Jeannet, In some cases, the churches themselves have their own records, in other cases they may have been filmed or copied or deposited with any of several possible institutions. There are several Baptist depositories, which accept records for their respective Baptist bodies - such as Southern Baptist, American Baptist, and others. We are only trying to collect Regular (Primitive) Baptist church records, except in cases where they are intertwined or where the history is better understood by having related records, but those are exceptions to the rule. I don't think we would have the records you are seeking for Elizabeth Rawlins, and I can't specifically tell you who would know. Sorry I can't be more help. I realize our Primitive Baptist collection won't help everyone, maybe not even very many, but hopefully will help someone out there who won't be able to find help anywhere else, since we may have the missing links. Best wishes in your search. Robert On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:33:02 -0500 "Jeannet" <[email protected]> writes: > Robert, > Elizabeth Rawlins lived in Shelby and Effingham counties. How might > I find > her church records? Her obituary follows: > Effingham Republican Effingham, Illinois; April 16 or 17, 1913; > Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Rawlins > Mrs. Elizabeth Rawlins died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. > Jenkins in the > north part of the city, Tuesday morning at seven o'clock. She was > 80 years > old, and was the mother of eight children, six of whom are living. > Funeral > services will be conducted at the residence on Merchant street. > Friday at > two p.m. conducted by Rev. Lee McCain of the Baptist church. > Jeannet > > ________________________________________________________________ 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.