I have a photo and a copy of at least part of the records if not all. At least the constitution of the church and many years of minutes do exist. Have compiled a brief history of the church. Will check into your inquiry and try to get back to you later. Robert Webb On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 06:39:38 -0600 "Trev" <thward@cafes.net> writes: > Dear Elder Webb, > > Glad to see you are still at it. I would surely be interested in a > copy of your > book when finished. Would you please let us know. I am assuming this > will be for > public sale, is this correct? > > I am interested in the PB Churches of NW Saline and SW Hamilton > Co's. I have > heard that there were records that survived of the Old Ruff Church > that was > located in Tate Twp.. Have you come across these? I was sent a few > names of > original members, of which I believe a couple were our JONES > ancestors > (Elizabeth (Carner) Jones & her son Ben Jr.). This sparked my > interest to wonder > who the other members and minister were. Can you shed any light on > this. So far > I have seen nothing in the early "association" on this church... > > BTW... wasn't there a website for your library?? > > Best Regards in your endeavor > > Trev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert L Webb <bwebb9@juno.com> > To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 07 November, 2000 5:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Greetings > > > Friends, > Earlier today I subscribed to this forum, so I have no knowledge > of > what has been or is being discussed here, and hence, if I say > anything > which seems to be an intrusion, please pardon me. Will just say that > my > Webb family came to Illinois before it was a state, and I am a sixth > generation Primitive Baptist, of which four generations (myself > included) > have been ministers, and I have been untiringly interested in church > history since age 18, and now conduct a religious library which has > records of our churches all over Illinois and a dozen other states, > and > am writing a book on the same subject. Have just recently obtained > the > records of the Grand Pier church in Pope Co., and part of the > records of > Big Creek church which existed from 1806-1837 in what is now Hardin > Co. > I hope to obtain a few more records of Saline Co. PBC's. > Robert Webb - Carthage, Illinois (Hancock Co) > ________________________________________________________________ > 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. > >