Thanks Sam for the info. I would have researched using Wikipedia or other but was afraid that what I found would not tell me about that Salem Reformed Church in Boonsboro. I believe that the family I'm researching were largely Presbyterian, so it is consistent that they might have joined this church,even if it was not purely Presbyterian in name. Again thanks for the info, Joan On 10/26/11 9:06 PM, "Blah BlahBlah" <[email protected]> wrote: > Whenever you're curious about something, you might look it up online > at Wikipedia.org., assuming you don't have any kind of encyclopedia at > home or at hand. It's a great source of information and generally > speaking quite accurate. Have always been amazed at what one can > find there, and I use it just about every week at least once (most > recently for the history of some songs, e.g., You are my sunshine and > Stand by me). It's a great resource. > > The entry for the Reformed Church starts as follows and the link is: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_church. You can read the rest if > you go to the site itself. > > ""The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations > characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the > Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more > coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John > Calvin. In the sixteenth century the movement spread to most of > Europe, aligning with national governments in most cases, though > several of these national or specific language based churches later > expanded to worldwide denominations. There are now many different > reformed churches: a 1999 survey found 746 Reformed denominations > worldwide"" > > (The Presbyterian church is also part of the Reformed church movement > as John Knox brought the Reformation to Scotland after spending time > in Switzerland where he was influenced by John Calvin). > > Sam > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Joan Majtenyi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>  One question remains for me; what denomination is this reformed church? >> Reformed what. I'm totally ignorant of the various early churches and their >> affiliations. Do you or does someone else know? >> >> > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message