On June 17, 2002, I posted a query asking for help in locating the religious affiliation of a JF Williams circa 1862. He was the minister in Portsmouth, OH. I didn't hear a reply from anyone on the list. I also wrote the Portsmouth library and the archives there furnished me with a history of Spencer Chapel Methodist Episcopal Ch. I wrote to what is now called CORNERSTONE UMC and received a disheartening reply in yesterday's mail. They have few records from this timeperiod and no staff to look for me in what remains. I'm looking for perhaps a member of this church and also a person interested in genealogy ( at least sympathetic) who could look on my behalf. Rev. Dillon Staas tells me that the records can be used by appointment. If there is any list member who lives in Portsmouth or nearby who is a member or would be willing to make inroads for me - please email me privately. I'm looking for anything recorded under the NELSON surname from those early records. Thanks, Karen Nelson Hangsleben in TX ----------