Shall I presume you found the Methodist Archives? Mary Ann Pickard is truly a Godsend, and I was about to suggest that you make sure and check the obits from the Alabama Christian Advocate for all the family members, not just the minister. Their obits are among the most informative around. Elizabeth DuBois Russo List maintainer, Methodist-L@rootsweb.com President, Methodist Genealogical Society Brandon Wallace wrote: I went > to the library at Huntingdon College, and they had a slew of information on John > Thompson Roper, Joesph Roper, and their father John Roper. T