Religions in Your Family Tree (Ireland, African, father, Jews)

[TracySam]

Overwhelmingly Methodist-Episcopal, which I guess is what Methodists were before they totally split off from the Anglicans/Episcopals/C of E.
I was actually surprised at how many ancestors from all different unrelated branches of my tree were Methodist-Episcopal. My Mom was raised Catholic, but I found that the Catholicism only came from one small branch, and all the rest were Methodist-Episcopal.

I was doing genealogy research on my brother-in-law's family, so my nieces and nephew will have the benefit of it, and found that his family was in upstate NY since the 1600s, in various Puritan sects, and they converted to LDS ("Mormonism") in the 1800s when Joseph Smith founded the LDS church. His ancestors were actually one of the first few LDS families to settle in Utah, after getting run out of Missouri. My bro-in-law's grandfather converted to Catholicism in order to marry his grandmother, so the whole LDS connection had been lost.

I was actually surprised I had no identified Quaker ancestors. My ancestors all came from south Jersey and the Philadelphia area, which was heavily Quaker in the 1600s, 1700, 1800s till present. But nope, no Quakers.

[sheena12]

Episcopalian, German Reformed, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, and American Baptist.

[HollyhockGarden]

Hello -
I'm a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, who arrived on the Mayflower. It's a good thing he arrived in America where there is religious freedom, because family members have spread out into many branches. Let's see: Methodist, Presbyterian, Jewish, Christian Scientist, Jehovah Witness, United Church of Christ, Roman Catholic, Mormon, .......

[Miami HurricaneZ]

Most of my moms side are IFB and Southern Baptist.

Most of my dads side are non-churchgoing Baptists or Non-Denominational Christians.

I am a Catholic and proud of it. My moms side hates it but I don't care.

[Crazee Cat Lady]

My ancestors have been Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Quakers, Lutherans, and Jewish so far.

[EnricoV]

Originally Posted by HollyhockGarden

Hello -
I'm a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, who arrived on the Mayflower. It's a good thing he arrived in America where there is religious freedom, because family members have spread out into many branches. Let's see: Methodist, Presbyterian, Jewish, Christian Scientist, Jehovah Witness, United Church of Christ, Roman Catholic, Mormon, .......

Well, it's a good thing they got out of Massachusetts, then. Because the Pilgrim fathers didn't allow any but their religion to be practiced in that Colony.

[siameseifyoupls]

Swedish Covenant, Southern Baptist, and probably Anglican, since my dad's ancestor came over from England in the 17th century.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by faeryedark

So far on my dad's side, they seemed to be German Reformed, and then switched to Methodist..tho my grandmother was a PA Dutch Pow-wow.
My mom's side as far as I know they were Catholic, but I don't know how far back. My mom and her mom are all I know about.

Pow Wow is SO interesting to me! Can you recommend any books about the subject? I am familiar with Silver Ravenwolf, but I am unsure if she is the real deal.

One of the most interesting spiritual practices to come out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we have one diverse state!

Are there still Pow Wow practitioners here?

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Pow Wow is SO interesting to me! Can you recommend any books about the subject? I am familiar with Silver Ravenwolf, but I am unsure if she is the real deal.

One of the most interesting spiritual practices to come out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we have one diverse state!

Are there still Pow Wow practitioners here?

One branch of my family has been traced back to the area around Stonehenge, home of some original pagans.

[faeryedark]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Pow Wow is SO interesting to me! Can you recommend any books about the subject? I am familiar with Silver Ravenwolf, but I am unsure if she is the real deal.

One of the most interesting spiritual practices to come out of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we have one diverse state!

Are there still Pow Wow practitioners here?

You could try this link:

Pennsylvania Deutsch Grimoire: PowWows or Long Lost Friend | Suite101.com
Silver's okay, I've read some of her stuff.

Powwow, is kind of a mix of Christian beliefs and older European magical practices. We had an old family Bible from the 1800's written in both English and German. My grandmother had notes written in the margins and handwritten workings on scraps of paper tucked here and there...she also had a homemade recipe for Bathtub Gin in there too
Sadly, when I moved to Las Vegas to care for my mom, I left it behind. She was supposed to send it to me...but her apt. complex had a fire and even though they had time to get important belongings out, she left it behind, in lieu of her Star Trek collection
It was completely ruined due to water damage.
Those notes IMO were far too valuable due to their historical, religious, and anthropological insight. And I still want to bawl when I think of it.