Helen wrote: >From: "HELEN" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MOYERS] RE: The American Baptist Historical Society >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:08:24 -0500 > >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. Finding out which church the ancestors were in can really help the search. My Myers (Moyers) connection was married in the Primitive Baptist, but I am pretty sure her parents were German Lutheran, and his parents were Presbyterian Scots-Irish. The next few generations were Baptist. It seems, once in the frontiers of VA and TN, they would change denominations depending on the local preachers. Baptists didn't require formal education and ordination, and so suited the wilderness in the early years. Don't assume they stayed in the same sect as their parents or that they didn't change. The period from 1830 to after the civil War was quite disruptive in the churches because of major issues from slavery to which hymnal was used. There is lots of good info on the net on the church histories and old hymns etc. Happy hunting. Katie _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.