Chrystie, I don't think that the American Baptist is the same denomination as the Myers. If you know anyone in Nashville, have them take a look into the Baptist Headquarters. They have scads about different Baptist denominations. Comparing a Southern Baptist to a Primitive Baptist is as different as being Roman Catholic as compared to Russian Orthodox. Bobbye

your are right about the primative and southern. are you checking the primative Baptist? i do not know a member of our family that was ever primative (in the south called foot washing baptist) and i don't think that anyone means that as a slur against anyone...it is just that they are truly two different types of baptist altogether. thanks....i didn't even think about that. there are a few primative here but they are mostly southern baptist. that does not mean though that you do not have primative baptist in your line. the two are very different types of baptist so i am told. blessings, helen.

Helen, Tell me more about the "Primitive" type of Baptist. Foot washing... do you mean they were in the rivers alot, so to speak? Like pictures I've seen. I'm fairly certain, from old photo's that they were very... "hillish" aw geez, I mean... mountainous.;) No disrespect intended now. I have "mountainous" folks on both maternal and paternal. I've joked about myself being from an old "hillish" type family. Please, no offense to anyone out here. Ok, I'll just say it. I live in the big city, but deep down inside, I'm a hillbilly;) And dabnabbit, proud of it too! Obviously, the Mennonite's Lutheran type religion; Presbyterian and Methodist were the first here in America; Baptist a short time later. Just knowing the difference bet Primitive and Southern would help in my search. In other words Helen, you're telling me to not look in the city areas in TN; but rather the mountains? LOL BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER --------------------------- # --------------------------- Rootsweb List Administrator - [email protected] Homestead for MYERS GENEALOGY.COM at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/myersfam.html > your are right about the primative and southern. are you checking the > primative Baptist? i do not know a member of our family that was ever > primative (in the south called foot washing baptist) and i don't think that > anyone means that as a slur against anyone...it is just that they are truly > two different types of baptist altogether. thanks....i didn't even think > about that. there are a few primative here but they are mostly southern > baptist. that does not mean though that you do not have primative baptist > in your line. the two are very different types of baptist so i am told.