Yes, you're right. We have part of the records of it (probably all that exist), from about 1837-1966 (there may be some gaps). It was organized in 1826. I don't have a good full view picture of the building, but do have a picture that shows part of the front of the church with a group of people standing outside. I also have part of the records of a another PBC church which was located near Honey Bend (1908-1938). This church, I think, dates back to about 1842, and the earlier records have not been found. I have a very poor picture of it after it had fallen into a state of dilapidation and abandonment. I sure would like to find a better photo, as I am working on a book with photos of PBC's county by county. I just recently was permitted to copy the later records of this one, but the person who had them did not know what happened to the older records. One more note, we do have at least a copy or transcript of all the old records of the Hurricane church, near Fillmore, which go back to 1818. They are quite interesting. They refer to Indians (savages, they call them) attending the meeting held in the woods, and the church must have been nervous as they agreed to have their next meeting somewhere else and only if the savages don't come. Also, the preacher in the morning preached that Indians have souls, but in the afternoon service the preacher said that Indians are the children of the devil. This caused a big discussion and they finally agreed to all have "still tongues." Robert On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:47:45 -0700 Bob McCollum <[email protected]> writes: > Robert, > I do not know any names of this hardshell baptist congregation, but > there > used to be a hardshell church just north of Coffeen IL., in > Montgomery > County. It was located on the road leaving downtown Coffeen headed > North, > for roughly a half mile, and it was on the east side of the road. > The > building was still standing until several years ago when it was > razed. I > don't know what year services ceased there, but it was several > decades ago. > Bob McCollum > > At 08:55 AM 11/10/2000 -0600, you wrote: > >I'm not really a family genealogist (my family tree is being worked > on by > >thousands already) but I'm interested in learning more about my > "church > >family". If anyone has ancestors who were Old School, Hardshell, > or > >Primitive Baptists, I would like to learn more about the churches > and > >people. Am working on a history and a database of members. > > > >Robert - Carthage, IL > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > >==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > >The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its > users: > >RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like > you. > >By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide > Web > >and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > >lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared > interests, and > >search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > >available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > >============================== > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.