The organization arrangement seems accurate to me, assuming things haven't changed appreciably. However, the Monthly Meeting and Meeting for Worship were pretty much the same people and anyone could attend, not just delegates. Sometimes there were provisional Meetings or Worship Groups (usually small communities at some distance from an established MM) who might send representatives to the Monthly Meetings' business sessions. This is where membership was important - - those who were not actual members did not have a voice in the decisions and actions taken by the Monthly Meeting (although I think they would be able to observe if they wished.) Quarterly Meetings consisted of several MMs and again, anyone could attend. In fact, Quarterly Meetings were quite social affairs. It was an opportunity to get together with Friends who lived farther away than one would usually go to visit. The same applied to Yearly Meetings, which were made up of the Meetings in a larger area. Anyone could go, not just delegates, although some might be delegated to certain functions. Dolly <In a message dated 1/14/2009 12:09:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 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? **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

Can anyone explain how the various Quaker records were kept? I am trying to gather information from long ago (1650-75) and the monthly minutes do not exist for this time period and I wonder if certain records having to do with marriages, removals, testimonies of sorts were kept in other books? Thank you, tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Q-R] How did I do? The organization arrangement seems accurate to me, assuming things haven't changed appreciably. However, the Monthly Meeting and Meeting for Worship were pretty much the same people and anyone could attend, not just delegates. Sometimes there were provisional Meetings or Worship Groups (usually small communities at some distance from an established MM) who might send representatives to the Monthly Meetings' business sessions. This is where membership was important - - those who were not actual members did not have a voice in the decisions and actions taken by the Monthly Meeting (although I think they would be able to observe if they wished.) Quarterly Meetings consisted of several MMs and again, anyone could attend. In fact, Quarterly Meetings were quite social affairs. It was an opportunity to get together with Friends who lived farther away than one would usually go to visit. The same applied to Yearly Meetings, which were made up of the Meetings in a larger area. Anyone could go, not just delegates, although some might be delegated to certain functions. Dolly <In a message dated 1/14/2009 12:09:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 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? **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=htt p://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------- 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