by Tim Lawton | Jan 5, 2017 | Featured, Journal
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, in their American Ancestors magazine, published an article titled “A Genealogist’s Guide to Seventh Day Baptists” by Shellee A. Morehead, PhD. They have graciously allowed us to republish the article on...
by Nick Kersten | Jun 20, 2014 | Featured, Journal
In the summer of 2012, after several years of work, a new and updated version of former Historian emeritus Don A. Sanford’s seminal work A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists. In the year following the publication of the print version, we...
by Nick Kersten | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured, Journal
In recent issues of the Sabbath Recorder, long-time SDB researcher Oscar Burdick detailed a number of important errors which can be found in Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America, Volume 1, published in 1910. Since this resource has been one...
by Nick Kersten | Jun 11, 2014 | Featured, Journal
The Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society held its annual meeting at the Seventh Day Baptist Center in Janesville, Wisconsin on June 1st. The yearly business of the Society was transacted, including: The re-election of one of our Directors, Judy Parrish (Battle...
by Nick Kersten | Feb 28, 2014 | Featured, Journal
For many years, the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society has served genealogists with information about their SDB ancestors as we have had the resources and time to do so. Our dedication to this service came from the knowledge that our collection is the only one of...
by Nick Kersten | Jun 26, 2013 | Featured, Journal
In 1843, the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference sent a letter to the Baptist Convention, asking them to consider the biblical evidence for observance of the seventh day Sabbath. In the January 2013 edition of the Sabbath Recorder, the Historical Society’s...