Dear Cousins, Barb has given us a grand opportunity find and present some 19th century truth in an American Crossroads manner. Our Cousin Jim Pennington has sent me an e-mail on what he thinks is the genealogical interpretation of the Dr. Dickey Journal interviews published in the Kentucky Biographies project that I introduced yesterday. Jim is retiring and returning to his ancestral homelands in NW North Carolina this year, and once he gets there we will hound him mercilessly to solve all our NWSW genealogical problems through his access to all those original documents! In the meantime, he's been thinking about Dr. Dickey's Journal biographies. This will make a good study for us because there are so many intertwinings in these famiies. If we start with these Dr. Dickey Journal bios (secondary documents) we have an excellent opportunity to begin with (secondary) facts. The Clay County marriages I threw in are secondary documents, too, although they represent someone's (the transcriber's) interpretation of original documents. Actually, it is likely these records have gone through multiple transcriptions beginning when the clerk first wrote them into the county record books and subsequently indexed the record books. I've asked Jim to check out the other Biographies, especially the Dr. Dickey Journals and see if he finds further information pertinent to our sphere of interest. I've been trying to get Jim's lineages up on the website since December, and find I'm four months behind due to this internet service problem I've been having. Remember that we have unlimited free space at Rootsweb for your families. We want to present them in just the way this information is evolving -- through facts -- even if they are secondary facts, and let the secondary facts lead us to primary facts. Working with 19th century facts leads us to clues about other earlier Perimeters and other Kinship and History facts. Which in turn leads us to correct identities for our ancestors! Isn't this so much fun?!! Barb, you've got us up and running backwards!!!!! P. S. Thanks Cari in CA! P.S.2 The name Louisa in my children's southern Carter family was pronounced Lou-eye-za. I think that's where the Liza comes in. Love, Your Cousin Carolyn Here's Jim's e-mail: Cousin Carolyn: When I saw the last posting regarding the Penningtons and Sizemores I must admit I smiled. What a mess this bunch is and then you threw in the Ashers to make it more interesting. Here is some of what I think I have figured out so far. 1. Anny Pennington who married James Sizemore was Amy b.1841 d/o Ephriam Aaron Pennington b.1814 and Matilda Fields. 2. James Pennington b.1849 married Liza (Louisa) Sizemore b.1846 on July 20, 1867. James was the s/o Levi b.1810 and the grandson of Aaron b.1786 and Ann Coldiron. 3. The above James had a brother William b. 1842 who married Rebecca Asher b.1837. Rebecca was the d/o Robert Asher and Mary Sizemore. 4. Aaron Richard Pennington b.1842 married a different Mary Sizemore b.1845 in Dec. 1862. Aaron Richard was the s/o Ephriam Aaron. Mary was the d/o Harmon and Susan Sizemore. 5. Winnie (Wina) Pennington b.1859 was the d/o Ephriam Aaron Pennington. She married John Sizemore who was the s/o Henry Sizemore and Mary Asher. I have more details on the above folks if there is any interest. Did not want to write too much as you may already have this information. I do have a good bit of other information on the Sizemore Line including some photos if interested. Have a great day and congratulations on the grant. Love jim Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads