Disbanded Churches?

If your ancestor's church disbanded, there are several places the records might have gone:

• the local dump
• the family of the last minister
• a local church of the same denomination
• a regional or national church organization, synod, assembly, diocese, etc.
  

Contact local historical or genealogical societies, local churches of the same denomination, and regional and national archives (or governing bodies) of the denomination and see if they know what might have happened to the records.

Did they change churches?

My ancestors on my mother's side of the family have been members of the same denomination since the Reformation. I was floored when I read the obituary for two of my great-great-grandparents and it said the funeral was at the local Presbyterian church.

The small town they were in only had two churches. Neither was of the desired denomination. The Presbyterian church was "closest," so that was it.

It is possible that necessity caused your ancestor to attend (and leave records at) a church other than the one you think he always attended?