According to Ed Sanders <[email protected]> on the Arkansas GS list, "There were churches everywhere people went. We preachers tell a joke of how there were Presbyterians anywhere a school could be built to train ministers. There were Methodists any place a minister could ride a horse. There were Baptists wherever one could walk, swim a creek, and swing on a vine over a river, or cleft in the mountains. There were churches of Christ wherever there was enough water to immerse a person." Something to remember when researching. Churches and their records are important to us researchers, because they were important to our ancestor's *lives.* Valorie, IBSSG