Lloyce, I descend through Isaac, the two Peters, Amos, Amos Archibald to his daughter Minnie. Do you have any information on Amos' wife? I have her listed as Tabitha Henderson. I would love to know more about her. Also, where are your Wests from? I am also a West descendant (from LA and Newton County, TX). Thanks, Melissa Franks Gantt Texas LloyceWest@aol.com wrote: > Where does the A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopalian) fit in to the matrix > of Anglican, Episcopalian, Methodist, and Methodist Episcopalian? > > And, why is this interesting/important to genealogical researchers? Are we > getting too far afield? > > While all the Dubose/DuBose/Dobois/DuBoise, etc. seem to be very sincerely of > some religious persuasion or the other, there is always the underlying > current of why the clear philosophical differences appear to divide the > North/South branches and the very questions of whether or not they are > branches of each other. Could there be long standing dividing lines > fracturing along differing forms of the Reformation in Europe, Protestantism > in America, Baptizing or Sprinkling, slave holding or many other subjects > that the religion question -- when placed in context of the social changes of > different times -- might help to resolve? > > Lloyce West > (through Isaac, the two Peters, Amos, Milton Hampton, Neighbor Furman, Donley > Neighbor Dubose and his daughter Verda Dubose West) > LloyceWest@aol.com > (202) 479-0673 voice or Fax