Hi Gavin, The list is Presbyterian-l which can be got at www.rootsweb.com . This Url has all the religious lists at Rootsweb: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Religion/ Dissenting Presbyterian groups are very important in the diaspora though not so significant in numbers or historic significance in Scotland. Besides splitting, they joined up too. The three 'main' groups are: The orthodox, mainstream ones Reformed Presbyterians (sometimes calling themselves Covenantors) And the Seceders, who often named their churches in the USA "Associate". Where it gets confusing is they all have different histories. So if you read that the Rev. Charles Clinton Beattie (a relative of mine) was the first missionary west of the Alleghenies, this is the RP story. Some mainstream Presbyies tell it that way. Some don't. Some name other guys. THen you read that such and such an area was in such and such a presbytery but some other history contradicts it. VERY confusing. Our website has links to several of the main branches. Please don't think you can go to PHiladelphia to find all the records. No way. Many small groups deposited elsewhere. The RP church in Pittsburgh in their seminary. That's the 1/3rd that remained after the 1834 split. The 2/3rds that left may have deposited in Indiana or Ill...I forget. It's onthe webpages. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle . The several Pittsburgh seminary libraries contain immense amounts of genealogical material. Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Edward Andrews" <edward.andrews@btinternet.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:30:48 +0100 > The quick answer is "lots". > If Linda doesn't mind me advertising another rootsweb list, there is one >called Presbyterian. It is very quiet, but there is in its archives a number >of plots of the rich variety of Presbyterianism in America. > Remember that the PC (USA) is itself a recent union, and even if your >grandfather in law was main line, the question would have been which main >line? > As I say, Presbyterian (I think that is its name, I can't find the address >I signed up with it several computers ago and recently it has been very >quiet) Might give you the information which you want. >Edward Andrews > >-----Original Message----- >From: AGarvin224@aol.com [mailto:AGarvin224@aol.com] >Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:23 PM >To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Religious question sort of > >In a message dated 8/21/05 2:39:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >N.E.Parkes@btinternet.com writes: > > >> Thank you for (especially Rev Andrews, Linda and Robert of Ulster >Ancestry) >> >> for giving us a precise summary of the several shades of Presbyterianism >> which have been, and still are, present in our society here. > >I know this might not be the place for theology, but - my grandfather-in-law > >was a Scots-Irish Presbyterian clergyman, who served multiple congregations >in >the American midwest. I thought there was *one* Presbyterian Church, which >I >guess would be the more "mainline" Presbyterian Church USA (?). But I have >recently learned of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Evangelical >Presbyterian Church - are there others? I hate to show my ignorance by >asking my >Presbyterian friends, so thanks in advance for any help you may give - >Ann > > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net