This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4823 Message Board Post: Does anyone know if there were any Baptist churches near Stamford before 1830? I have an ancestor born in Stamford who was already allegedly a Baptist minister before he arrived in New York before 1830. Just wondering where (if anywhere) he preached, and if the records are still extant, if it might help a little with his ancestry. Thanks for the help Mike