On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:24:40 GMT, Eagle@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote: >A cupla thots... > >If he moved South he might not have remained Catholic. In rural areas >of the South there may only be 1 Catholic Church in a county. But the >Primitive Baptist Churches are "one axle greasin'" apart. That's about >10 miles. The four male generations before me were all Primitive >Baptists in AL and I have actually attended services at each of the >churches they did. > >Also a number of immigrants first went to Jamaice or other islands >before continuing the journey to the mainland. > >I have a census listing of Sullivans in MD for 1800 and 1810 if that >would halp. It does not include household members because I do not >research MD. > >You can easily obtain the same info through Heritage Quest if you have >a library card. Remember to try various spellings including Sullivant. >HQ is particular about spelling. > >Hugh Thanks but my Sullivan ancestors I believe emigrated to NY and stayed there although I can't be certain. My paternal grandmother's mother was a Sullivan and my grandmother grew up in NY. It was my wife's ancestor who lived in MD and moved south. He was not Catholic and may have been Quaker or Brethren. My father in law was Methodist and my wife was raised Southern Baptist. She grew up in a county that is now a large suburb of Atlanta but was then a rural area. The priest who married us said that he had responsibility for that county in the 50's and there were 5 Catholic families in the whole county then.