>From: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:39:19 EDT > > >I suspect that my Franklin County ancestors were also at one time >affiliated >with the Brethren church. They also moved to Illinois in the same period >in >which your ancestors migrated. For quite a while, I belonged to the >Brethren mailing list in hopes of confirming that suspicion. I've not yet >found a >definite link to the church, despite many items pointing that direction, >but >perhaps you might be interested in this list that I found to be very >helpful: > _http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Religion/BRETHREN.html_ >(http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Religion/BRETHREN.html) Just what I need, another mailing list! :-) Thanks for that link, Shelly. I hadn't stumbled across that list yet. My Knepper line goes back to one of the families who emigrated with Alexander Mack, one of the founders of the Brethren church in the US. My ancestors didn't move further than Franklin County, though. :-) I think I found another line on the same ship that brought Mack and his group to the US, so there may be more of a Brethren connection there. I don't have any proof that they were part of Mack's group, but it's probably a safe bet. Thanks again for the link! Peace, Willie