Hi, list. I'm trying to write a history of the Regular Baptists in Illinois, county by county. My work on Edgar County churches has not progressed very far. The oldest church in the county, of this faith, was called Mt. Pleasant, organized in 1823. Meetings wee held for several years in the courthouse, later in the Minerva school, still later in a meeting house about two or three miles south of Paris, and in 1873 a new church was built on Madison Street in Paris. This church had grown to 47 members by 1829, 64 in 1830 (in spite of dismissing 20 to form a new church called Bethlehem, east of Grandview). By 1838, the church had 118 members, and dismissed members to form two or three other churches, including one called Sugar Creek at Nevins. I have a photo of the Mt. Pleasant church building on Madison Street in Paris. I haven't been able to locate any of the records of the church, which finally closed in 1895. The Bethlehem church continued from 1830 until at least 1935, and the Sugar Creek church until about 1940, but I don't have any of their records either. I have some limited historical information, and some of the names of prominent members, but not many. The records of Providence Church, near Isabel, were in existence a few years ago, and I was able to obtain a snapshot photo of the brick church, a partial view from the front, and I had a painting of the church made on a placque which was made from one of the walnut pews. I think this church was active until about 1950. I will be glad to share the names of members I have, privately (off the list), and would appreciate any help that anyone can give me in this research. Robert ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.