> Now, if I can find where the BE got it's information...hehe.. I wrote several of the articles for the Brethren Encyclopedia - in none of them did I give sources for my information, I was asked (or in a couple of the instances -volunteered - and they used them) to summarized what I had done on these churches/individuals/families. Yes, what I wrote was based on my research - but for too much of the materials they were not directly source documents. My use of the Brethren Encyclopedia is that it is a directive to where to look for information. Merle C Rummel

Thank you Merle, Thank you for the suggestion to use the BE as a guideline. I had suspected that the ancestors beyond William weren't quite what was written and it will be a challenge for me to correct this, but I am willing and able and still a youngster - :-) Thank you all for your input and have a wonderful and fulfilling day. Many Blessings, Janet Rogers North Carolina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle C Rummel" <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Renner and the BE > >> Now, if I can find where the BE got it's information...hehe.. > > I wrote several of the articles for the Brethren Encyclopedia - in none > of them did I give sources for my information, I was asked (or in a > couple of the instances -volunteered - and they used them) to summarized > what I had done on these churches/individuals/families. Yes, what I > wrote was based on my research - but for too much of the materials they > were not directly source documents. > > My use of the Brethren Encyclopedia is that it is a directive to where > to look for information. > > Merle C Rummel > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1338 - Release Date: 3/21/2008 > 5:52 PM > >

Dear Merle, Thank you! The Encyclopedia has been priceless to me. It has taken me to places I had never heard of. Never would I have found the thousands of ancestors without it. I have spent many hours ordering and reading the books, etc. it references to. It took a few years to connect all of those Forney's in Volume 3, but I finally did it. When I looked at my e-mail, what a perfect word for those three volumes; Detective!!! Mary Ann Rhodes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle C Rummel" <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Renner and the BE > >> Now, if I can find where the BE got it's information...hehe.. > > I wrote several of the articles for the Brethren Encyclopedia - in none > of them did I give sources for my information, I was asked (or in a > couple of the instances -volunteered - and they used them) to summarized > what I had done on these churches/individuals/families. Yes, what I > wrote was based on my research - but for too much of the materials they > were not directly source documents. > > My use of the Brethren Encyclopedia is that it is a directive to where > to look for information. > > Merle C Rummel > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1336 - Release Date: 3/20/2008 > 9:48 AM > >