Jim Tackitt wrote;; Baptist >churches also have numerous photos of deceased members hanging on the >walls. In at least one church I'm familiar with, there is a photo of one >old member/Elder born as early as 1823/24 - but most are of more recent >date. > >Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <jtackitt@jps.net> > Jim, You are right about the set of books being very informative about the people of this area. I know of one of the Primitive Baptist Church's that has a picture of John Varney born about 1814-17 and William Jefferson (Preacher Jeff) May born 1836, this is at McAndrews in Pike County, and several of the Old Regular Baptist Church's has very old pictures. Glad you thought of the pictures, maybe that will help someone find their ancestor. Jonah BTW - I have much information on John Varney and William Jefferson May if anyone connects to them.