Sherry, I'm a Primitive Baptist minister (sixth generation of my family in a direct line to be a member of that faith) in Carthage, Illinois, and conduct a formally organized religious library for our people and their friends, publishing books, binding periodicals (which contain indexes of obituaries), collecting association minutes, locating - copying - and microfilming church records, and trying to compile a history of our churches county by county for both Illinois and Iowa, and we have a website and computer databases of the members from the records now totalling almost 30,000 names. The reason for my comment is not that I do not wish to help - I have been helping genealogists by the hundreds or thousands since 1986. Instead, it is to keep some control over the research work we have done ourselves, rather than turning it over in whole or major part to others. For example, the Mormons have offered to pay to have our whole collection filmed. But we declined their kind offer, as we are able to do this ourselves, and we have the funds to do so, and we feel we are better able to help people understand who the Primitive Baptists are, and find the information they are seeking, than others would be who know very little or nothing about us. I may be wrong, but that is my thinking. I hope you will understand. I am presently attempting to get on wireless internet and publicize our Library, and allow the various county websites to link to it, etc., so that our resources will be known far and wide, even more than they are. We welcome help from all parts of the state in this endeavor which is really almost too much for us. If you wish, I can check your McDaniel and King names and let you know. If you are seeking information on certain individuals, please let me know more in detail what you wish to find out about whom. We are trying to conduct our work in a manner to result in goodwill toward us personally and toward our church, and hopefully not cause any reflection upon what we feel is a very rich heritage as a church. Sincerely, Elder Robert Webb On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:58:07 -0500 "Sherry Mazzetti" <[email protected]> writes: > ROBERT, > > My McDaniel/King family (and some relatives) were Primitive > Baptists. I > don't know why the names cannot be publicly posted. That's why we > have a > Shelby list, I think. I would love to see what you have, in any > case. I > vote for public disclosure, but it's up to you. > > SHERRY > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert L Webb <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:55 AM > Subject: [ILSHELBY] Tolly, Denton, Scribner > > > > I'm not related to them, but have about 50 entries for these > family names > > in Shelby county Regular (Primitive) Baptist churches from our > database > > of members in Illinois of this faith. Will share information, > probably > > best to do so privately with those who are interested. > > 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. > > > ________________________________________________________________ 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.

ROBERT, My greatgreatgrandparents James William and Sarah (King) McDaniel were members of the Mount Olive Baptist Church, along with most of their children. Do you know if this church was Separate Baptist or Primitive Baptist? Sarah's brother Elza Otis King was clerk of Fellowship Baptist Church at Beck's Creek which I understand was Separate Baptist. The congregation lived along the county line between Fayette and Shelby. No church building for this one that I know of. Reportedly met at Guy Beck's and others' homes. It may be that my King/McDaniel Primitive Baptist connections ended in KY, but I will have to doublecheck. Any info appreciated and thanks for the offer of assistance. SHERRY ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert L Webb <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [ILSHELBY] PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS > Sherry, > I'm a Primitive Baptist minister (sixth generation of my family in > a direct line to be a member of that faith) in Carthage, Illinois, and > conduct a formally organized religious library for our people and their > friends, publishing books, binding periodicals (which contain indexes of > obituaries), collecting association minutes, locating - copying - and > microfilming church records, and trying to compile a history of our > churches county by county for both Illinois and Iowa, and we have a > website and computer databases of the members from the records now > totalling almost 30,000 names. > The reason for my comment is not that I do not wish to help - I > have been helping genealogists by the hundreds or thousands since 1986. > Instead, it is to keep some control over the research work we have done > ourselves, rather than turning it over in whole or major part to others. > For example, the Mormons have offered to pay to have our whole collection > filmed. But we declined their kind offer, as we are able to do this > ourselves, and we have the funds to do so, and we feel we are better able > to help people understand who the Primitive Baptists are, and find the > information they are seeking, than others would be who know very little > or nothing about us. I may be wrong, but that is my thinking. I hope > you will understand. > I am presently attempting to get on wireless internet and publicize > our Library, and allow the various county websites to link to it, etc., > so that our resources will be known far and wide, even more than they > are. We welcome help from all parts of the state in this endeavor which > is really almost too much for us. > If you wish, I can check your McDaniel and King names and let you > know. If you are seeking information on certain individuals, please let > me know more in detail what you wish to find out about whom. > We are trying to conduct our work in a manner to result in goodwill > toward us personally and toward our church, and hopefully not cause any > reflection upon what we feel is a very rich heritage as a church. > Sincerely, > Elder Robert Webb > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:58:07 -0500 "Sherry Mazzetti" > <[email protected]> writes: > > ROBERT, > > > > My McDaniel/King family (and some relatives) were Primitive > > Baptists. I > > don't know why the names cannot be publicly posted. That's why we > > have a > > Shelby list, I think. I would love to see what you have, in any > > case. I > > vote for public disclosure, but it's up to you. > > > > SHERRY > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Robert L Webb <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:55 AM > > Subject: [ILSHELBY] Tolly, Denton, Scribner > > > > > > > I'm not related to them, but have about 50 entries for these > > family names > > > in Shelby county Regular (Primitive) Baptist churches from our > > database > > > of members in Illinois of this faith. Will share information, > > probably > > > best to do so privately with those who are interested. > > > 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. > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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. >