Hello everyone, In reference to Thomas Kirk's enquiry, yes, on the lowest level there are the Meetings for Worship, but Thomas mentions that he is doing some research in early records (1675 was noted). He did not say whether this research was into early records in the US or in the British Isles. I know that in Lancashire in the 1600's, the lowest local level of meeting was called the Preparative Meeting, which in turn belonged to the relevant Monthly Meeting. Regards, Marilyn Winton Totten

Thanks for your response Marilyn. I am researching records of the Lurgan Ireland Friends. I understand that MM minutes do not exist for period 1650's to 1675 so I am trying to determine if other Quaker books/records exist for that period. I do have Parish registers of births, marriages, burials for the period. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mlwinton Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Q-R] Preparative Meetings Hello everyone, In reference to Thomas Kirk's enquiry, yes, on the lowest level there are the Meetings for Worship, but Thomas mentions that he is doing some research in early records (1675 was noted). He did not say whether this research was into early records in the US or in the British Isles. I know that in Lancashire in the 1600's, the lowest local level of meeting was called the Preparative Meeting, which in turn belonged to the relevant Monthly Meeting. Regards, Marilyn Winton Totten ------------------------------- 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