Greetings all! This may seem like a basic question, but how does a person go about finding the MM or possible MM's that ancestors may have attended? My ancestors seemed to have lived in Northumberland Co, PA, Greenwood Township possibly (now Columbia Co?) and townships nearby. Thanks for your help. Cheers! Colin

There is a good chance that this would have been Muncy Meeting - years of attendance would be helpful. There are 3-4 old meetings in the area and one still active. I've tracked some Quakers who moved from Chester County to Muncy and then to Centre County or Clearfield County, PA. Share some names and dates and some of us might have more data in our records. Judy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Kenneday Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Q-R] MMs Greetings all! This may seem like a basic question, but how does a person go about finding the MM or possible MM's that ancestors may have attended? My ancestors seemed to have lived in Northumberland Co, PA, Greenwood Township possibly (now Columbia Co?) and townships nearby. Thanks for your help. Cheers! Colin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> Greetings all! > > This may seem like a basic question, but how does a person go about > finding the MM or possible MM's that ancestors may have attended? My > ancestors seemed to have lived in Northumberland Co, PA, Greenwood > Township possibly (now Columbia Co?) and townships nearby. > > Thanks for your help. > > Cheers! > Colin Here's my take on this. I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Then we will both learn something. I see it as a sort of hierarchy. At the lowest level you have the Meetings For Worship [ MFW ]. This is the the meeting that everyone attended on Sunday for worship. The next level up was the Monthly Meeting [ MM ]. This was generally attended by delegates from the MFW's under the care of each MM. This wasn't generally attended by all the members although it might be held in one of the meeting houses of an MFW. I think the MM was where most of the records were kept for those within it's area. The next level up was the Quarterly Meeting [ QM ]. This was attended by delegates chosen from the MM's. Above that was the Yearly meeting. OK gang. How did I do? -- Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

Friends, My Webmaster repaired QuakerMeetings.com in late afternoon, and I searched for Columbia County in the state of Penn this way: http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?County=Columbia&StateOrProvince =Penn This showed three monthly meetings, Catawissa http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST428L , Roaring Creek http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST76L , and Millville, formerly named Muncy MM (Hicksite) and then Fishing Creek http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST1165L . All originated under Exeter MM. All have some extant vital records, but none seems to have had abstracts included in Hinshaw. Tom Thomas C. Hill 425 Walnut Street, #1800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 U.S.A. and Charlottesvlle, VA [email protected] www.QuakerMeetings.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Colin Kenneday Sent: 12 January 2009 6:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Q-R] MMs Greetings all! This may seem like a basic question, but how does a person go about finding the MM or possible MM's that ancestors may have attended? My ancestors seemed to have lived in Northumberland Co, PA, Greenwood Township possibly (now Columbia Co?) and townships nearby. Thanks for your help. Cheers! Colin