There seems to be a sudden interest in the churches of early Kentucky, particularly of the Baptist faith. The Baptist churches, at least in the beginning, seem to have many conflicts over certain spiritual matters and split into various congregations, at least according to what I have read. Two volumes pertaining to Kentucky Baptists, among many others of other denomiations, listed in the Family History Library Catalog (familysearch.org) are these two works: A history of Baptists in Kentucky Masters, Frank M A history of Kentucky Baptists : from 1769 to 1885, including more than 800 biographical sketches Spencer, John H I did a search for Kentucky (Place search), checked the topic church history, and found many histories of possible interest to family history researchers. If I remember correctly, the Spencer book has been filmed twice--there are two volumes, so you may have to do some fast reading. However, someone, possibly on this rootsweb list, had obtained through e-Bay a CD-ROM of Spencer's volumes. If you live near an LDS center, you probably can order any of the films you find [with some restrictions] from Salt Lake City. If you do NOT live near an LDS FHC, talk with your public librarian about interlibrary loan. It is much easier for librarians to do ILL with the internet, but some librarians at small libraries do NOT want to be botthered!!! (some public service, eh wot?) Last time (many years ago now) I borrowed on ILL, I had to read the book in the library, as I guess the libraries have lost many genealogically-oriented books. Do your initial shopping on the FHL catalog, then try your State library, some University library catalogs if you live near a University, and so on. Genealogists soon learn how to solve problems. And ask questions!!! But try to make them wise questions. E.W.Wallace