Welcome to the DNAH Online
Welcome to the launch of the DNAH website. The Dictionary of North American Hymnology indexes the contents of 4876 hymnals, published in North America between 1640 and 1978, and over one million hymns contained in these publications. Originally created as a handwritten index, the DNAH was eventually transferred to microfilm, then issued as a CD-ROM in 2003. This site presents the complete index from the CD-ROM searchable via the web. The index can currently be searched in two ways, for a hymnal or for a hymn. Each of these can be searched through multiple fields. Though the contents of a search cannot be printed out or emailed at this time, this functionality will be added at a future date. It is our hope that you will find this site useful and that you will check back often to watch the site as it grows and changes. Please be aware that this site is in a "Beta" stage. That is, this is the first attempt to put this data on the web, and as such, there will be limitations, errors and omissions. Please use this site with this limitation in mind. It is our hope that as the website improves with time, that these limitations will begin to diminish.To begin a search, use the link at the top of the page marked "Search the Hymns."