I would have never have known this Helen! Thanks for the great tip! I have been trying to find answers from Sevier/Jefferson County historians and librarians and have even written the Southern Baptists Org. as to where I can write to to find old records on my ggg james Napoleon MYERS who was a baptist minister for eons in Sevier. No one could tell me where to look. Thanks to you, I now know to contact the Seminary in Ft. Worth, Tx. Thanks Helen! Hugs and kisses right back at ya! -- Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM List Administrator - [email protected] BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER > From: "HELEN" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:00:49 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOYERS] William MYERS / LINDSEY'S ca1750-1850 in WashingtonWythe > Montgo VA > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:59:58 -0600 > > chrissy, you have my terrell line on the sheets that i sent to you. if > anything hits, let me know. now i also have it back to where the terrell > trails have taken it. that is where i first heard of the unk line. > > also, chrissy, there may be something that many do not know about records. > i found this out and of course, i may have been the last to be told > this.....i drove past a seminary one day and said, oh, they won't have > anything...come to find out that all seminaries have some of the largest and > most back dated materials. reason: when a church closes, they send their > record books to the seminary closest to that church. the methodist are > located at smu in dallas, the baptist are located in ft. worth and so on. > so if no one has researched the seminaries, they have the "gosh awfullist" > bunch of material you have ever seen and they even have the old books from > the church which is where many of your dates are found on births, deaths and > marriages. i have some copies of the old salem baptist church of christ > which is where david haden myers (i am told taught school in the day time > and on sunday and other times, taught bible study and sundy school.). there > is just an immense amount of material at the seminaries. you can actually > find real anacestors there. > > blessings, helen. > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > -- The MOYERS Rootsweb List -- > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Hi Helen, and Christy, The information may be there, but finding it is not easy. When I went there were college kids volunteering and none of them had any idea what I was taking about or where to direct me. I finally gave up and left without finding anything. Remember, I live in Fort Worth. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Chrystie Myes <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [MOYERS] William MYERS / LINDSEY'S ca1750-1850 inWashingtonWythe Montgo VA > I would have never have known this Helen! Thanks for the great tip! I have > been trying to find answers from Sevier/Jefferson County historians and > librarians and have even written the Southern Baptists Org. as to where I > can write to to find old records on my ggg james Napoleon MYERS who was a > baptist minister for eons in Sevier. No one could tell me where to look. > Thanks to you, I now know to contact the Seminary in Ft. Worth, Tx. > > Thanks Helen! Hugs and kisses right back at ya! > -- > Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM > List Administrator - [email protected] > BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER > > > > From: "HELEN" <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:00:49 -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MOYERS] William MYERS / LINDSEY'S ca1750-1850 in WashingtonWythe > > Montgo VA > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:59:58 -0600 > > > > chrissy, you have my terrell line on the sheets that i sent to you. if > > anything hits, let me know. now i also have it back to where the terrell > > trails have taken it. that is where i first heard of the unk line. > > > > also, chrissy, there may be something that many do not know about records. > > i found this out and of course, i may have been the last to be told > > this.....i drove past a seminary one day and said, oh, they won't have > > anything...come to find out that all seminaries have some of the largest and > > most back dated materials. reason: when a church closes, they send their > > record books to the seminary closest to that church. the methodist are > > located at smu in dallas, the baptist are located in ft. worth and so on. > > so if no one has researched the seminaries, they have the "gosh awfullist" > > bunch of material you have ever seen and they even have the old books from > > the church which is where many of your dates are found on births, deaths and > > marriages. i have some copies of the old salem baptist church of christ > > which is where david haden myers (i am told taught school in the day time > > and on sunday and other times, taught bible study and sundy school.). there > > is just an immense amount of material at the seminaries. you can actually > > find real anacestors there. > > > > blessings, helen. > > > > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > > -- The MOYERS Rootsweb List -- > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > Post Your Queries Often! > Chrystie MYERS - MOYERS List Adm. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

i was not there fifteen minutes until i found everything i wanted. they have a card index and all of my myers and basses were sticking out like a sore thumb. someone did an excellent job of the indexing in the fort worth library. i have Xeroxed everything there including the book of the minutes of the church...about 300 pages...it is in two volumes and at 25 cents a page no less. they will not let you Xerox the book, they have to do it and it was rather costly but so many wanted the book that we made so many copies, and they insisted that the original cost of my book be added and then we divided the total cost of all the books between us. i did the work, gasoline etc free but they paid for the original plus the copies. it really did not cost all that much when it was all said and done. love, hugs and blessings, helen.

hold on crissy...is that the closest seminary to your churches? now remember they have housed texas materials but doubt that texas would have is it tennessee things. some where in tennessee or the closest seminary to any of your churches but i bet that the seminary in dallas could tell you where to write or call or even e mail now, for the info. it is my understanding that the closest seminary to where ever the church was located... and the same denomination was what they told me. surely, there is more than one methodist or baptist seminary...for gosh sakes, with all these preachers, there would have to be more than one. call your local church...baptist if your ancestor was a baptist or methodist if he was a methodist...and just ask them where the closest seminary is or would be to that church he pastored. glad i could be of some help to someone...usually i am on the receiving end of the line and it feels good to be on the giving end. lots of love and hugs and many many blessings...may they come today. helen.

Helen, I have ratted my brains out trying every Baptist (Southern) organization in TN; and not once did I ever think of a "Seminary". Brilliant idea!!!! Thanks Helen. An untapped resource. You're right. I'm going to contact (again) the East Tennessee Baptist Organization located near Haywood Co., NC (borders on TN) and ask them... "Where is your nearest Seminar"? THANKS HELEN AND HAPPY EASTER TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY and TO THE ENTIRE GROUP! -- Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM List Administrator - [email protected] BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER