Dear Becky and other New Subscribers: First, welcome. Becky, you asked if we are doing Pennington research. Yes, Becky, there is a Santa Claus! The Penningtons are at the heart of my original research, and I have a huge collection of information regarding Penningtons from Maryland. But along the way, what I discovered that the Penningtons and their allied families represented an entire, unique movement through the frontiers across America and thereby, American History itself. Therefore, I've used the Penningtons and my research techniques learned along the way (and a great deal through my mistakes and those of others) to begin showing others how I have started mazimizing results with computer and internet technology. I have set up this list as a sort of link between co-researchers and the American Crossroads website where I'm putting up data which demonstrates the methodologies and results I've been developing. At the heart of that methodology is the belief that doing surname research works great when you're focusing on a limited area, but it doesn't hold up when people start migrating. I believe that the old Kinship alliances that our ancestors built and carried with them is the answer. Additionally, I found that many of the surname organizations haven't gotten up to speed with trying to combine old standards and methods with new technology. Too many groups are either computer geeks OR standard genealogy researchers. I hope AMXROADS is an answer for you. We are trying to rediscover that sense of Kinship that worked for our ancestors and let is work to rediscover our ancestors! I hope that makes sense. I welcome you, and welcome your imput and your ideas. I hope we can help one another. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads Here are some American Crossroads sites for you to check out http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Balto/index.html http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Baltimore/josias.html Cecil County http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Cecil/cecil.html Cecil Families A-B http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Cecilvr/index.html The Philadelphia Perimeter http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Philadelphia/philade lphia.html Maryland My Maryland http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Maryland/index.html William Penn a 17th Century Love Story http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Guli/index.html Old Philadelphia http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/OPhil/index.html Fanny Saltar's Colonial Philadelphia http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Pennington/saltar.ht ml Burying Mary Elkton http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Abraham/elkton.html Stuart's Portrait of Nancy Pennington http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/ART/stuart.html Cecil History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Cechist/index.html Cecil County Maryland: Where Our Mothers and Fathers Lie Buried http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Homelands/cecil.html The Philadelphia Perimeter Index Page http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Philper/index.html Maryland Kinship http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Kinship/index.html The Inward Journey of Isaac Pennington http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Pennington/isaacpen. html Migrations http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Migrations/virginia. html My Pennington Family http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Pennington/penningto n.html Pennington Tuckers in the Mid-West http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Pennington/ptnmdwst. html William Marion Pennington Family http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7eamxroads/Pennington/ptnwm.htm l Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= To subscribe to the American Crossroads Discussion List: --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads