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 Congregations were organized but very few kept early records. All congregations would have had to start keeping records after 1864.
-=='''Methodist Records'''==
-*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/methodist+church+near+Grenada/@12.3224525,-61.8775909,10z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Methodist churches in Grenada''']
-===Historical Background===
-A Methodist society began in Grenada in 1820 when its first church was built in the parish town of St. George’s.
-Methodist records consist mainly of baptism and marriage records. Baptism records show the child’s name, parents, and birth date and place. Marriage records show the names of the bride and groom, and the marriage date and place. Occasionally a circuit minute book or vestry book was kept. Since there were few Methodist cemeteries, death or burial records are rare. Methodists were usually buried in Anglican Church cemeteries, and their burial records kept in Anglican Church registers.
 === Other Churches ===
 Many other denominations have established churches or congregations in Grenada. In the mid-1700s Congregationalists and Baptists first came to Grenada as soldiers under Cromwell. Huguenots, seeking religious freedom, also came in the 1700s. Most Huguenots affiliated themselves with the Anglican Church or with the Presbyterian Church. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established branches in Grenada by 1950.
 == Locating Church Records  ==