Dear Cousins, Like most of us, I often concentrate so hard on one aspect of a subject I forget there tons of different ways to approach it. Because American Crossroads is highly focused on the use of computer and internet technology in research, I sometimes forget to talk about written resources (although I use them almost daily in my role as the World's Oldest Student.) In genealogy, PERSI is a great way to look up genealogy and history specific sources for your personal bibliography. The acronym PERSI stands for "PERiodical Source Index." There are a gadzillion local history and genealogical publications which may have published information or specific data about some of your family. I have put up some of the PERSI listings for Pennington at the website. (They are available at Ancestry.com. These need to be updated periodically (forgive me,) but since some of you are new searchers you may want to see what I have put up so far. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Persi/persi.html In general these kinds of articles include the same kind of information mentioned recently, the biographies included from Dr. Dickey's Journal. If you have access to a good genealogical library, if your local public library subscribes to these kinds of publications or if you have obtained copies of materials like this at the LDS Family History Center (or other source) you can be of inestimal help to others by copying pertinent articles. Compiling bibliographies is a good way to see all the information that exists out there in that great void beyond the www. Here's two other internet sources that can help you compile a bibliography and begin searching the "old way." The Library of Congress catalog http://catalog.loc.gov/ While you are at the Library of Congress be sure to check out the American Memory section. They have wonderful photographs, an index to George Washington's published papers, actual copies of Washingtons' papers, etc. Christopher Gist's Ranger List is here, along with wonderful wonderful documents about our heritage. I've included Christopher Gist's List at American Crossroads. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Gist/orig.html Rootsweb has a great bibliography of Quaker records: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jrichmon/quaker/qksrcsec.htm You can also obtain copies of the many Quaker Surname Collections included in the Gilbert Cope Collection from the LDS Family History Centers. You can visit your local FHC to do this, or even find the Microfilm listings at home by going to the catalog at the LDS website: http://www.familysearch.org I have created a huge database collection of URL's as a sort of virtual "bibliography," still to be uploaded to the website, but haven't decided what to call it yet -- No! No! I can't, I won't call it a Urlogy! Tastfully yours, Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= To send a message to the American Crossroads List: AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads