana District, the Louisiana Conference Commission on Archives and History was consulted. They agreed to help out with the project and dedicated funding to pay for the costs. At the 1996 Annual Conference, a photographic display of the Acadiana churches and the Acadiana District Historical Register booklet and was put up. Copies of the Acadiana booklet were distributed to the Commission, the Bishop, the Acadiana DS, and the Archives. The same was done for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Districts at the 1997 Annual Conference. |
| CURRENT STATUS
The rough draft will appear online in March 2004. All churches are asked to check your information to verify its accuracy. If there are any corrections, or if there is some information that you think should be included, please write. The Historical Register will be presented at the 2004 Annual Conference. Each district office will receive a copy in a 3-ring binder (so that changes can be made if a church switches districts. A limited number of printed copies will be produced. The Register will also be avalible on CD and the content will appear online. Please check the list your District page at the Histories Needed page. If your church is on the list, please send in your church history ASAP. They can be send by postal mail to: Tim Hebert, Historical Register Project, 314 Richard Dr., Houma, LA 70364. It would be easier and quicker if you could submit it via email to: tim@la-umc.org |
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The material will appear online by summer 2004. |
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| Acadiana District | Lake Charles District | North Shore District |
| Alexandria District | Monroe District | Ruston District |
| Baton Rouge District | New Orleans District | Shreveport District |
| For more information, please contact
Tim
Hebert. If your church is in the Louisiana Conference and hasn't sent
in a church history, please send it to me. You can e-mail it or send it
by postal mail to:
Timothy Hebert Historical Register Project 314 Richard Dr. Houma, LA 70364 |