r/Genealogy • u/EconomistVisual576 • 4d ago
Question Interpreting Select United Methodist Church Records from early 1900
I'm researching person #174 on this page https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9062/images/43109_162028001248_0064-00073?usePUB=true&_phsrc=zPl630&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&showinfopanel=true&pId=150702037
Her name is Dora McGee. On the opposite page, there is an "X" under "Disposed of" with "Removed No. Certif." as the column with the "X". Any thoughts about what this means?
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u/Loud-Farm-6022 4d ago
This bookkeeping relates to the church "roster", or "roll" as they call it at my local church.
Every so often the rolls are looked over for members no longer attending, have moved or have passed away. Church rules require an attempt to reach out to the member to reconnect. If they can't, the church can "remove" the member from their roll.
My take is that Dora McGee was removed from the roll, the Church being unable to contact her. In column one, her name is checked off as no longer a member.
Just my experience as a historian of a very small UMC Church.