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From: Alison Causton <>
Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Thomas Huggins, died c.1788; Availability of church records
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:41:43 -0400
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On 16-Nov-05, at 9:24 AM, gordon crooks wrote:

> Alison: I very much doubt if they changed their religion. For the
> most part those coming from N. Ireland to America were of
> Ulsterscots origin and Presbyterian Convenantors and they remained
> that here. They did split into several different groups (oldsiders
> vs newsiders). Your problem is this some churches kept precise
> records, other did not, some were lost over a period time etc.
> Cecil Co.is not my major area of research, Franklin Co., Pa. is and
> I know where every single Presbyterian Church is or was located and
> what if any records are available. There might be a Presbyterian
> Hist. Soc. for the area such as Pennsylvania has which could be a
> fountain of info. You need to check web sites such as
> www.interment.com and see what they have to offer. Good luck
>
> Gordon

Thank you, Gordon, for this perspective.
Cheers,
Alison

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