This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XKB.2ACE/496.500.2.1 Message Board Post: I think that Hardshell Baptist was another name for Primitive Baptist groups. One set of my grandparents in Morgan Co, MO were of that faith. Apparently there were also Primitive Baptist groups in Cooper & Moniteau Co, MO, also, although I am not personally familiar with them or exactly where they were. The denomination is still active although small and has started a history project online. Check out http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html to see their home page. Although Moniteau Co is listed, they don't have anything online about it yet but perhaps a query to their library about specific names and locations might get a response. Good Luck! Jerry